StorMagic, simplifying storage for edge computing, worked with The Maho Group,
the Caribbean's leading leisure, real estate, gaming and resort
company, to ensure access to mission critical business applications in
the face of regular power outages on the small island nation of St.
Maarten.
The
Maho Group has been recognized as the region's leading resort company
for more than 35 years, with a portfolio that includes luxury hotels,
residential developments and casinos across one of the most popular
islands in the Caribbean. But because The Maho Group's properties are
spread out over 25-30 separate buildings, providing IT services to the
company created a unique challenge for Director of Technology, Huub
Lambooy.
He
and his team wanted to transition to virtualized servers but didn't
have the budget for expensive external SANs. At the same time they
needed to ensure that whichever solution they selected would enable
employees to access vital applications like property management systems
(PMS), casino management systems, infrastructure management like
firewalls and remote desktop services - even in the midst of hurricane
season.
"Power
outages are a regular occurrence on the island - even with triple
protection on infrastructure like power sources and generators. So
minimizing downtime and disruption in these scenarios is critical for
the survival of our business," said Lambooy. "The StorMagic SvSAN's
lightweight architecture minimized hardware costs and maximized uptime
with the necessary shared storage for VMware."
Unlike other software-defined storage solutions, StorMagic SvSAN offers
customers a highly available, two server solution that is simple,
cost-effective and requires little maintenance to keep up and running.
The Maho Group's StorMagic SvSAN, leveraging stretch cluster capability
for added resiliency, was installed five years ago in 2012. Since that
point the group has experienced zero unplanned downtime and
significantly increased reliable application uptime.
"Not
only have we saved significant money by avoiding the purchase of
external SANs, but the ability to perform maintenance without taking
applications offline has vastly improved our efficiencies across the
board," added Lambooy. "We couldn't get this type of reliability and
top-tier support from anyone else. StorMagic SvSAN provides exactly what
The Maho Group needs to be successful in a highly competitive
industry."
For more information on the StorMagic SvSan, please visit StorMagic.com/SvSAN.