Using PlateSpin Migrate, Mercy migrated its entire outsourced data center to an in-house environment and achieved a consolidation ratio of 18:1
Organization Profile
Founded in 1929, Mercy Memorial Hospital System (MMHS) is comprised of a 238-bed, full-service community hospital, as well a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, ambulatory surgery center, outpatient physical rehabilitation center, hospice care, home care, durable medical equipment service, outpatient satellite offices and retail pharmacies. The organization, which serves Monroe County as well as the eastern section of Lenawee County and Northwest Ohio, has more than 1,600 employees.
Business Situation
MMHS wanted to replace many aging servers and update several mission-critical applications. Modernization would also help prepare the backend systems for upcoming government-issued healthcare IT requirements.
The hospital decided to move its data center from an outsourced model to an in-house model and needed to complete the migration in just a few months. The organization also wanted to migrate many of its older servers to a virtualized environment to take advantage of high availability. Above all, the migration needed to happen with minimal downtime, as any disruption to critical systems could negatively impact patient care.
Solution
Working with C/D/H, a Novell Platinum Partner, MMHS selected PlateSpin Migrate to move its servers to an in-house virtualized environment.