SCALA Storage Solution - Major East Coast University 

Challenges

• With limited IT budget, be able to maintain and support without expansive service contact and licenses.
• Ability to fit multiple environment including Windows based, Linux based and VM servers.
• Collect chemistry lab result during testing, while service for other IT needs. 
• Allow capacity and performance expansion to accommodate storage growth.
• Uninterrupted service is required for 24/7 data collection for lab research.
• Easy management even with hundred of TB of data and storage device.

Solutions

• 160TB of SCALA Storage Clustered Scale-Out Storage with CISCO 10G Networking.
• SCALA Storage support Windows, Linux and VM connectivity.
• Online storage expansion allow future upgrades, ensure the best return of investment.
• File level 2+1 RAID protection allow 24/7 operation.
• Single panel of glass management for 2 metadata servers, 5 storage node, and hundreds of clients workstations.