Case Study: TDK Europe achieves continuous operations and virtually eliminates downtime with StorMagic SvSAN

Electronic components manufacturer TDK keeps its European sales offices running continuously with StorMagic SvSAN

TDK Europe, a leading electronic components manufacturer, faced recurring downtime at its European sales offices from aging two-server Windows Server 2008 clusters that required manual intervention after failures. Needing a low‑cost, simple-to-manage high-availability solution to keep sales applications running continuously, TDK Europe selected StorMagic and its SvSAN product after discovery through a Munich distributor.

StorMagic implemented SvSAN on upgraded Dell servers with VMware vSphere, using a single remote witness in Düsseldorf to prevent split‑brain and enable scalable management; reseller/integrator Softsign Technology supported the deployment. The StorMagic SvSAN solution delivered automatic, fast failover and seamless fail-back, virtually eliminating downtime, reducing manual IT work, and significantly increasing productivity for sales and IT teams while consolidating management in VMware vCenter — with the remote witness architecture able to manage up to 1,000 sites.

TDK Europe

Timo Hauke

IT Director