Dell simplifies storage management for Bajaj Capital

BANGALORE, INDIA: Bajaj Capital Limited has configured and deployed Dell's Compellent storage and Compellent Copilot Support for its financial services and applications. This enabled Bajaj Capital to achieve four-fold improvement in processing speed with a virtualized storage solution that could scale effectively, improve processing performance and ensure regulatory compliance.

Due to rapid growth in the volume of financial data being generated, the company required a storage solution that could provide long term scalability and meet unpredictable storage requirements.

Dell Compellent SC8000 Storage Center array offered an automated tier-ing approach that addressed the company's need for flexibly of data, based on activity and demand governed by the tight regulations and guidelines within the industry. Bajaj Capital installed Dell Compellent Data Progression to move active data to Tier 1 storage, while automatically migrating less active data to more cost-effective lower level Tier 2 and Tier 3 storage.

By implementing Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager, Bajaj Capital has simplified its data storage and reduced the hours spent on storage management, thereby allowing the IT team to focus on improving customer experience. Bajaj Capital also recorded a decrease in the monthly accounting period time by having highly active data reside on solid-state drives (SSD), which deliver optimal performance to meet the company's workload.

"We have become highly responsive to our customers thanks to the easy and quick access to data needed for approvals and workflow activities. We are now able to close our accounting period on time, which has eliminated delays and improved efficiency," said Puneet Kaur Kohli, group executive VP, IT & Operations, Bajaj Capital.