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Multi-Site Data Center Deployment For a Large Hospital

Case Study Glance Shape

At a glance

Gruve deployed a Cisco-based EVPN/VXLAN SDN solution across multiple DCs, enabled multi-tenancy with secured endpoints, delivered increased speed, automation of network changes and enhanced operational resiliency. Gruve's expertise helped the client achieve regulatory compliance, enhanced security, and increased operational efficiency. 

40x

faster in the Fabric Speed

90%

reduction in time to implement changes

About the client

The client is a large hospital system in the midwest of the United States.

Challenges

  • Legacy network was not as secure, slow and hard to maintain
  • Provide redundancy of applications across multiple DC sites
  • Poor network visibility led to surprise outages and increased MTTR

Solutions

  • Cisco ACI’s contract model uses PBR for Palo Alto NGFW inspection of designated traffic to secure East/West communication in the DC.
  • Cisco ACI Multi-Site provides seamless L2 adjacency across multiple DC locations for enhanced resiliency and utilization of resources for compute workloads.
  • Enhanced Day-2 Operational visibility and control with Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator and Insights.

Results and benefits

  • True multi-tenancy with micro-segmentation of traffic to enhance security and regulatory compliance.
  • Enhanced automation and orchestration for standard network changes.
  • Higher resiliency for applications and networks
  • Lower MTTR for outages with unparalleled visibility and proactive network monitoring.