Storage Solutions
	Infrasys are experts in data storage solutions, and are committed to Storage Area Networks (SANs) as the most robust way to provide high availability, high performance, flexible storage. Historically the cost of fibre channel SAN technology has put the benefits of the SAN out of the price range of all but the largest companies. The arrival of the EqualLogic PS Series array, using iSCSI technology, brings fibre channel levels of performance, reliability and functionality at a fraction of the cost of a traditional SAN.
	The Problem Conventional Direct Attached Storage (DAS) makes storage management difficult. DAS results in 'islands' of capacity, with considerable unused space on each volume. Planning growth is difficult, and urgent capacity requests often cannot be addressed. Each server must be backed up separately, while recovery from tape is cumbersome and unreliable. There is little opportunity to realise economies of scale in acquiring and managing storage.
	EqualLogic PS Series Storage Array The PS Series range provides a family of storage solutions from departmental to enterprise-class. The iSCSI based PS Series is an IP SAN system that seamlessly integrates into your existing Ethernet-based server architecture, eliminating the need to buy expensive fibre channel equipment, and avoiding the need to hire, train and retain staff to manage it. The PS Series range provides all the features of a SAN including Management Tools, Backup, Replication, Windows integration, etc. and unlike other SAN products, comes with all the software keys and licenses you will require. Automated setup and point and click management tools mean that the PS Series can be fully operational in less than 20 minutes from unpacking. The solution is fully scalable, with a common architecture providing integration of all arrays, drive types and features. Allocation of additional storage at the click of a button enables the provision of more physical capacity without disruption.
	Benefits Storage consolidation, ease of setup, administration, scalability and all based on IP. An end to the problems of traditional DAS. According to Network Computing, Well-Connected Awards: "In the world of iSCSI arrays, there are two vendor categories: EqualLogic and everyone else".
	Why Infrasys Although Infrasys are the biggest seller of EqualLogic PS Series SANs in the UK, Infrasys are not just hardware resellers. Infrasys are storage experts, with many years experience of managing large consolidated storage environments. Infrasys understand the technology and, critically, also understand how it can best be used – helping you to realise the maximum benefit from your investment.
	Reference Site Griffin Internet – Griffin is one of the UK’s fastest growing ISPs and is listed in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100. The company uses EqualLogic arrays – in its London, Derby and Leicester data centres - to offer its customers dedicated hosting services and to store the thousands of voicemails and telephone records that its customers generate daily. The self-managing EqualLogic SAN continually backs up data across the three locations, ensuring total business continuity to Griffin’s customers.
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