Case Study: Tony's Fine Foods achieves business continuity and minimal downtime with Vision Solutions' MIMIX and Double-Take Availability

Tony's Fine Foods - Customer Case Study

Tony’s Fine Foods, a West Sacramento–based food distributor serving the Western U.S. since 1934 with four warehouses and over 12,000 SKUs, needed to eliminate unexpected downtime that could disrupt nearly 24-hour inbound/outbound warehouse operations and jeopardize perishable shipments and customer trust—particularly given the company moves over $1M in product daily. The IT team wanted a solution that would protect the main data center, keep online and remote ordering available, and allow flexible planned maintenance without impacting warehouses or partners.

Tony’s implemented Vision Solutions’ MIMIX Availability for IBM i and Double-Take Availability for AIX on IBM PowerSystems, deploying a co-location DR environment. The solution delivers business continuity across System i and p environments, requires minimal daily maintenance, enabled a near-zero-downtime server migration, supports flexible scheduled downtime, and provides a “dial back” capability for troubleshooting—preserving service levels and reducing IT risk.

Tony's Fine Foods