Expanded from one PowerStore array to a coordinated multi-array platform.
Data Center Consolidation with Dell PowerStore
Consolidation became a broader resiliency program.
Client context
The work begins with the operating reality.
Client
A multinational managed business travel organization supporting clearer corporate travel decisions.
EngagementA data center consolidation grew into a broader resiliency program when disaster recovery emerged as a critical requirement during discovery.
The challenge
What had to change
The client initially asked BlueAlly to consolidate its data center footprint. As planning progressed, leadership, account teams, and senior purchasing surfaced a second requirement: the new platform also had to support disaster recovery.
The engagement now had to solve the immediate consolidation need, establish a right-sized recovery design, coordinate approvals, and protect the project economics as the scope expanded.
The BlueAlly solution
How the work came together
BlueAlly worked with the client and Dell to reshape the original single-array plan into a multi-array architecture using Dell PowerStore 9200T and 3200T systems.
The design added Dell Data Domain DD6900, DS6620B SAN switches, Dell Backup and Recovery, and coordinated SAN capabilities. BlueAlly and Dell stayed aligned with purchasing and leadership as the technical and commercial requirements changed.
The results
What changed
The finished platform addressed both consolidation and the newly identified continuity requirement. The client gained larger PowerStore capacity, coordinated backup and recovery, and the SAN components needed to support the expanded design.
The project also demonstrated how early discovery and close vendor collaboration can turn an evolving requirement into a stronger long-term platform.
Outcome highlights
What the client gained.
Added backup, recovery, and SAN switching to the core design.
Kept technical, purchasing, and commercial decisions aligned.
Solved the immediate consolidation need and the continuity requirement together.
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