Greater independence and scalability with SCS

The success story of UPONU GmbH

Technical details:

The migration took place from a VMware environment (including VSAN) with approximately 1,500 VMs to an OpenStack implementation with full SCS compliance.

The architecture comprises:

  • Highly available controller and compute nodes,
  • Horizon for self-service and VDI,
  • Advanced network configuration with optimised scripts for customer requirements.

The platform is designed in such a way that future expansions or site extensions are possible.

Created using:

Certified integrator

Background

The UPONU GmbH has been operating its own data centres for more than 200 customers with high data protection and availability requirements for over 12 years. In order to meet growing challenges such as rising licence costs, dependencies on proprietary manufacturers and limited scalability, the company decided to UPONU 2023 for a fundamental transformation of their cloud infrastructure.

Procedure

With the support of the stackXperts GmbH the switch from a VMware environment to an SCS-compliant OpenStack platform was realised within just six months. Around 1,500 virtual servers were successfully migrated in the process. The aim was to create a highly available, secure and scalable cloud solution that seamlessly takes over existing customer systems and fulfils the constantly growing requirements for performance and availability.

Result

Today, the SCS-compliant solution forms the centrepiece of UPONUs cloud stack and is continuously being expanded at the various data centre locations. The combination of flexibility, cost efficiency and the support of a dedicated community makes the platform a sustainable and future-proof basis for the future. UPONUits growth. This strategic decision not only ensures reliable operations, but also strengthens the position of UPONU as an innovative and independent provider of IaaS cloud solutions.

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