Case Studies

Global Logistics

  • Size: Enterprise
  • Location: United Kingdom UK

Key Metrics

  • 1 file uploaded and processed
  • No discovery agents use
  • 1 business case scenario used
  • Estate consisted of :
  • 170 RedHat servers

Objectives

The customer wanted to gain a like-for-like pricing comparison against Microsoft & GCP (Google) to allow for a greater comparison to be given AWS was also added. Licensing was also included as a like-for-like comparison there was a need to achieve 20% savings when choosing Microsoft Azure.  

  • Gain a pricing comparison between GCP(Google) and Microsoft
  • A like-for-like comparison with GCP(Google)
  • Achieve a 20% saving by changing the hosting region

 

Approach

  • The migration method is Azure Migrate for re-host used for all 170 RedHat Linux servers 
  • Pricing gathered for different Hypervisors using Junkshon Aspire
  • Using Junkshon Aspire gain a like-for-like comparison which included licensing 
  • Host pricing throughout the Microsoft Azure estate was gathered with UK South as the cheapest 

Results

  • Rapid Assessment (RA) was completed within 10 working days 
  • All servers where Azure Migrate re-host ready
  • 3-month migration period
  • 22.24% cost saving compared with GCP(Google) and a 7.81% saving when compared against AWS