CASE STUDY
MY EXPERIENCE WITH DATACENTRIX
– BOTH THEN AND NOW – HAS BEEN
THAT THE ORGANISATION OFFERS
SOUND ADVICE, HAS EXCELLENT
EXPERTISE AND ACTUALLY LISTENS TO
CLIENTS’ SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. IT
IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THIS LEVEL OF
TRUST WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING
THE DELIVERABLES.
“According to our virtual server, we are
currently running at 30TB of data, but
after deduplication and compression this
has been scaled right down to 4.5TB,” said
Jacobs. “Our speed has also doubled, which
has meant that we’re simply not seeing
the noticeable usage spikes that we did
previously. In the old environment, the kit
was operating at maximum capacity and
heavy usage – such as the BI team running
reports during the day – would slow down
the entire production department.”
The modularity of the new equipment
has effectively future-proofed DNI’s ICT
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environment for at least the next five years.
Jacobs added: “Now, we are able to expand
blade by blade and chassis by chassis – up
to six times our current capacity – as our
requirements grow.
changes, but feedback from staff has been
overwhelmingly positive. DNI’s staff stated
that the system performance was the best
ever experienced within the company.
“Working with Datacentrix has been an
extremely positive experience, there has
been no deadline unmet. Everything was
delivered according to plan and on time. “DNI IT will continue to ensure that its
users have the best in IT infrastructure,
by partnering with Datacentrix and other
strategic suppliers, in keeping up-to-date
with the everchanging IT environment.”
“The Datacentrix team has been very
hands-on and has effectively become an
extension of our IT department. DNI clients
are not affected by any back-end technology Datacentrix Account Manager Charl Ferreria
said the company’s specialist teams leverage
the combined power of information and
communications technologies to connect,
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