Case Study: Trafford Council cuts licensing costs and retires its DR datacentre with Phoenix Software

Trafford Council cuts hypervisor licensing requirements and reduces peak CPU usage from 100% to 64% with Phoenix Software

Trafford Council, a local authority in Greater Manchester, faced challenges with its aging and complex IT infrastructure, which was nearing end-of-life and struggling with high utilization and escalating licensing costs. The council partnered with Phoenix Software to find a modern, cost-effective solution that would optimize its existing investments and provide a better disaster recovery strategy.

Phoenix Software designed and implemented a tailored infrastructure refresh using Dell PowerStore and PowerEdge solutions with Veeam secure backup. This consolidated the environment, dramatically reducing hypervisor licensing requirements and CPU core count. The results included the retirement of a secondary datacentre, a drop in peak CPU usage from 100% to 64%, and a more resilient, future-ready system that simplified management for the council's IT team.

Trafford Council