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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
As a leading Swiss healthcare insurance provider, Groupe Mutuel Association
d’Assureurs has 1.4 million clients and is ranked second in its market. It is also
active in life insurance and occupational pension schemes, and provides a full
range of personal insurance products.
d’Assureurs has 1.4 million clients and is ranked second in its market. It is also
active in life insurance and occupational pension schemes, and provides a full
range of personal insurance products.
Continuous data center operations are needed to provide essential services such as
claims processing and billing. “We operate around the clock so can’t afford systems
failures,” says Pascal Sarech, infrastructure manager at Groupe Mutuel Association
d’Assureurs. “We must have high availability, disaster recovery capabilities, and a
flexible architecture.”
claims processing and billing. “We operate around the clock so can’t afford systems
failures,” says Pascal Sarech, infrastructure manager at Groupe Mutuel Association
d’Assureurs. “We must have high availability, disaster recovery capabilities, and a
flexible architecture.”
However, until recently the Groupe Mutuel data center architecture was not flexible
at all. Based on Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) servers with multiple
storage arrays, the infrastructure was expensive to run and occupied an increasing
amount of valuable office space. Furthermore it was aging, increasing the risk of
equipment failure.
at all. Based on Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) servers with multiple
storage arrays, the infrastructure was expensive to run and occupied an increasing
amount of valuable office space. Furthermore it was aging, increasing the risk of
equipment failure.
Solution
Groupe Mutuel has two main data centers, in Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais.
The company had deployed a range of Cisco® technologies in these facilities over the
years, for example Cisco MDS 9509 and 9148 Series Multilayer Switches followed by
Cisco Nexus® 5000 Series Switches.
The company had deployed a range of Cisco® technologies in these facilities over the
years, for example Cisco MDS 9509 and 9148 Series Multilayer Switches followed by
Cisco Nexus® 5000 Series Switches.
Therefore, when it came to server technologies Groupe Mutuel was interested in the
Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS®), in particular because of its ability to work
cohesively with VMware and NetApp technologies in a FlexPod architecture. A pre-
designed and pre-validated base data center configuration, FlexPod helps simplify
technology design, deployment, and servicing.
Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS®), in particular because of its ability to work
cohesively with VMware and NetApp technologies in a FlexPod architecture. A pre-
designed and pre-validated base data center configuration, FlexPod helps simplify
technology design, deployment, and servicing.
Customer Case Study
Groupe Mutuel transforms data center application availability and performance while saving on power,
space, and management
Customer Name:
Groupe Mutuel
Industry:
Healthcare insurance
Location:
Switzerland
Number of Employees:
1900
Challenge
• Improve operational resilience
• Enhance service capability, while
• Enhance service capability, while
lowering costs
Solution
• FlexPod architecture based on
Cisco Nexus switching, Cisco UCS
servers, NetApp storage, and VMware
virtualization
servers, NetApp storage, and VMware
virtualization
• Cisco Services for solution design,
validation, and deployment
Results
• Application speed doubled and
provisioning times reduced from days
to hours
to hours
• Four to twelve-fold reduction in
restoration time
• Zero downtime across more than 500
servers for three years
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