Case Study: Adder Technology achieves unified, high-performance storage, high availability, and rapid backups with NetApp FAS2650 HA

NetApp FAS2650 HA underpins and helps drive global business growth

Adder Technology, a global designer and manufacturer of KVM switches and remote IT-control solutions, was constrained by an aging, fractured storage estate that couldn’t keep pace with its 20% year‑on‑year growth targets. With distributed storage bolted onto a first‑generation platform, mission‑critical R&D, numerous SQL databases, SharePoint and ERP systems faced slow backups (6–7 hours) and limited scalability, preventing needed infrastructure and product development expansion.

Working with partner Silverbug, Adder deployed NetApp FAS2650 HA systems to consolidate storage into a centralised, highly available platform. The result was blistering performance (20,000+ IOPS at ~50% utilisation), near‑instant SnapShot backups enabling hourly recovery points, seamless VMware integration, and the ability to upgrade ERP and scale IT operations—providing the reliability and capacity to underpin ongoing global growth.

Adder Technology

Keith Shire

IT Manager