Server Upgrade For Growth of Well Known Test Equipment Supplier
Case Study
Enabling significant business growth through a server replacement and upgrade
After receiving regular reports indicating that the Test-Meters servers were running low on storage, increasing capacity became essential to support business growth.
Being at risk of a cyber-attack
Due to the age of Test-Meters servers, increasing capacity by adding or replacing hardware would have been very expensive, with limited availability of parts.
Alongside this, another issue of ageing servers is the underlying operating system for the virtualisation platform no longer receives critical or security patch updates. This issue can potentially leave an organisation at risk of a cyber-attack.
Quick and Efficient Server Upgrade
Rather than investing in costly hardware replacements for an ageing server that was running out of storage, CT advised Test-Meter to replace both the primary and secondary servers.
A meeting was arranged between the customer and the solution consultant to review the existing infrastructure and discuss Test-Meter’s future requirements. The goal was to ensure the new hardware would meet business needs for the next five years while providing room for growth.
CT also recommended upgrading to the latest Windows operating systems to maintain full Microsoft support for critical patches and security updates. Throughout the project, CT worked efficiently to complete all tasks on schedule, coordinating closely with third-party software providers to ensure a seamless installation with no unexpected issues.
Client
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“With another large, and daunting, server upgrade and migration looming, I turned to Central Technology to project manage the task which included the purchasing of the relevant hardware and upgraded software packages. As always, the team at Central Technology were thorough in all proceedings from the early planning stages right through to deployment. The smart planning and deployment, using our replication server as a temporary primary DC, meant that the downtime was so minimal we did not even notice the switch over to the new hardware and VM environment.
In addition to the brand-new servers, we also requested a new updated firewall/router with automatic internet fail over deployment. This allowed both our internet connections to be seamlessly hot swapped should one ISP go down. A final task was to migrate an old CRM software system which was installed on our previous VM’s. Unfortunately, support for this system was unavailable from the manufacturer so extensive work was required by CT’s engineers to enable the migration of the software and its connecting SQL database to take place.
The entire Central team kept me informed every step of the way from the early planning meetings and the plan of action to the final deployment of the hardware and latest software. Without any doubt, Central Technology are one of the most professional IT companies I have ever dealt with. I will not hesitate to involve them with any future projects we may have.”
Steve Jackson, Lab Manager at Test-Meter.co.uk
