Enterprise Private Cloud Transformation for Financial Services
StackOrbit enabled L&T Finance to build a compliant, scalable private cloud using Apache CloudStack, KVM, and CEPH—delivering a phased migration away from VMware with complete infrastructure control and cost optimization.
2
Data Centers
4 Weeks
Deployment Time
6 Months
Planned Migration
50-70%
Licensing Cost Reduction
About the Customer
L&T Finance is a leading financial services provider in India.
L&T Finance offers diverse products and services in banking, insurance, and wealth management sectors across India with multiple data centers supporting critical operations.
The organization faced high VMware licensing costs and vendor lock-in, requiring a scalable, compliant private cloud solution that could support rapid business growth while maintaining financial predictability and regulatory compliance.
The Challenge
Breaking Free from VMware Lock-In
Licensing & Cost
VMware enterprise licensing was expensive and difficult to predict for budgeting across multiple data centers and zones.
Vendor Lock-In
High dependency on VMware ecosystem limited flexibility for future architecture changes and technology choices.
Migration Complexity
Moving thousands of VMs with diverse applications required careful planning to minimize business disruption.
Compliance & Data Residency
Need for complete infrastructure control to meet BFSI regulatory requirements and data sovereignty mandates.
Migration Approach
VMware to CloudStack Transition Strategy
Phase 1
Deploy CloudStack + CEPH parallel environment with full infrastructure validation
Phase 2
Migrate non-critical workloads first (testing, development environments)
Phase 3
Gradually migrate production workloads with controlled cutover plans
Phase 4
Optimize performance and decommission VMware clusters
The Solution
StackOrbit Solution Components
Apache CloudStack Platform
Complete IaaS orchestration with multi-tenant capabilities, billing integration, and API-first architecture for full automation.
CEPH Distributed Storage
Replaces expensive SAN with open-source CEPH providing block and object storage, petabyte scalability, and high availability.
KVM Hypervisor
Open-source KVM replaces VMware ESXi, running on commodity x86 hardware with full Linux ecosystem compatibility.
BFSI Compliance Framework
Complete control over infrastructure for RBI compliance, data residency, audit trails, and regulatory governance requirements.
Technical Specifications
Infrastructure Architecture
Data Centers
2 Locations
Deployment
4 Weeks
Storage
CEPH SDS
Migration
6 Months Planned
Compute Layer: KVM hypervisors on commodity x86 servers with live migration capabilities
Storage Layer: CEPH distributed storage with 3x replication for high availability and disaster recovery
Networking: Advanced networking with VXLAN support for multi-tenancy and network isolation
Management: CloudStack management servers with StackOps 24/7 managed operations support
Results
Business Impact
Reduced VMware licensing costs by 50-70% annually
Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) over 3-5 years
Improved cost predictability with open-source stack
Higher infrastructure ROI using commodity hardware
Faster VM provisioning (minutes vs hours)
Centralized orchestration with CloudStack
Reduced dependency on vendor support teams
24/7 managed operations via StackOps
“The phased migration approach from VMware to CloudStack allowed us to maintain business continuity while achieving significant cost savings and compliance requirements.”
L&T Finance Team
L&T Finance
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