Open Cyber University found that their existing IBM FastT disk arrays lacked the flexibility to pool and virtualize storage and the ability to openly mirror data to new low-cost ATA disk solutions readily available in the marketplace. Instead of replacing the IBM systems, Open Cyber University turned to DataCore SANsymphony to upgrade the existing IBM storage investment.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) January 17, 2005 -- The problem was simple; Open Cyber University to meet growing storage requirements needed to add powerful storage services to their existing IBM storage arrays and at the same time cost-effectively expand disk capacity using affordable ATA storage arrays. The existing IBM FastT arrays lacked the flexibility to pool and virtualize storage and the ability to openly mirror data to new low-cost disk solutions readily available in the marketplace. Instead of replacing the IBM systems, Open Cyber University turned to DataCore SANsymphony to upgrade the existing IBM storage investment and allow the University to pool its storage resources together while adding lower-cost ATA disk arrays.
We are an Open University, therefore it was only logical that we un-lock our disks from specific vendor storage limitations and build an open storage architecture that would give us the hardware choice and flexibility to incorporate new low-priced market solutions as we needed them", stated IT manager and Ph.D. Hyoungchul Kim.
SANsymphony was selected since it enabled the existing IBM storage to remain productive and work with other storage. SANsymphony provided a centrally managed storage solution that opened up flexibility, enhanced productivity, greatly simplified administration and optimized disk utilization across the different types of storage.
Open Cyber University is the first of its kind in providing online education in Korea. OCU exchanges credits and lecture content between a consortium of fourteen major universities. OCU provides a new paradigm of 'open education' and 'lifetime education'. The aim of the University is to open up the opportunity of high quality professional education to everybody through the cyber world. It is open to everyone and is accessible everywhere.
SANsymphony's vendor-independent approach allows network administrators to distribute and manage available disk volumes from mixed storage devices within the networked storage pools and serve capacity to any application server on an as-needed basis.
We have a tight budget and cant afford to replace our existing investment of IBM FastT arrays. DataCore SANsymphony allowed us to use what we had, added universal storage services that worked across different arrays, and opened up the architecture to meet our future demands." stated IT operations manager, Jinkyu Kim.
About Open Cyber University
The world is rapidly changing, and the existing educational system cannot satisfy the need of people's endless self-development. OCU is pushing the limitations of off-line educational institutions into the new paradigm of 'open education' and 'lifetime education'. OCU aims to open up the opportunity of high quality professional education to everybody through the cyber world. It is open to everyone and is accessible everywhere. To learn more: www.ocu.ac.kr/foreign/english/index.asp
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of hardware independence. The company's award-winning SANsymphony and new low-cost SANmelody disk server software products provide unprecedented purchasing flexibility and future-proofing by empowering customers to fulfil portability and price/performance requirements across a broad choice of systems and devices. Small to Medium Enterprises, Global 2000 data centers, and OEM storage subsystems rely on this comprehensive product portfolio to deploy disk servers, to easily add capacity expansion, and to centralize and automate storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, please call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com.
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