With hundreds of restaurants across the UK and growing demand on its IT systems, a global fast-food chain needed to modernise its infrastructure before ageing technology began impacting performance. The objective was to improve resilience, reduce operational costs, and simplify management across a large and distributed estate.
🔎At a glance
- Global fast-food chain with ~900 UK restaurants
- Multiple UK data centres supporting operations
- Server infrastructure nearing end of life
- Need to upgrade hypervisor and storage platform
🚨The challenge
Core server infrastructure was approaching end of life and creating performance bottlenecks. Existing hardware couldn’t support required virtualisation upgrades, and both compute and storage needed refreshing to maintain reliability and scalability.
The organisation also needed to ensure compatibility with existing systems while minimising disruption across a nationwide estate.
💡The approach
A full review of the physical and virtual environment identified the need for a hyperconverged infrastructure approach. Multiple options were evaluated before selecting a platform that delivered improved performance, compatibility, and simplified management.
The refresh was delivered as a single coordinated project to minimise operational impact.
☑️The outcome
- Infrastructure refreshed in one coordinated programme
- Reduced support costs and operational overhead
- Improved visibility through modern management tools
- Increased resilience through spare-node failover capability
- Reduced data centre footprint
⚡️Why this matters
- Infrastructure refreshes can unlock both performance and cost savings
- Hyperconverged platforms simplify management at scale
- Consolidated projects reduce operational disruption
