SVC Cooperative Bank: Modernizing BFSI Infrastructure with IBM Power Systems

SVC Cooperative Bank Limited is one of India’s leading cooperative banking institutions. To support its growth, the bank needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure while adhering to the strict security and data compliance requirements of the Central Banking Agency.

The Challenge: The bank’s existing Intel-based infrastructure was no longer able to keep up with growing demands. Key challenges included:

• Outdated Infrastructure – Legacy systems were inflexible and underperforming.
• Data Explosion – Accelerating growth of structured and unstructured datasets.
• High Latency – Delays in data retrieval disrupted business continuity and productivity.
• Scalability Concerns – Inability to support a growing user base and future cloud-readiness.

The Solution: Pentagon recommended and implemented IBM Power Systems as a robust foundation for BFSI operations:

• Infrastructure Upgrade – Replaced Intel servers with IBM Power9 (E950 & S922) and IBM Flash Storage 7200.
• Virtualization & OS – Deployed AIX OS with PowerVM virtualization, enabling dynamic scaling and workload flexibility.
• Data Resilience – Implemented IBM GPFS, Spectrum Scale, tape library, and encryption software (SKLM) for secure and reliable storage.
• Integration – Followed IBM best practices to seamlessly integrate the new infrastructure with the bank’s existing SAP system.
• Cloud-Readiness – The new architecture supported virtualization, flexible capacity, and hybrid cloud deployment options.