Is your legacy system struggling with growing demands? Discover how Stange Elektronik optimized its IT infrastructure for efficiency and security.
Stange Elektronik, a leader in industrial control systems, recognized the need to modernize its aging data storage infrastructure. Their trusted Open-E DSS V7 system, though reaching its end of life, had been a remarkably stable platform. Valuing this reliability, Stange chose to continue their collaboration with Open-E while transitioning to a future-ready solution. Managing over 60 virtual machines with a critical requirement for uninterrupted data access, they needed a data storage system that could ensure high availability, enhanced performance, and seamless integration. Discover how their move to Open-E JovianDSS allowed them to migrate from legacy Open-E DSS V7 while preparing for future scalability and growth.
- High Availability via an active-passive cluster
- 15-Minute Snapshots for rapid data recovery
- Customized Hardware solutions
- Enhanced Performance with reduced response times
- Seamless Transition with no production downtime

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Challenges
Stange Elektronik’s decade-old system suffered from insufficient response times, aging hardware, and increasing data availability and security demands. The need for a flexible, robust solution that would not disrupt operations was crucial. Their legacy system reached the end of life and could not keep up with growing data demands, which resulted in the risk of interrupted production and development processes. Discover what challenges they faced before modernizing their data infrastructure.
Solution
The collaboration between Stange Elektronik, Open-E, and ICO resulted in a customized IT solution featuring a high availability active-passive cluster system. This included two systems with 36 TB of gross storage each. The systems were configured with redundant power and regular snapshot backups to ensure maximum data security. Find out more about how these key components worked together to create a future-proof solution.
Achieved Result
Stange Elektronik achieved a significant increase in data availability and security, with drastically reduced response times and optimized processing speeds. The new solution offers a scalable and future-proof foundation, allowing for seamless integration into existing processes. Learn how the team at Stange Elektronik was able to modernize their IT without disrupting production and how the solution can be applied to other companies with similar challenges.
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