When PathPoint was faced with user complaints and productivity issues related to slow performance, the non-profit organization turned to Condusiv’s I/O reduction software to not only optimize their physical and virtual infrastructure but to extend their hardware lifecycles, as well.

As technology became more relevant to PathPoint’s growing organization and mission of providing people with disabilities and young adults the skills and resources to set them up for success, the IT team had to find a solution to make the IT infrastructure as efficient as possible. That’s when the organization looked into Diskeeper® as a solution for their physical servers and desktops.

“Now when we are configuring our workstations and laptops, the first thing we do is install Diskeeper. We have several lab computers that we don’t put the software on and the difference is obvious in day-to-day functionality. Diskeeper has essentially eliminated all helpdesk calls related to sluggish performance.” reported Curt Dennett, PathPoint’s VP of Technology and Infrastructure.

Curt also found that workstations with Diskeeper installed have a 5-year lifecycle versus the lab computers without Diskeeper that only last 3 years and he found similar results on his physical servers that are running full production workloads. Curt observed, “We don’t need to re-format machines running Diskeeper nearly as often. As a result, we gained back valuable time for other important initiatives while securing peak performance and longevity out of our physical hardware assets. With limited budgets, that has truly put us at ease.”

When PathPoint expanded into the virtual realm, Curt looked at V-locity® for their VM’s and, after reviewing the benefits, brought the software into the rest of their environment. The organization found that with the powerful capabilities of Diskeeper and V-locity, they were able to offload 47% of I/O traffic from storage, resulting in a much faster experience for their users.

The use of V-locity and Diskeeper is now the standard for PathPoint. Curt concluded, “The numbers are impressive but what’s more for me, is the gut feeling and the experience of knowing that the machines are actually performing efficiently. I wouldn’t run any environment without these tools.”

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