Case Study: Hosted application provider sevenP boosts application performance 60% and reduces data centre footprint by 75% with HPE Nimble Storage

sevenP Increases Application Performance for Customers with Nimble Storage

sevenP (7P) is a Dutch hosted-application provider serving hundreds of SMBs with application hosting, SaaS/PaaS, backups and managed ICT from two TelecityGroup data centres. Faced with IOPS limits on aging Dell EqualLogic arrays, rising facility and power costs, and complex storage management across 23 hosts and 710 VMs, 7P needed higher performance, a smaller footprint and lower operating expenses.

After a successful proof-of-concept, 7P deployed Nimble Storage CS460 and CS260 arrays with InfoSight analytics. The move eliminated IOPS bottlenecks and cut VM/Oracle response times by 60%, reduced the storage footprint by 75% (11U to 3U), cut power use by 5x (saving ≈€700/month), lowered cost per GB by 40%, and simplified ongoing storage management and monitoring.

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Gert Lunenborg

Director of IT