The stories below only represent a small sample of the thousands of companies that have benefited greatly from Infortrend products. These success stories provide insight into how Infortrend's storage solutions are being used to solve challenging storage problems and generate real business advantages.

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Academic Application

  1. Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia’s oldest technology-oriented university, Deploys Infortrend’s ESVA Solution to Expand Their Data Centers for Cloud Services
    Organization

    The oldest technology-oriented university in Indonesia

    Challenge

    Bandung Institute of Technology planned to establish two data centers with 10G iSCSI connection for advanced cloud services.  connectivity, reliability and cost-effectiveness of the solution are the crucial aspects and main priorities for their implementation. Their goal was to build up a storage system that performs best in every condition and meets their SLA under a limited budget. The new solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • High connectivity
    • High reliability
    • High scalibility
    • High performance
    • Excellent price
    Solution

    Infortrend’s ESVA E60 solution met the challenge with:

    • Storage virtualization
    • Large capacity that can be easily expanded
    • Unsurpassed reliability
    • Easy management
    • Competitive pricing
  2. Infortrend Works with RDsystem Technology Limited in China to Help Beijing Film Academy Modern Creative Media College Create 3D Environment
    Organization

    Beijing Film Academy Modern Creative Media College, China.

    Challenge

    The Beijing Film Academy Modern Creative Media College required a storage solution to meet the following requirements:

    • Centralized storage for 3D animation systems

    • High performance

    • Large storage capacities 

    Solution 

    Infortrend’s Fibre-host EonStor DS solution met the challenge with:

    • 8Gb/s Fibre connectivity

    • High bandwidth

    • High I/O rates

    • Large storage capacity

    • Excellent scalability

    • User-friendly management interface

  3. Academic Sinica Uses Infortrend Arrays to Share Scientific Data Around the Clock & Around the World
    Business:

    Leading research institute participating in a global grid computing project.

    Challenge:
    Install a reliable, high capacity storage system to fit a tight budget and limited operating space.
    Solution:

    EonStor® subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • Excellent price/performance
  4. British University Probes the Nature of Matter and the Universe
    Business:

    Nuclear research into particle physics

    Challenge:

    Develop a very large storage solution for a powerful computing facility

    Solution:

    EonStor® RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High sustained bandwidth
    • High availability
    • 84TB of storage with facilities for later expansion
    • Excellent price/performance
  5. CERN Selects Infortrend Storage Arrays to Organize the Historic Data from the Large Hadron Collider
    Business:

    CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest laboratory for particle physics research.

    Challenge:

    To deliver 400TB of storage optimised for retaining valuable metadata which organises the research data

    Solution:

    EonStor® RAID subsystems met the challenge with:

    • high reliability
    • excellent price / performance
    • comprehensive technical support
    • a broad range of array sizes and technologies
    • ease of use (LCD displays aided use prior to management system commissioning)
  6. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – from DAS to SAN Environment, from 19TB to 1PB Capacity, with Infortrend Storage Solutions
    Organization:

    One of the most well-known and largest Universities in Germany

    Challenge:
    • 1999-2001: the translation from DAS to SAN environment.
    • 2003: storage Virtualization
    • 2009: better integration with the virtualized data center environment
    Solution:

    Infortrend RAID solutions(A16F-G2430 & S16F-G1430) met the challenges for:

    • Reliable, cost friendly
    • High capacity and easy expansion
    • Easier to integrate in a virtualized environment
    • Excellent performance/quality ration
  7. Infortrend Moves Tunghai University's Storage and Backup Solutions to the Top of the Class
    Business:

    Computer Center of Tunghai University

    Challenge:

    Economically increase storage capacity and improve data backup efficiency for a growing campus network

    Solution:

    EonStor®RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • Excellent price/performance
  8. The University of Tokyo Decodes the Mysteries of the Universe Using Infortrend RAID Storage
    Business:

    Sharing and analyzing vast amounts of scientific data

    Challenge:

    Economically increase storage capacity and efficiently improve data transfer for a growing research database

    Solution:

    EonStor® RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • Excellent price/performance
  9. Oakley Union Elementary School District Chooses Infortrend's ESVA to Protect Data and Maintain High Standard of Education
    Organization

    The Oakley Union Elementary School District in California, USA.

