Case Study: MulvannyG2 Architecture avoids $140,000 in SAN costs and gains limitless scalability with Microsoft Azure

Architecture Firm Avoids $140,000 Expense, Gains Huge Scalability with Cloud Storage

MulvannyG2 Architecture, a 338‑employee global firm, faced millions of archived paper drawings and documents stored offsite at about $50,000 per year, causing retrieval delays and inefficiency. The firm estimated it would need roughly 20 TB for digital archives over five years but didn’t want to consume its high‑performance Nimble SAN for long‑term storage or buy another expensive SAN.

MulvannyG2 deployed a StorSimple hybrid cloud solution with Microsoft Azure and used Newforma Project Center for indexing, enabling fast, transparent access to digital archives and straightforward setup. The move avoided about $140,000 in SAN purchase/management costs, eliminated the $50,000 annual offsite storage fee, extended the life of the existing SAN, and delivered virtually unlimited scalability and improved, georeplicated disaster recovery.

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John Cuocci

Information Technology Manager