New-generation logistics services group, RTT, is saving millions of rands on infrastructure maintenance fees, as well as conserving power, since its move over to HP DL980 Proliant servers.
The company completed its infrastructure upgrade with the assistance of Datacentrix, a provider of high-performing and secure ICT solutions.
According to Werner Vorster, senior account manager at Datacentrix, RTT's previous IT set-up needed a performance upgrade, and increasing maintenance costs were becoming a major challenge. “RTT wanted to implement a Microsoft SQL database to replace its old system, and needed to create a server environment that could manage the SQL processing. The DL980s were the ideal machines to do this, as they have the necessary scalability features.”
A proof-of-concept project was initially rolled out to set benchmarks on testing, reporting and uploading to the database. “It was based on the significant performance improvements highlighted by the proof-of-concept project that RTT decided to move its 2 000 users over to Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 and the HP DL980 Intel Xeon servers,” Vorster explains.
“Since the successful rollout, aside from the huge cost implications, RTT has also seen a dramatic reduction in transaction times, as well as an increase in energy efficiency, as the DL980s draw far less power than the previous hardware.”
Says Hemal Kalianji, group CIO at RTT: “HP and Datacentrix have provided RTT with the winning combination of a high-performance, low-cost hardware solution and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. Not only are the HP servers scalable, they are also exceptionally reliable and efficient. From a service perspective, Datacentrix has shown great commitment to successfully deploy the solution, being involved in all aspects of the project, from the architecture to migration and post-implementation support.”
Datacentrix is an Authorised Select HP Value-Added Reseller, which entitles the company to import and resell the entire range of HP products. In the HP StorageWorks division, Datacentrix is one of only two fully accredited HP Elite StorageWorks Partners. The company is also a fully certified Authorised Support Provider, which entitles it to perform warranty repairs on all HP commercial products as well as some of the HP enterprise products.
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