Case Study: Cricut achieves 3x SAP performance boost with HPE Nimble Storage

Cricut Achieves 3x SAP Performance Boost by Switching to Nimble Storage

Cricut, a leading maker of personal electronic die‑cutting machines, runs SAP and MS SQL on a fully virtualized VMware environment and needed more co‑location capacity. The company was struggling with slow SAP response times (around 1,400U), complex NetApp storage management that required specialized skills, and lengthy restore and deployment processes.

Cricut deployed Nimble CS440/CS460 arrays and migrated SAP VMs via VMware Storage vMotion. The change cut average SAP response times to under 400U (about a 3x improvement), reduced new storage deployment from four days to roughly two hours, shortened restore times from over two hours to under ten minutes, and simplified administration by eliminating the need for dedicated storage specialists.

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