Case Study: Lipman Insurance Administrators achieves business continuity and IT infrastructure optimization with StarWind Software's Virtual SAN

Lipman Insurance Administrators achieved business continuity and IT infrastructure optimization with StarWind Virtual SAN

Lipman Insurance Administrators (LIA), a U.S. employee benefits administrator processing about 85% of claims electronically, needed a highly available IT environment to protect sensitive customer data. Their legacy mixed Windows/Unix setup relied on numerous dedicated servers and clusters, costly support contracts, and heavy space, cooling and UPS overhead, with little data redundancy and an inefficient disaster recovery plan — creating risk of downtime and reputational damage.

LIA implemented StarWind Virtual SAN, a hardware‑agnostic, SSD-backed solution running on off‑the‑shelf chassis that reduced hardware count, maintenance and operational costs while delivering fault‑tolerant, highly available storage. The deployment simplified administration and in‑place upgrades, ensured the required data redundancy and business continuity, and optimized the company’s IT infrastructure within budget.

Lipman Insurance Administrators

Christopher Vlach

Systems Manager