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WRAL-TV Eliminates Disk Media with IP SANs for Blade Servers and New Applications
In 2006, when WRAL's data storage requirements outpaced existing direct-attached storage (DAS) resources, the company found itself in the market for an entirely new approach to data management. WRAL's most pressing storage challenges came to light when the company embarked upon a plan to implement a new e-mail archiving system. His experience with IP SANs gave him the confidence to recognize that the technology – which offers centralized storage management and leverages an organization's existing IP infrastructure -- would be more than sufficient for the company.

Capital Broadcasting Implements Blade Server, Email Archiving, and D2D

StoneFly IP SAN Keeps Data Flowing for Palm Springs' Desert Water Agency by Supporting New Virtualization Initiative
"StoneFly has given us a solid storage platform upon which to support our virtualization projects and meet our business continuity goals," said Tessman. He added, "From easy compatibility with Virtual Server 2005 R2, to superior scalability and an excellent price point, the StoneFly IP SAN has more than met our needs. In addition, as we've further explored the ISC-1620's capabilities, StoneFly's support team has been fantastic."

Desert Water Agency

Ecker Enterprises Constructs Centralized Storage Framework with StoneFly Backup Advantage
Leading Specialty Subcontractor Dramatically Increases Speed and Reliability of Critical Data Backup and Recovery

Ecker Enterprises PDF

Itim Upgrades Storage Supply Chain with SAN
Itim Ltd., a supplier of software systems for retail supply chain operations, required additional storage to support its highly accessed SQL servers. After researching Fibre channel and direct attached storage, Itim decided that an IP SAN was more convenient and cost-effective.

Itim Upgrades Storage Supply Chain with SAN

IP SANs Deliver Cost-Effective D2D Backup and Recovery to Karen Foster Design
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have relied upon tape backup systems over the years to meet their ongoing data management requirements. With fast-paced business growth leading to escalating storage demands as well as a need for improved data availability, Karen Foster Design looked to implement a cost-effective, IP SAN based D2D backup solution

Implementing Cost-Effective D2D

Nancy's Specialty Foods Cooks up Key Ingredients for Business Continuity and Customer Compliance with Affordable, Easy-to-Use StoneFly IP SAN
Leading Manufacturer of Gourmet Foods Satisfies Appetite for Storage and Data Integrity;
Projecting 18-Month ROI for Cost-Effective IP SAN with Synchronous Mirroring

Nancy's Specialty Foods PDF

Randolph College Boosts Storage I.Q. Using StoneFly IP SAN
Randolph College Achieves Storage Scalability, Server Virtualization and Consolidation, and Dramatic Energy Savings

Randolph Case Study

PBS: Connecting Stranded Servers
Converged iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs Improve Storage Utilization, Provisioning and Technology ROI

PBS-Connecting Stranded Servers

Denton Appraisal District Maintains Valuable Tax Data with StoneFly IP SAN
Clustered IP SAN Configuration Ensures High Availability of Critical Property Appraisals for Top-Five Texas County

Denton Appraisal District

T.B. Penick Builds Strong Storage Foundation with StoneFly IP SAN
Full-Service General Contractor and Concrete Specialist Uses Leading-Edge IT and Storage Technology to Ensure On-Time, On-Budget Completion of Nationwide Construction Projects

T.B. Penick Case Study (pdf)

Information Flows Freely at Contra Costa Water District Utilizing StoneFly's Storage Concentrators
Leading California Water District Pumps up Storage and Disaster Recovery Capabilities with Affordable IP SAN

Contra Costa Water District (pdf)

IP SAN Delivers Long-Term Benefits to LifeCare Assurance
Leading third-party insurance administrator consolidates mass storage while lowering overall management efforts by more than 90 percent

LifeCare Assurance (pdf)

Shoreline Communications Meets a Rising Tide of Data Storage
Provider of next-generation IP voice systems eases significant storage demands and streamlines critical backup support requirements.

Shoreline Communications

Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Consolidates Servers and Saves 400%
One of Nation's Largest Managing General Agents (MGA's) Quickly and Cost-Effectively Implements an IP SAN to Consolidate and Centralize Storage; Adds 2.2 Terabytes of Storage for $.01 Cent per Megabyte to Save 400% in Costs Associated with Traditional NAS Model

SIU case study (pdf)


	What people say about us: "Once I realized how simple and affordable it was to implement an IP-based SAN, I did a cost/benefits analysis and determined SIU could save 400% with StoneFly's Storage Concentrator versus the same configuration on a NAS box." --Robert Filipovich, IT Manager, Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc.