CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY
Powering Mission-Critical Cardiac Monitoring with Pure Storage
Viyu and Pure Storage helped Spectocor build a high-performance storage environment capable of supporting real-time cardiac monitoring, thousands of concurrent patient-data transactions, and the company’s continued growth.
Infrastructure Modernization | Networking & Security | Virtualization
THE KEY RESULT
65 Patient Records Per Day — Up From 35
Faster storage response times enabled Spectocor’s cardiac technicians to analyze more patient data each day, improving operational efficiency across its mission-critical monitoring services.
01 — The Challenge
Spectocor provides remote cardiac monitoring services to clinicians around the world.
More than 10,000 monitoring devices send patient information to Spectocor, where certified cardiac technicians analyze the data and prepare reports for clinicians.
Because patient information is captured and analyzed in real time, storage plays an essential role in the company’s technology environment.
Spectocor needed a storage platform capable of delivering reliable performance while supporting thousands of patients concurrently.
And because the environment supports critical healthcare services, downtime was not an acceptable option.
02 — The Viyu Solution
Viyu helped Spectocor implement Pure Storage FlashArray technology designed around reliability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
High-Performance Flash Storage
Pure Storage consistently delivered sub-millisecond response times and greater IOPS, helping Spectocor process patient data efficiently.
Non-Disruptive Operations
Software changes, upgrades, and system expansion can be performed without interrupting Spectocor’s critical monitoring services.
Advanced Data Reduction
Compression, deduplication, and data-pattern matching dramatically reduced the amount of physical storage required.
Simplified Storage Management
Pure Storage’s management capabilities reduced the need for dedicated storage administrators, allowing the broader IT team to manage the environment.
VDI Enablement
The storage platform also supported Spectocor’s move to virtual desktop infrastructure, reducing workstation requirements and dramatically improving data-transfer speed.
03 — The Results
65 Patient Records Per Day
Cardiac technicians increased the number of patient records they could analyze daily from 35 to 65.
Sub-Millisecond Response Times
Consistent low-latency performance helps Spectocor efficiently process large volumes of patient information.
Significant Data Reduction
Nearly 1 TB of raw data required only a little more than 7 GB of flash storage to support 80 technicians at the time of the story.
Faster Data Transfers
With VDI, data-transfer processes that previously took minutes were reduced to seconds.
Lower Workstation Costs
Prior to VDI, Spectocor was spending approximately $1,800 per workstation in hardware and software.
Reduced Infrastructure Overhead
The Pure Storage environment reduced rack-space, power, and ongoing storage-management requirements.
Ready for Continued Growth
The scalable platform gives Spectocor the infrastructure required to support expanding services, customers, and future big-data initiatives.
Solutions Used
Pure Storage →
High-performance flash storage designed for reliability, scalability, data reduction, and low-latency workloads.
Infrastructure Modernization →
Replace traditional disk-based storage with a modern platform capable of supporting mission-critical workloads.
Professional Services →
Design and implement technology solutions around demanding performance and availability requirements.
“I’ve gone out of my way to pull cards, pull cables, pull storage controllers and it just keeps working. I’ve literally tried to destroy the Pure array and it just won’t let me.”
Joe Khan
Chief Information Officer, Spectocor