NetApp has expanded its 14-year partnership with South Korea-based managed cloud service provider HOSTWAY IDC (HOSTWAY) to deliver enhanced cloud offerings powered by NetApp's enterprise storage solutions.
Jaesung Yoo, managing director, NetApp Korea, said: "Through this partnership, NetApp is enabling Korean enterprises to focus more on the business outcomes and growth, rather than worrying about infrastructure issues. We believe that strengthening the data foundation will be key to powering South Korea into a competitive, data-driven economy."
Unlocking organisational efficiency
NetApp's comprehensive storage solutions, in partnership with IT service specialist KL Information & Communication (KLiC), played a pivotal role in HOSTWAY's success, enhancing reliability through real-time data protection.
NetApp ONTAP's high availability (HA) architecture and data protection features, such as Snapshot and SnapMirror, facilitated HOSTWAY's threat response and data protection. HOSTWAY was able to recover quickly from failures without service downtime by automating disaster recovery setups.
HOSTWAY reported a remarkable 73% increase in operational efficiency in its private cloud deployment, thanks to the NetApp AFF C-Series storage system, a capacity-optimised all-flash array.
HOSTWAY was able to reduce its storage costs by 30% by utilising the AFF C-Series storage system. Meanwhile, the NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP allowed HOSTWAY to manage its workloads across on-prem and public cloud environments.
NetApp's AIQ Unified Manager enabled HOSTWAY to streamline resource allocation, preventing performance bottlenecks during periods of high workload.
"NetApp has fundamentally shifted our business model from reactive infrastructure management to proactive service innovation," said Dongwon Lee, head of IDC Centre at HOSTWAY. "We've moved beyond simply maintaining systems to actively driving client transformation."
