Case Study
Two legacy DEC Alpha servers 400 4/166 were running the mission critical feed production mill.
Case StudyCase Study The Challenge As United Kingdom’s leading animal feed manufacturer, BOCM PAULS operates 11 mills and seven plants across the UK. While highly successful both in the UK and with international customers, BOCM Paul’s IT systems did not keep up with its advanced business achievements. Two legacy DEC Alpha servers 400 4/166 were running the mission critical feed production mill. One server was configured as the master and in case of failure, clients could manually failover to the second backup server. The systems were slow and suffered from limited internal storage and upgrade potential. Additional challenges were spare parts, which could not be guaranteed for the long term, and a problematic disaster recovery plan. Considering all the above, it was clear