Case Study: Lewis & Knopf achieves 80% IT infrastructure cost savings with Maxta Hyperconvergence

Accounting Firm Crunched the Numbers and Reduced IT Infrastructure Costs by 80 Percent with Maxta Hyperconvergence

Lewis & Knopf, CPAs, P.C., a multi-office Michigan accounting and consulting firm, was running an aging EqualLogic SAN that lacked modern features and would be costly to replace. Faced with the prospect of buying another box-based SAN or being locked into appliance-driven hyperconvergence, IT Advisor James Johnson chose a software-first approach and selected Maxta hyperconvergence software to avoid hardware lock-in and reduce management complexity.

Maxta’s software was deployed on industry-standard hardware (including Lenovo servers and drives), enabling independent scaling of compute and storage, any-hypervisor support, and simpler administration. The Maxta solution delivered better fault tolerance and non-disruptive maintenance, strong vendor support, and an estimated 80% reduction in infrastructure costs compared with the traditional SAN and server model.

Lewis & Knopf

James Johnson

Information Technology Advisor