Mission San Luis Rey

Business need:

To meet growing demand and maximize power consumption efficiency. Utilize all technology aspects with one technology partner, without incorporating third-party companies.

Solution:

Our IT Team chose a two Dell servers, one small to handle application layer and client/server apps and second one to be primary domain controller, file server and central point for entire organization.

Benefits:

• Business can expand thanks to improved server performance
• Project is completed ahead of plan
• Company delivers better customer service with lower energy cost
• Simpler management frees up time for innovation
• Business continuity is protected with fast, flexible support

Business can expand thanks to improved server performance:

In order to improve server performance we went from from one hardware platform to two hardware platforms. Even though it sounds that two will consume more energy then one, we made it to lower energy consumption with two servers as we incorporated latest Dell technology server platforms and replaced old server platform that was utilizing energy 5x higher then two servers joined. And what we did, we increased server performances by splitting application layer from centralized server role. Both server platforms use Dell RAID-1 and RAID-5 for hardware redundancy and hot-plug technology for quick hard-disk replacement without interrupting end-users.

Project is completed ahead of plan:

This migration was from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 platform, and it was much easier task for us to do this, then when we migrated same environment from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 where we got challenged with more difficulties. Fortunately Microsoft and Dell are working together improving their parts and making IT support migration painful for our clients. So we ended up finalizing our project ahead of projected time.

Company delivers better customer service with lower energy cost:

Mission San Luis Rey went from old custom built workstations and server to latest Dell desktop and server platforms. Speed and better performance of workstations increased speed of information workers delivering 5 star customer service and reducing power consumption for this huge organization.

Simpler management frees up time for innovation:

Management is simplified too. Server platform we incorporated are very reliable and require little or no attention on the hardware layer. With innovative tools we have more insight now in server performance, uptime and we learn every day how to reduce downtime to 0%.

Business continuity is protected with fast, flexible support:

With two servers, 50> computers, 5 POS's it is important for Mission San Luis Rey to have access to strong IT Support. We server them for last 5 years and with our Managed Services package and 24/7 monitoring and telephone/remote support we deliver best service and reduced downtime for this organization.