Overview
The “Villa Sandra” nursing home began its activity in 1970. The “Villa Sandra” nursing home is not only an important rehabilitation center accredited by the National Health Service, but also a point of reference for: Diagnostic imaging ( CT and MRI, Mammography with Tomosynthesis etc.), Digestive Endoscopy, Dentistry, Laboratory Analysis, Complex Outpatient Surgery, and other outpatient specialist branches.
Summary
- Client: Villa Sandra S.p.a.
- Sector: Healthcare
- Location: Rome – Italy
The need
Villa Sandra had an old infrastructure based on 2 separate VMware nodes which did not give a guarantee of business continuity. The System was capable of only giving backups to an external NAS. In the case of a node crash, the recovery time was very high as the VMs had to be copied in their entire before they could be started.
Sangfor Solution
Sangfor HCI in cluster of 3 nodes, 2 nodes have been installed in HA and with virtual datastore, the third node is responsible for backing up the VMs with the functionality of power from backup directly on it in case of need. Backup software is integrated into HCI without the need for additional licenses or VMs.
Villa Sandra particularly appreciated the cluster virtualization with integrated HA, which allows him to instantly restart the virtual machines if the main nodes crashed. Sangfor also allows "boot from backup", giving the possibility to immediately resume operations even if one or more VMs need to be recovered on the 2 main nodes. This package of features is integrated into a single, very simple to use web interface which has allowed Villa Sandra to reduce intervention times for routine infrastructure operations.
