Case Study
Lake Erie College reduces its operational costs by replacing outdated hardware and moving to hyperconvergence
Lake Erie College reduces its operational costs by replacing outdated hardware and moving to hyperconvergence
Lake Erie College, a private institution in Ohio offering undergraduate and graduate programs, sought to modernize its IT infrastructure while reducing operational costs and improving system reliability. Faced with aging hardware and growing technology demands, the college implemented StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA) and transitioned to a hyperconverged environment. The solution consolidated compute, storage, and virtualization resources into a single platform, improving performance, simplifying management, and reducing infrastructure expenses. StarWind HCA also enhanced redundancy and failover capabilities, ensuring greater availability of critical academic and administrative systems. According to Director of Information Technology Brad Luhta, StarWind provided the ideal balance of improved p