    Challenge

    The Oakley Union Elementary School District was looking for a new solution for data backup and required the following:

    • Centralized storage to back up data from multiple servers
    • Capability to create duplicates of data backups
    • Simple management
    • Priced to meet budget criteria
    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA iSCSI-host solution met the challenge with:

    • Large-capacity storage system capable of storing all backup data 
    • Advanced data protection features to ensure high availability
    • A single, user-friendly interface to manage storage system operations and configurations
    • Highly cost-effective pricing

Audio/Video Application

  1. Infortrend’s EonStor DS storage systems drive Russian multimedia streaming platform Stream.ru
    Organization

    Stream LLC (Stream.ru), a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems, Russia

    Challenge

    A large amount of multimedia content has to be stored and processed. The storage solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • Large capacity to store more than 200 TB of multimedia content
    • Highly scalable
    • Excellent system reliability
    • Robust data protection
    • Sophisticated Linux based server support
    Solution

    Infortrend’s Fibre-host EonStor DS solution met the challenge with:

    • High performance
    • Large capacity expansion capabilities
    • Redundant hardware design
    • Excellent data protection features
    • Multipathing support, thanks EonPath
  2. Chinese Broadcaster Henan TV Relies on Infortrend ESVA Solution to Meet Growing Storage Demand
    Organization

    A major broadcaster based in Henan province in central China.

    Challenge

    Rowing capacity and performance demand drove Henan TV to look for a new storage solution. The new solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • High bandwidth
    • Strong expansion capability
    • Low latency
    • 24x7 data availability
    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA solution met the challenge with:

    • Storage virtualization
    • Large capacity and performance expansion capabilities
    • Excellent response time
    • Redundant hardware design
    • A single, user-friendly interface to manage all storage systems
  3. EonStor Boosts Low-delay HD Streaming for Digistor Production Facilities
    Business:

    Digital Media content production

    Challenge:

    Multiple, simultaneous HD streams with reliable data distribution

    Solution:

    EonStor storage systems met the needs because:

    • Specially optimized algorithms for AV applications
    • CSP (Continued Sustained Performance)
    • Performance to deliver simultaneous HD streams
  4. Framestore Clusters EonStor to Build Europe's Most Powerful Render Farm for Computer Generated Images
    Business:

    Framestore, a computer generated image studio

    Challenge:

    Deliver a system scalable from 50TB to 200TB, cost effectively, with guaranteed storage for mission critical digital image data

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met the challenge with:

    • High capacity
    • Scalability 
    • Open architecture
    • Excellent price/performance
    • Free choice of disk drives
  5. Infortrend's ESVA Solution Successfully Helps to Manage Increased Video Editing Workload of China's Jiangsu Broadcast Center (JSBC)
    Organization

    A major Chinese broadcaster based in Jiangsu province, one of the most economically advanced regions in China

    Challenge

    JSBC sought to adopt a new storage system to cope with increased video editing workload

    • High storage bandwidth and scalable capacity to manage future growth
    • Low latency to support smooth editing process
    • Uninterrupted operations 24x7
    Solution

    Infortrend ESVA F60 solution met the challenge with:

    • High data availability
    • RAID 6 protection
    • Scalable capacity
    • Easy management
  6. National Immigration Agency (NIA) Adopts Reliable EonStor RAID Solution for Their Digital Recording System
    Business:

    Taiwan National Immigration Agency (NIA)

    Challenge:

    Large capacity, cost-effective, rugged solutions for digital recording system on a tight budget

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • Excellent price/performance
  7. RAID Storage Has Starring Role at Digital Film Festival in Spain
    Business:

    Digital Media content production

    Challenge:

    Multiple, simultaneous HD streams with reliable data distribution

    Solution:

    EonStor storage systems met the needs because:

    • Specially optimized algorithms for AV applications
    • CSP (Continued Sustained Performance)
    • Performance to deliver simultaneous HD streams
  8. London Base for World's First Digital Screen Network
    Business:

    Digital content and management company based in London

    Challenge:

    Establish a network of 250 digital cinema screens with equipment mounted in confined space

    Solution:

    EonStor® RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High sustained bandwidth
    • Small physical size
    • SATA II technology
    • Excellent support
  9. nSTREAMS Selects Infortrend EonStor® Fibre Channel Storage Solution for a Perfect Match of Performance and Reliability
    Business:

    nSTREAMS is a leading International provider of interactive TV and video server based technologies

    Challenge:

    Install a reliable, high capacity storage system to address the varying system load distribution requirements of the application as shared storage accessible by multiple servers via small storage area network (SAN).

