Case Study: Guthrie County State Bank achieves reliable, cost-effective business continuity with StorMagic SvSAN

Guthrie County State Bank seeks business continuity in the heart of rural Iowa by implementing StorMagic SvSAN

Guthrie County State Bank, a locally owned independent bank in rural Iowa, had virtualized its servers on VMware but was struggling with complex and costly backup procedures and lacked a suitable disaster recovery/business continuity plan. To address this, the bank chose StorMagic and its SvSAN software to provide shared storage and a simple, cost-effective continuity solution.

StorMagic deployed SvSAN—an integrated, software-defined SAN that runs on off-the-shelf hardware and integrates with VMware vCenter—delivering redundancy and mobility for virtual servers with a two‑server configuration. The implementation removed the need for expensive tape or hardware SAN, proved stable in testing, simplified deployment and future expansion, and provided continuous access to online applications while lowering overall costs.

Guthrie County State Bank

Teve Brubaker

IT Manager