Case Study: Front-safe achieves 3x higher TSM workload and 3:1 server consolidation with SanDisk Fusion ioMemory

Front-Safe Creates An Efficient And High-Performance Cloud Solution For Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager

Front-safe is a Danish backup and archiving provider that integrates its cloud service with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). As its customer base and databases grew, routine database maintenance and high I/O demands slowed operations, leaving low CPU utilization and long-running tasks; the team needed faster maintenance, better server utilization and the ability to consolidate TSM servers.

Front-safe installed SanDisk Fusion ioMemory cards to host its busiest TSM databases, a quick physical install that avoided a SAN deployment. The change cut query times from minutes to seconds and expiration jobs from hours to minutes, enabled a 3x higher TSM workload, allowed a 3:1 server consolidation (two‑thirds fewer servers), and produced roughly 5x faster software upgrades — delivering measurable performance and cost savings.

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Geirr G. Halvorsen

Senior Systems Engineer