Source：IT Pro

Many SMEs want to adopt cloud services but are concerned about security and stability, and unsure of where to start. Hong Kong's renowned system integrator and IT service provider Microware recommends HPE Nimble Storage, suitable for hybrid cloud environments. Leveraging the advantages of flash technology and high-capacity hard drives, Nimble Storage achieves high cost-effectiveness. Moreover, the InfoSight cloud-based management platform, provides real-time monitoring of multi-cloud system status, making the system more stable and reliable.

Low-Cost Storage with High Flash Efficiency

From the beginning of this year to October, Microware has completed hybrid cloud transformation projects for 15 companies, allowing many enterprises to benefit from the advantages of the HPE Nimble Storage solution.

Microware's Senior Professional Services Manager, Mark Sze, stated, "Nimble Storage is a next-generation storage solution that leverages highly efficient CPU-based data compression technology, allowing enterprises to enjoy the speed of all-flash performance while only using a minimal amount of SSD alongside low-cost hard drives. All Nimble Storage models offer an uptime of up to 99.9999%, meeting the high-performance, high-stability, and low-cost requirements of enterprise storage."

Microware's Senior Professional Services Manager, Mark Sze (left), and Professional Services Director, Toby Yeung, pointed out that the combination of HPE Nimble Storage and InfoSight brings intelligent IT management to SMEs, making their systems more stable and reliable, while also reducing costs.

Automatic Hybrid Cloud System Health Monitoring

Mark Sze pointed out that the Nimble Storage array places great emphasis on user-friendly management. Through the cloud-based management platform InfoSight, it automatically monitors the operational status of Nimble Storage daily and analyzes the data using machine learning and predictive algorithms. It can proactively issue alerts or recommend remediation actions before system failures occur, saving on manual effort.

He further stressed that InfoSight can unify the monitoring of Nimble Storage and VMware virtualization environments, automatically managing cross-cloud storage, and continuously optimizing the storage management experience.

Successful Case Study: Backup Frequency Improved from Daily to Hourly

A prime example is a digital transformation project that Microware completed for a Malaysian financial services company two months ago, which centered on the adoption of Nimble Storage. Microware's Professional Services Director, Toby Yeung, stated: "We transformed the company's traditional IT infrastructure into a hybrid cloud model, carrying out system virtualization design, testing, and implementation - all within a two-week timeframe."

Previously, the company only performed daily backups, which meant that in the event of a system issue, they could only restore to the previous night's backup, resulting in significant data loss. Now, by leveraging the Nimble Storage and Veeam virtualized backup solution, they can take hourly snapshots, drastically reducing the risk to their business operations.

The HPE Nimble Storage array leverages highly efficient CPU-based data compression technology, allowing enterprises to enjoy the speed of all-flash performance while only using a minimal amount of SSD alongside low-cost hard drives.

The Nimble Storage solution also brought high-efficiency data deduplication and data compression capabilities to the company. According to the "Spend less on all-flash storage: HPE Store More Guarantee for HPE Nimble Storage" data, the solution was able to achieve an average of 5x storage space savings without compromising functionality, while delivering 100,000 IOPS (input/output operations per second) of performance. This has allowed the company to realize storage cost savings that exceed initial expectations in the long run.

Toby Yeung summarized that Nimble Storage is easy to implement, highly cost-effective, and particularly suitable for SMEs upgrading their IT infrastructure to cloud and virtualized applications. Combined with the real-time analytics, predictive intelligence, and self-healing capabilities of InfoSight, Nimble Storage brings a level of automation and intelligence to SME IT management, simplifying daily IT tasks and driving cost savings.