(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and colocation services provider Consonus (www.consonus.com) has announced that it relocated more than 200 servers and other data center devices for ESL Federal Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in the country, beating its deadline and resuming its normal operations sooner than expected.
Together with its data center relocation partner Hi-Tech Transportation and ESL Federal Credit Union’s internal project management and IT teams, Consonus was able to complete moving the servers to the company’s new headquarters in less than 12 hours. The move, scheduled for the February holiday weekend, began 2pm Saturday, and returned to full operational status by Sunday afternoon.
“After investigating other providers, I became convinced that Consonus and Hi-Tech Transportation were the best data center relocation partners for ESL,” ESL Federal Credit Union network services manager Ray Kaforey said in a statement. “Their experience in planning, documenting, and executing a data center relocation was vital to the great success we achieved in moving over 200 servers, SANs, and other devices in a single night with no unplanned impact to our members. The working relationship developed between ESL, Consonus, and Hi-Tech Transportation was simply outstanding.”
ESL selected Hi-Tech Transportation and Consonus to assist staff in the eight-months of detailed planning that led to the execution of the move. In addition to counsel on rack and infrastructure layout, the project featured a risk management component which used ESL’s existing disaster recovery facility to support 24×7 core business operations during the actual move. Because the new headquarters had been integrated into the overall network infrastructure prior to the move, all network capabilities were fully tested in advance.
More on this this data center relocation is available in a case study report, and more detailed information on Consonus Data Center Relocation is available in the Consonus White Paper, “Keys to a Successful Data Center Relocation.”
