IBM Storage Gets Top Marks at the University of Wyoming
IBM TotalStorage DS8100 Makes the Grade in Storage Consolidation
SOMERS, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/02/2006 -- IBM today
announced that the University of Wyoming (UW) has completed a massive
storage consolidation project built on its breakthrough IBM TotalStorage
DS8100 storage server.
The new storage environment at the University of Wyoming now supports
a new Student Information System (SIS) that will house all of the
institutions' academic data including course information, as well as
student and administration records.
UW is the state's only provider of baccalaureate and graduate
education, research, and outreach services. With growing information and
computing demands from the 15,000 students, professors and faculty
staff, UW addressed the challenge by adding server and storage to its
infrastructure. With even more servers likely to be added in the future,
UW decided to centralize its storage to reduce IT costs and improve data
management efficiency.
Working with IBM Business Partner Sirius, UW consolidated its storage
by building a storage area network with the IBM DS8100 as its
centerpiece, allowing the university to amass up to 10 terabytes of
data. The powerful, enterprise class storage server is connected to more
than 20 UNIX, Linux and Windows servers and is already delivering 150%
performance improvement over the previous network topology. Students and
professors now have faster access to information, and IT staff spend
fewer hours managing storage.
"We were faced with growing data demands, escalating infrastructure
costs and our systems were increasingly difficult to manage," said Bob
Morrison, director of Telecommunications and System Services at UW.
"Consolidating our data onto the DS8100 has alleviated all of our
storage management concerns. It is one of the most strategic IT
decisions UW has made in the last 10 years."
UW's decision to purchase the TotalStorage DS8100 was made following
an exhaustive evaluation of competitive offerings from EMC, HDS, HP and
Sun Microsystems. UW chose the IBM solution based on the performance,
reliability, scalability and connectivity options of the DS8100.
"Customers rely on IBM to help them respond to the challenges they
face by escalating growth in the datacenter and the need for information
on demand," said Kristie Bell, vice president of IBM Storage. "Built
with POWER5 processors, IBM's DS8000 storage series provides a resilient
and long-term solution that helps customers, such as the University of
Wyoming, meet their growing storage needs."
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80
years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources
from across IBM and IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of
services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and
small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more
information about IBM, visit
http://www.ibm.com.
About UW
The University of Wyoming is the state's only provider of
baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and outreach services.
UW combines major-university benefits and small-school advantages, with
more than 180 programs of study, an outstanding faculty, and world-class
research facilities all set against the idyllic backdrop of southeastern
Wyoming's rugged mountains and high plains. The main campus is located
in Laramie, approximately two hours north of Denver. The university also
maintains the UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers
across Wyoming, and Cooperative Extension Service centers in each of the
state's 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Mike Darcy
IBM
914-766-4777
mdarcy@us.ibm.com
SOURCE: IBM
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