Original Research on SANsymphony™

Centre Patronal improved performance by 10x since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.

Case Study: Sherwood Management Co.

Introduction

This case study of Sherwood Management Co is based on a February 2014 survey of DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization Software customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“We utilize DataCore’s continuous data protection (CDP) to provide snapshot rollbacks that serve as our backup — eliminating the need for tape. We replicate all our volumes to our DR site. The ability to prioritize which volumes are High Priority versus Low or Archive Priority ensures our most valuable information is backed up first.”

Challenges

Has been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for 2+ years.

Use Case

Decreased the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks by 90% since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Has been able to defer 3 storage hardware refresh cycles using DataCore software.

Results

Realized a positive ROI in < 120 days with DataCore.
Effectively reduced their storage-related spending by > 50% with DataCore.
Improved performance by 10x since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Reduced their storage-related downtime by 75% since implementing DataCore.
Cut planned downtime on data migrations, upgrades and technology refreshes by 100% with DataCore.
Turned stranded storage capacity into > 200% more free space with DataCore.

Several years without downtime thanks to DataCore

We’ve been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for:

8+ years: 2%

5+ years: 11%

4+ years: 15%

2+ years: 23%

< 2 years: 50%

Up to 90% less time spent managing storage with DataCore

59% of surveyed IT organizations decreased the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks by 50% or more since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.

Case Study: Large Enterprise Energy & Utilities Company (France)

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise energy & utilities company is based on a February 2014 survey of DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization Software customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We have no migration downtime when changing storage systems, with DataCore.”

Challenges

Has been running DataCore without any storage-related planned or unplanned downtime for 2+ years.

Use Case

Decreased the amount of time spent on routine storage tasks by 75% since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Has been able to defer 2 storage hardware refresh cycles using DataCore software.

Results

Realized a positive ROI in the first year with DataCore.
Effectively reduced their storage-related spending by > 25% with DataCore.
Improved performance by 3x since virtualizing their storage with DataCore.
Reduced their storage-related downtime by 75% since implementing DataCore.
Cut planned downtime on data migrations, upgrades and technology refreshes by > 75% with DataCore.
Turned stranded storage capacity into > 50% more free space with DataCore.

Major Cost Saving

DataCore effectively reduced our storage-related spending by:

75% or more	10%
50% or more	37%
25% or more	35%
Less than 25%	19%

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Case Study: Sherwood Management Co.

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization Software

Several years without downtime thanks to DataCore

Up to 90% less time spent managing storage with DataCore

Case Study: Large Enterprise Energy & Utilities Company (France)

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization Software

Major Cost Saving

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About SANsymphony™

SANsymphony™ is DataCore’s flagship 10th generation storage virtualization solution. In use at over 10,000+ customer sites, it maximizes IT infrastructure performance, availability and utilization by virtualizing storage hardware.