All for One Group

Why All for One needs a new data center location

The growth of the All for One Group is impressive. According to the 'Lünendonk List', the company ranks among the 25 largest IT and systems consulting companies in Germany.

Even with more than 1,800 employees, they've never lost their medium-sized business character. Initially started as an SAP consulting company, All for One today offers a wide range of services that pursue one goal: to strengthen their customer's competitiveness.

A reliable and fast IT infrastructure makes a decisive contribution to this goal. For more than 10 years, they've been using our colocation services. Increasing requirements, however, made a move necessary to a larger data center – offering opportunities for further strategic optimization.

For many medium-sized companies, operating their own data centers is no longer a viable business decision because of the increasing complexity of the IT system landscapes.

Finding suitable experts in medium-sized businesses is also becoming increasingly difficult. At the same time, the gap between software releases is decreasing, while security requirements are increasing. This development is reflected in the growth of the Managed Cloud Services business unit of All for One, which has been achieving double digit growth for years.

In addition, the migration of many companies to SAP/HANA systems has further increased requirements. As a consequence, the previous data center space rented from us was no longer enough.

What the new approach brings

Future expansion in the FRA1 All for One data center can be quickly implemented with all communication and power cables, and racks already installed. The hardware is delivered pre-assembled, installed in the assigned racks and connected to the backend. The broadband connection to the Carrier-Meet-Me-Rooms linking to the various internet service providers is also available, so that only cross connects need to be activated. We quickly implemented the basic architecture on site: cage walls and doors were moved, racks installed, cabling installed and tested. After a successful handover, All for One was able to move to the entire data center in only 98 days without any downtime.

Several hundred blade servers, nearly 3,000 virtual client systems, 30 VMware clusters and storage controllers with more than 2.2 petabytes of data were gradually put into operation in the new data center. For Herzog, this speaks to the strong cooperation between the two companies.: 'We work on par with Global Data Centers; their helpfulness and expertise can be felt at all levels. All projects are driven forward in a solution-oriented manner, and verbal commitments can always be relied upon.' Today, new systems from All for One or contracted service providers are usually pre-configured in an on-site office and then commissioned in the data center. Nothing stands in the way of All for One's further growth.