The Challenge.
VuePoint Solutions Ltd, a growing IT services and solutions company, had reached the limits of their legacy infrastructure. Their servers were nearing end-of-life, presenting an opportunity to modernise infrastructure, improve reliability, and reduce management overheads.
Running on Hyper-V, the team saw opportunities to enhance stability and performance by addressing recurring reboots and Microsoft service interruptions. Managing multiple servers individually consumed precious time and resources.
The leadership team knew they needed a resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient solution that would reduce complexity, eliminate single points of failure, and prepare them for future growth.
Key Objectives.
VuePoint Solutions set out with three clear goals:
- Do more with less: reduce costs while improving efficiency.
- Simplify IT management: centralised, easy-to-maintain systems.
- Build resilience: a robust hybrid solution with cloud connectivity for seamless failover and recovery.
The Solution.
VuePoint Solutions turned to Bechtle Limited for expert advice and guidance.
Bechtle’s Hybrid Infrastructure team conducted a deep assessment of their Hyper-V environment, identifying performance bottlenecks such as IOPS latency. We explored multiple vendor options, but given VuePoint Solution’s experience with Dell Technologies, we recommended an Azure Local solution. This brought together the benefits of hybrid cloud with the reliability of on-premise infrastructure.
Key Solution Highlights.
- Azure Local with Top of Rack (TOR) switches for future scalability.
- Hybrid cloud approach: resilient on-premise setup with seamless Azure integration.
- Azure Site Recovery: VM replication into the cloud, reducing reliance on multiple on-premise sites and lowering costs.
- Deployment services: ensuring smooth, expert-led installation.
VuePoint Solutions chose Bechtle because we don’t just sell technology, we partner with our customers to find creative, cost-effective, and future-ready solutions. From licensing optimisation to vendor collaboration and deployment support, Bechtle delivered a solution that enables VuePoint Solutions to confidently scale their business.
Lee Alesbrook, Hybrid Infrastructure BDM, Bechtle
Key Benefits for VuePoint Solutions.
Resilience & Reliability: No single point of failure, with rapid failover capabilities.
Simplified Management: Centralised monitoring and metrics that eliminated the complexity of Hyper-V.
Cost Savings: Optimised Azure backups, and avoided unnecessary third-party software.
Future-Proofing: Scalable infrastructure that supports company growth while keeping IT management lean.
Business Continuity: Efficient backup and disaster recovery through Azure, only paying for what they use.
The hyper-converged solution Bechtle helped us achieve has given us a resilient platform with no single point of failure, simpler management, and a clear bridge to the cloud, while keeping costs down. We now have rapid failovers we couldn’t do before, plus efficient backups with Azure. Bechtle went above and beyond to ensure this solution fit all of our needs.
Alan Watts, Operations Manager VuePoint Solutions