Case Study: E.ON Climate & Renewables achieves cost-effective high availability at 100+ remote renewable sites with StorMagic SvSAN

StorMagic SvSAN enables E.ON Climate & Renewables to achieve cost effective high availability at over 100 remote renewable energy sites

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R), the E.ON Group division responsible for global renewable generation, faced the challenge of delivering high availability for energy‑production applications across more than 100 remote sites (unmanned offshore wind farms, biomass and solar plants) while combating high storage costs, complex solutions and limited on‑site access. To meet requirements for cost‑effectiveness, simplicity, centralized management and VMware compatibility, EC&R selected StorMagic’s SvSAN.

StorMagic deployed SvSAN as a lightweight, 2‑server shared‑storage solution integrated with VMware and managed centrally via vCenter, eliminating the need for physical SANs at each location. As a result, EC&R achieved VMware high availability across its distributed sites at a fraction of prior acquisition and management costs, dramatically reduced the risk of downtime for energy‑production applications, and virtually eliminated the need for on‑site support.

E.ON Climate & Renewables

Uwe Fischer

Head of Asset Information Systems