concerned. I’ve used Cisco switches, fi rewalls, and other products in the past. Cisco really took a lot of the advantages that they had to offer and incorporated them into their UCS blade chassis—that was a big deal for us. In my opinion, Cisco set themselves apart with regard to virtualization. They also allowed room for us to grow,” said Brian.
According to Brian, the research took a few months. “This was only because we wanted to do thorough research. We considered three or four vendors and we wanted to make sure not only that UCS was a fi t, but also that the virtualization tier and the back-end storage tier were a fi t,” Brian notes.
Make It Personal
Every organization is unique, and Recondo was pleased to discover that Cisco UCS was customizable to their needs. “We’re doing a few unique things, but at the same time we didn’t want to implement leading-edge technology. We were looking to have a solid infrastructure foundation with 100% uptime. We don’t have any local hard drives in any of our blades. We also have our system set up so that if a rack, or a whole center, went down, we can fail over to another site—so, that’s something a little different,” said Brian.
Brian also points out, “We chose the Cisco UCS chassis and we have redundancy in both of our data centers. We are running VMware on top of the Cisco UCS chassis blades. To complete the whole package, we’re also running Cisco networking switches and fi rewalls.”
Picking the Right Partner Makes Installation a Breeze
As with any implementation, “There were a few hiccups here and there, but nothing very hard,” said Brian.
Brian added, “So far, everything is working as expected. We have hit a few bumps in the road—as with every massive migration—but by using Cisco UCS and new cloud technology the transfer and migration have gone very smoothly.” And, Recondo’s goal is clear, “At the end of this, we want to take the hardware infrastructure out of the equation. This way, from the customers’ perspective, no matter what happens—whether it is a facility crash or just a local server crash— there isn’t any downtime,” said Brian.
All in all, Brian and Recondo Technology are happy with the project. Brian notes, “I can’t say enough good words about PC Connection. They helped us out by setting up communication with our vendors and by helping us with confi guration. And their turnaround is almost within the day. They are also right on top of any custom confi guration or support that we need. PC Connection is there when I need them—that’s a big plus.”
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I can’t say enough good words about PC Connection... their turnaround is almost within the day. They are also right on top of any custom confi guration or support that we need.
–Brian Jackson,
Director of Technology Operations Recondo Technology
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