Case Study: Leading Global Retailer achieves 20x database performance and 100x transaction processing with Dell Technologies PowerFlex

Major retailer maximizes database performance to provide better customer experience

Leading Global Retailer, a major U.S. retail chain, was hampered by multiple legacy platforms that limited scale, agility and its ability to deliver fast, consistent customer experiences. To address this, the retailer selected Dell Technologies’ Dell EMC PowerFlex platform for a flexible, scalable infrastructure that could boost database performance across virtual and physical workloads.

Dell Technologies consolidated the retailer’s databases onto PowerFlex — an NVMe-backed, scale-out platform (supporting Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB and MariaDB) with PowerFlex Manager for automated lifecycle operations. The deployment delivered measurable gains: 20x improvement in database performance, 80% lower database I/O latency and a 100x increase in transaction-processing capability, while simplifying operations, providing high availability and preserving cost parity with legacy systems.