    Solution:

    EonStor® RAID subsystems met the challenge with:

    • High capacity
    • Scalability
    • Unsurpassed reliability
    • Excellent price/ performance
  10. China's Jiangsu Broadcast Center (JSBC) Adopts Infortrend 's ESVA for New HD Editing Platform
    Organization

    JSBC, a major Chinese broadcaster based in Jiangsu province, one of the most advanced regions in China.

    Challenge

    JSBC aimed to set up a non-linear HD editing platform.

    The new solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • High bandwidth
    • Expansion capabilities
    • Low latency
    • Overall reliability
    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA Fibre-host solution met the challenge with:

    • Consolidated storage structure that easily meets performance demand
    • Redundant hardware design and high-end data protection
    • Easy management

Energy and Utilities

  1. Infortrend ESVA Greatly Enhances Data Storage Operations of China’s Berun Group
    Organization

    Berun Group, Inner Mongolia, China.

    Challenge

    In its existing infrastructure, the Berun Group faced the following storage challenges:

    • Dispersed data storage, many storage islands
    • Insufficient reliability and security of data storage
    • Difficult to achieve business continuity
    • Unable to meet requirements of high-performance apps such as databases
    • Insufficient scalability of the storage systems
    • Lack of data backup mechanisms
    Solution

    Infortrend’s ESVA solution enhanced Berun’s data storage with with:

    • 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity
    • Storage virtualization
    • Scale-out technology
    • Prioritized volume accessibility
    • Excellent data protection
    • High hardware reliability
  2. Sinopec (China Petrochemical Corporation) Shengli Oil Field Company Selects Infortrend Storage to Support Its High Performance Computing (HPC) Applications
    Organization:

    Shengli Oil Field is the second largest oil production base of China. Shengli Oil Field Company is responsible for exploring and producing crude oil and natural gas in the field.

    Challenge:

    Building a new clustered HPC system within budget limits to effectively handle the growing seismic data

    Solution:

    Infortrend storage solution met the challenges with:

    • High availability hardware designs
    • RAID 6 protection
    • Outstanding throughout power
    • Wide platform support
    • Highly scalable capacity
    • Easy management

Financial

  1. LPS-ASAP Maximizes Online Data Processing with Infortrend's High Performance ESVA Storage Solution
    Organization

    Agency Sales and Posting (ASAP), a division of Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS). LPS-ASAP is a leading provider of foreclosure publication, posting and auctioneer services for attorneys and trustees.

    Challenge

    LPS-ASAP's current storage system was no longer capable of handling its data flow requirements and needed to be replaced. The company needed an online data processing application that could meet their data demands in a high availability environment.

    Solution

    Infortrend ESVA F60 storage solution met the challenges with:

    • Outstanding throughput power
    • High availability hardware designs
    • RAID 6 protection
    • Highly scalable capacity
    • Easy management

Government

  1. Financial Bureau of Ili Prefecture at China Xinjiang Achieves 85% Better Data Access Efficiency with Infortrend Storage
    Organization:

    The financial bureau of Ili Prefecture is responsible for making fiscal plans and regulatory frameworks to support a strong prefectural economy and deliver sustainable services to more than 4 million residents

    Challenge:

    Old storage systems make slow responses to data queries and can not provide necessary capacity and protection for growing data

    Solution:

    Infortrend EonStor S16F-R1430 storage systems met the challenges with:

    • Outstanding throughput power
    • Competitive price
    • High availability hardware design
    • Full RAID protection
    • Scalable capacity
    • Easy management

High Tech

  1. Suzuyo System Technology Co., Ltd succeeds in reducing their BCP risk & management complexities of their PC systems
    Organization

    Suzuyo System Technology Co. , Ltd (SST)

    Challenge

    SST needed to solve two business issues, they were:

    • BCP compatible of dealing with the occurrence of a very large earthquake in Shizuoka Prefecture
    • Efficiency improvement of PC management, for more than 300 PCs, at transfer of the staff both are critical requirements at SST for a long time.
    Solution

    SST & Hiscom jointly worked towards solving these problems by utilizing an advanced Thin Client system which used ESDS S16F-R2850 G7 model from Infortrend Technology Inc.

