Case Study: GameOn achieves 50%+ cost reduction and improved service with NetApp FlexPod

GameOn Improves Service, Reduces Costs by More Than 50% with 100% Virtualization and FlexPod

GameOn, the Japanese arm of NeoWiz Games and a leading provider of MMORPGs, needed a more dynamic, scalable IT infrastructure to ensure 24/7 low-latency service, reduce total cost of ownership, and support business growth. With server maintenance and downtime directly impacting revenue, the company sought a way to raise operations rates, simplify maintenance, and cut costs.

GameOn moved to a fully virtualized environment using VMware vSphere on FlexPod (NetApp + Cisco), consolidating two IDCs and virtualizing about 800 servers in roughly 10 weeks. The unified platform and NetApp technologies (thin provisioning, FlexVol) enabled faster provisioning, near-zero downtime for hardware issues, accelerated deployments, simplified maintenance, and a ~50% reduction in costs with investment payback in months, while providing the scalability needed for future growth.

GameOn

Park Jong Man

Department Head