The Ministry of Communications (Kementerian Komunikasi) plays a critical role in policy making and advancing Malaysia’s digital infrastructure, media ecosystem, and digital economy.
To support these national initiatives, the Ministry requires a modern, scalable, and cost-efficient IT infrastructure capable of handling evolving demands.
Problem
The Ministry’s existing infrastructure was built on a traditional 3-tier VMware architecture, which introduced several challenges:
- Aging hardware (8+ years) with increasing maintenance risks
- High and rising VMware licensing costs
- Complex management across multiple dashboards and systems
- Dependency on legacy operating systems tied to critical applications
- Delayed support response times due to time zone differences
These limitations created inefficiencies, increased operational costs, and restricted the Ministry’s ability to scale and modernise.
Customer Needs & Solution Delivered
The Ministry sought a simplified, cost-effective, and future-ready platform to replace its legacy environment.
Sangfor delivered a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solution:
- Initial proof-of-concept (POC) with 2 HCI units to validate performance and compatibility
- Full deployment of 3 HCI nodes to replace the majority of VMware workloads
- Seamless migration plan from legacy infrastructure to HCI
Key capabilities included:
- Single-pane management across compute, storage, and network
- Support for legacy systems without disruption
- Built-in scalability and flexibility for future expansion
Result
The Ministry achieved significant transformation outcomes:
- Up to 40% cost savings compared to maintaining VMware infrastructure
- Seamless migration, including legacy systems with strong local and R&D support
- Simplified operations through a unified management platform
- Improved VM performance and overall system reliability
- Increased confidence, leading to adoption across other government agencies
Outcome: The Ministry now operates on a modern, resilient, and scalable infrastructure, enabling it to support Malaysia’s digital initiatives more efficiently while reducing complexity and cost.
Referenced link: https://www.sangfor.com/success-stories/kementerian-komunikasi-vmware-replacement-sangfor-hci
