Case Studies
VMC discovered that EqualLogic’s PS series offered a complete hardware/software solution that was simple to install and easy to manage. Unlike other storage arrays considered, the PS Series comes complete with all software features needed to create and run a storage area network. There was no need to purchase additional software or professional services to benefit from the included data management and protection features such as replication.
The virtualization solution that HHC and Mosaic developed included VMware, an iSCSI SAN, Servers, supporting software. Implementation was provided by Mosaic Professional Services.
HHC needed to acquire additional servers for two sites – Holyoke and Chicopee MA. They also needed to add storage capacity, and a backup solution. The two sites presented an opportunity to set up a disaster recovery environment. This all needed to be done within a defined budget.
The initial driver for virtualization at HHC was Disaster Recovery. As Mosaic and HHC mapped out supporting infrastructure, supporting technologies were evaluated: storage, replication, physical servers, and backup.
“We simply outgrew the capacity of our tape library and we constantly had to feed it tapes just to complete nightly backups,” said Richard Booth, Network Manager at the North Kingstown School Department. “We knew we needed a new solution and began looking around at alternatives.”
Part of that search included a seminar hosted by Mosaic Technology and ExaGrid Systems. The seminar highlighted ExaGrid’s data deduplication technology. It was during that seminar that Mosaic and North Kingstown began working together.
Mosaic’s team using Orvis business, budget, and technology objectives – designed a virtualization plan based on VMware Virtual Center. The initial implementation consolidated 20 physical servers into three VMware ESX servers. As is Mosaic’s practice, substantial training and knowledge transfer occurred during the entire process.
Like all companies RadioFrame needed to develop a strategy to ensure that all corporate and client data could be effectively managed in a high growth environment with limited IT resources.
RRMC IT was under considerable pressure to solve a variety of inter-related issues. They needed to establish a secondary disaster recovery site where the mission-critical SAN would be replicated.
Celerasys enlisted Mosaic Technology to help determine data storage alternatives. Mosaic’s expertise in data management and storage technologies streamlined the decision making process for Celerasys.
As with every customer, Mosaic’s technical sales team worked to understand the specifics of the situation in terms of business needs, technical requirements and budget restraints. By taking this wide view approach Mosaic was able to offer a more comprehensive solution than simple storage.
