Case Study: Northeast Security Bank reduces IT operational expenses and achieves full redundancy with StarWind Software's HCA

Northeast Security Bank reduces IT operational expenses by adopting hyperconvergence with StarWind HCA

Northeast Security Bank, a community bank in Iowa, was running standalone VMware ESXi hosts with a manual, replication-based disaster recovery process that was slow, complex and prone to prolonged downtime. The cumbersome DR workflow and periodic host replacements led to poor infrastructure performance and high total cost of ownership.

By adopting StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) — a 2‑node, all‑flash VMware ESXi cluster — the bank achieved full redundancy and can perform host maintenance without impacting production. The HCA simplified operations, eliminated downtime issues, and reduced IT costs by about $18,000 over three years, leading the bank to continue working with StarWind.

Northeast Security Bank