Case Study: Benshaw Inc. achieves continuous production uptime and VMware vMotion with StarWind Software's HyperConverged Appliance

Benshaw Canada Controls Inc. gets full-time running production servers with StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA)

Benshaw Canada Controls Inc., a Listowel, Ontario manufacturer of mission‑critical motor controls, was running a single VMware ESXi host with multiple VMs, which prevented use of vMotion and forced production downtime for maintenance. The company needed additional servers and a storage array on a tight budget, and vendor proposals they received were prohibitively expensive.

StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) provided a turnkey platform combining compute, storage, and software, enabling multiple servers, built‑in storage, and VMware features like vMotion so maintenance can be done without stopping production. With StarWind’s implementation support, Benshaw’s IT now runs reliably, meets current needs, and avoided the extra cost of a separate storage array.

Benshaw Inc.

Shawn Bender

IS Global Manager