Infrasys - an EqualLogic Preferred VMware Partner

Infrasys are pleased to announce their status as a member of the recently created EqualLogic Preferred VMware Partner Program. The Program is dedicated to a select number of VMware Authorized Consultants and VIP Enterprise Partners who have a focus and expertise to sell, deploy, and service virtualized infrastructures based on VMware Infrastructure 3 and EqualLogic PS Series virtualized iSCSI SANs. These partners provide total solutions that include not only the industry's premier virtualization software and virtualized storage, but also complementary VMware-centric professional services and local expertise to fully realize the benefits of a virtualized infrastructure. EqualLogic Preferred VMware Partners provide leading edge solutions in a variety of areas including server and storage consolidation, business continuance, test and development optimization, and virtualized desktop environments.

The EqualLogic Preferred VMware Partners are also available as business partners to other EqualLogic Channel Partners to deliver their VMware software and professional services to prospects and customers of the entire community of EqualLogic Channel Partners.

Infrasys supplies 96TB of iSCSI SAN in a single deployment Key Facts:

• Believed to be the largest single iSCSI deployment in the UK ever
• Provides every child in the City of Sunderland with personal storage space
• Cost effective, robust and field-proven
• Scalable up to 288TB per 42u rack

Axstor announces that it has enabled Sunderland City Council to provide every child in the City of Sunderland with their own personal storage space in what is believed to be the UK's largest single deployment of an iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN). The 96TB of Axstor iSCSI storage was supplied to Sunderland's Ed.IT Department via Infrasys, an Axstor Premier Partner specialising in SANs and VMware.

"Axstor's technology surpasses our performance requirements, while the support offered is particularly impressive. The overall package demonstrates that Axstor and Infrasys have a clear understanding of our business needs," commented Rob Carlyon, of Sunderland City Council.

"Axstor's iSCSI SAN solution was chosen as the preferred storage system because having thoroughly researched and understood the Council's key criteria, the system we suggested provided a cost-effective, robust, high-performance and field-proven platform, as well as being easy to install and manage," explained Axstor CEO, Alan Shepherd.

Claimed to be the world's fastest iSCSI SAN storage solutions, the Axstor Ai-Pro delivers speeds of up to 1,100MB/sec data throughput and can achieve over 80,000 IOPS. The Axstor Ai-Pro can handle both file and block based data, providing support for applications such as MS Exchange and SQL Server and can operate in both Windows and Unix/Linux environments as well as virtualised environments such as VMware.

"In deploying iSCSI - rather than fibre channel, Sunderland is able to benefit from all the advantages of a SAN at a fraction of the cost of a similar Fibre Channel installation. This follows similar decisions by other public sector bodies, including two police force authorities and a number of universities, with whom Infrasys has recently announced major contracts. Axstor has a real enterprise-class product that demonstrates great performance," said Neil Finnegan, UK Sales Manager for Infrasys.