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An inSync Case Study
Introduction to Migration from the Cloud
Everybody advertises migrating to the Cloud because of the profits they are making on the Cloud. We're different. We use the Cloud thoughtfully. And we migrate some client off of the cloud, also called cloud repatriation. Migrating from the Cloud involves moving data, applications, and digital assets from a cloud environment back to an organization's on-premises data center or a private cloud.
The process is driven by factors like higher-than-expected cloud costs, a desire for greater control & security over the computing environment, or specific business needs that are better met locally. Key steps include assessing business needs, choosing a strategy (like repatriating some or all workloads), planning the migration carefully, testing the process, executing the move, and then optimizing the new environment.
Cloud to Co-location Facility
The Problem
Our client's CFO asked us to come in & analyze their information technology infrastructure & expense. Their apps & data were being hosted by a 3rd party Cloud provider in Las Vegas. They were having many problems with their environment including slowness, connectivity problems, & servers going down.
Their desktop ticket count was being sustained, on average, at 150 tickets.
Their Cloud hosting expense was $32,000 per month.
How We Helped
Our client has 4 manufacturing plants in two states so an on-premise solution was not ideal. We recommended purchasing a state of the art, 3 server cluster solution to be hosted at a local data center which was best in class.
The HW & SW purchased has a useful life of at least 5 years. It is under warranty for 5 years but it can be extended. The cluster provides redundancy with 24/7/365 uptime. All of their equipment had redundant hardware to avoid the single point of failure.
The co-lo gave them 24/7/365 uptime with redundant Internet & electricity in a secure facility. The local datacenter we recommended is where Cloud providers host their servers.
Their monthly expense went from $32,000/month to $1,450/month. The cost of the cluster & the rack buildout in the co-location facility was $282,817 which included labor.
Cloud to Co-location Facility Savings
Annual Cloud Hosting Fee $384,000
Hardware & Software Investment $282,817
Annual Co-lo fees $17,400
Savings 1st Year $83,783
Savings 2nd-5th Year $366,600 per year
Total Savings for 5 Years $1,550,183
Desktop Tickets Resolved
We deep dived into their environment & their tickets eventually went from a sustained 150 tickets down to 30 tickets on average for 330 employees. The ongoing problems our engineers solved:
Citrix Problems:
We resolved the largest problem of consistent slow performance by upgrading their Citrix servers to the latest version. We also increased the number of servers from 16 to 28, & increased the RAM on each Citrix server from 8 GB to 24GB. For power users, we provided dedicated Citrix servers.
Virtual Server Corruption on Main Drive:
Their main drive was 9TB & had underlying corruption. We migrated their data to 2 (ea) fresh Microsoft Windows Server 2022 instances.
Printer problems:
We added more resources to their print servers & updated the print drivers.
Excel Power User:
After the Citrix upgrades, this power user continued to have problems with Excel slowness. Our engineer looked at the Excel spreadsheet & determined that the spreadsheet was so large & complex, that every time she added data, it was calculating the entire spreadsheet. It was switched to calculate manually only.
Internet Speed:
We upgraded all 4 of their locations Internet speed to 1GB. One locations only had 20MB. And we provided redundant 100MB Internet lines with an automated failover.
Further IT Accomplishments
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For a disaster recovery/business continuity solution, we replicate their servers to a Cloud-based solution for $4,000/year;
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Their 3 physical server cluster is monitored 24/7/365 with a cloud-based system for $60/month;
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Their 44 virtual machines are monitored, for a one time configuration fee, with a Nagios solution that is constantly tuned & upgraded for additional monitoring points.
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