Pivot3 HCI Beats Dell EMC, HPE for Airport Data Center Modernization

Charleston International Airport reduced its data center’s total cost of operations by consolidating its servers, storage, and client workstations onto Pivot3’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). The HCI vendor’s resiliency also improved airport security, said Ira Campbell, director of IT and security at Charleston International Airport. The airport relies on video to validate whether something did or didn’t happen. And Pivot3’s HCI surveillance products ensure that even if multiple hardware failures occur, video management servers remain online and recording, and previously recorded video is protected and accessible. “With security you can’t afford any downtime,” Campbell said. “And with 240 doors at this airport there’s no way we could man them all. We need that resiliency.” Charleston International is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is South Carolina’s largest and busiest airport.