Storage: Case studies

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is deploying what may be the first national e-health records management system to unify disparate medical databases across its four regional sites.

Operating in multiple countries amid the commodities boom is great for business, especially if one of those nations is Australia. But when faced with a marked increase in data storage requirements, while utilising an older IT infrastructure, the business can risk missing out on opportunities because of poor performance.

When it comes to flexible enterprise storage, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine doesn't horse around. Over the last six months, the college has been putting its 7TB storage area network through its paces, using it for nearline backup and primary storage, and has this insight to share: Storage virtualization is the cat's meow.