Case Study: Vision Critical achieves 50% faster builds and 50%+ storage savings with HPE Nimble Storage

For Vision Critical, High-Performance, Capacity-Optimized Storage is the Key to Managing Software Development

Vision Critical, a rapidly growing provider of business intelligence and interactive research used by clients such as Kodak, JetBlue and Marriott, faced a scaling challenge: its software team runs hundreds of VMware instances and produces scores of code builds daily while its data footprint was growing roughly 50% a year (about 15 TB). The company needed high-performance, capacity‑efficient storage that would eliminate storage bottlenecks, support frequent snapshots and cloning, and simplify backup and replication for a demanding continuous‑integration environment.

Vision Critical deployed a Nimble CS220 converged primary/backup array that combines SSD performance with high‑capacity disks, inline compression, efficient snapshots and zero‑copy clones. The platform delivered peak IOPS above 20,000, cut build times by more than half, reduced primary storage needs by over 50%, and saved more than 80% of test development storage via zero‑copy cloning—while enabling hourly snapshots, fast 15‑minute restores, simpler management and postponed capital expenditures.

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