Case Study: SWISS TXT achieves instant self-service storage provisioning and 90% short-term storage cost reduction with Dell Technologies PowerScale

SWISS TXT provides customers with self-service storage for managed Kubernetes service called Cargo

SWISS TXT, a Swiss IT subsidiary of SRG SSR, needed faster, on-demand storage for its managed Kubernetes service Cargo because manual provisioning slowed delivery and wasn’t suited to modern application workflows. To address this, SWISS TXT partnered with Dell Technologies, deploying Dell EMC PowerScale scale‑out storage and the PowerScale Container Storage Interface (CSI) plugin to provide cloud‑native, on‑premises self‑service storage.

Dell Technologies’ PowerScale and CSI integration automated provisioning, resizing and snapshotting so Cargo customers can order storage in seconds instead of waiting 2–3 days. The solution delivered administrative time savings, enabled self‑service snapshotting, cut short‑term storage costs by about 90% through ephemeral volumes, and extended existing on‑prem hardware to support modern workloads—accelerating time‑to‑market and reducing operational costs.

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Josef Vogt

Linux System Engineer