UCS IT Solutions

The RS18017xs+ is a flexible, versatile and scalable supplement to our hosting platform. Eric Fernström - Operations Manager

The Company

UCS IT Solutions has, since 2015, been a subsidiary of United Computer Systems in Scandinavia AB (UCS). UCS started its operations in 1993, as a hardware builder and was developed to work with several business areas such as Industrial IT, IT Products and Services. The company handles everything from the advanced development projects and system integration, to what makes everyday life at your workplace work: the operation and products. 

A key aspect of UCS IT Solutions is VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting. This allows customers to have access to their own server within the network. Customers have allocated resources within the server (dedicated RAM and hard drive space).

The head office is located in Science Park Mjärdevi with Linköping University as the nearest neighbour.

The Challenge

As the existing hosting solution consists of only flash drives (VXRail server), the data handling and access was not optimised as they were not able to separate hot and cold data. Hot data (important data requiring frequent and fast access) is better stored on an SSD pool of storage, whereas cold data on the other hand can be stored on more cost effective storage. UCS IT solutions are now using Synology products and its SSD cache technology to tier this data.

The Solution

UCS IT Solutions use RS18017xs+ with 4TB hard drives and 1 TB SSD-cache which give us a total of 24 TB storage array in RAID 6. RS18017xs+ serves as cost-effective storage solution in the companys VPS hosting environment, with room for scalability should the need to increase the pool of storage data at a late date arise. The RS18017xs+ is then in turn backed up by another offsite Synology NAS via Hyper Backup.

The Benefits

UCS IT Solutions can now remove data that is unused by their customers in order to have a more efficient and much more cost-effective solution for data storage. They know from previous setups that the system is very reliable and efficient, the company recommend Synology to any business that needs a data solution.

UCS IT Solutions Topology

Recommended Models

  • RS18017xs+

Recommended Features

  • VPS Hosting
  • File Sharing
  • Hyper Backup
  • SSD Cache
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