    SST evaluated the system integration capabilities and long operational experience of Thin Client systems on the market, and SST selected Hiscom as the partner on the project because Hiscom has both of them.

  2. McAfee's Technical Marketing (TME) Lab Deploys Infortrend's ESVA Solution for Simplified Storage Management in a Virtual Environment
    Organization

    McAfee's TME Lab

    Challenge

    McAfee's TME Lab sought to simplify its storage environment and transition to a single point of management.

    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA E20 leverages McAfee's TME Lab current investment on the IP network to consolidate a powerful, reliable and flexible iSCSI SAN. Through expansion unit attachment, a single ESVA E20 subsystem can be scaled to provide a maximum of 64 SAS drives.

Interior Design

  1. Duralee Fabrics Relies on Infortrend's ESVA to Consolidate Storage Resources and Simplify Storage Management
    Organization

    Duralee Fabrics, an interior design company based in Long Island, New York.

    Challenge

    Duralee Fabrics planned to acquire a new storage solution due to the fact that its current solution was quickly reaching its maximum capacity. The new solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • One storage solution for multiple servers
    • Simple and centralized storage management
    • Large storage capacity
    • Easy storage expansion options
    • Data migration without downtime
    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA E60 solution met the challenge with:

    • Storage virtualization
    • Simplified management with SANWatch software Quick and easy-to-understand installation and maintenance
    • Large capacity that can be easily expanded
    • Storage-based data replication without downtime
    • Competitive pricing

Internet Application

  1. Infortrend’s EonStor DS Supports Business Growth of 500wan.com, Major Lottery Transaction Portal in China
    Organization

    500wan.com lottery transaction portal, China.

    Challenge

    The 500wan.com portal required a storage solution to meet the following requirements:

    • No data loss or low latency

    • Storage controllers featuring excellent reliability

    • Zero data loss and immediate controller failover in the event of multiple FC connection failures

    Solution

    Infortrend’s EonStor DS S12F-R1840 array meets the portal’s requirements, with eight 8Gb/s FC ports directly connected to four Oracle RAC servers in a DAS configuration, enabling customers to quickly purchase lottery tickets online.

  2. Infortrend's EonStor RAID Subsystems Aid Taiwan Sports Lottery to Hit a Marvelous Home Run
    Business:

    Bank responsible for national lottery business operation

    Challenge:

    Install high performance, high reliability and high capacity data storage for the phone lottery-betting system

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High performance
    • High reliability
    • High capacity
  3. Over a Million GOGOBOX Web Service Members Rely on Infortrend Arrays to Stay Connected 24X7
    Business:

    Web space and file services provider

    Challenge:

    Install high speed, high capacity data storage for uninterrupted service and 24x7 operation

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • High performance
  4. Infortrend Works with Wayi to Start a New Page for Online Games
    Business:

    Developer and distributor of Web online games and peripheral products

    Challenge:

    Install high speed, high capacity data storage for uninterrupted service and 24x7 operation

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met the challenge for:

    • High capacity
    • High availability
    • High performance

Medical Application

  1. China’s WengYuan County People’s Hospital Adopts Infortrend’s EonStor DS Storage Solutions to Integrate Its HIS and PACS System
    Organization

    WengYuan County People’s Hospital

    Challenge

    As the hospital expanded and grew over the years, the number of patients grew as well and the HIS system of the hospital was experiencing terrible storage performance problems:

    • The hospital’s existing HIS system couldn’t handle the ever increasing patient volume. Response time and speed of the medical record retrieval sub-systems was becoming very slow.
    • The performance of the hospital＇s existing HIS and PACS systems could not meet the high demand for their I/O intensive medical workstations.
    Solution

    Infortrend’s Eonstor DS S16F-R2842 solution met the challenge with:

    • Storage virtualization
    • Centralized Storage for HIS system data
    • High Error-Tolerant levels of RAID protection
    • Redundant hardware design
    • Excellent data protection
  2. A Safe Prescription for Medical Data Storage
    Business:

    Digital medical records management

    Challenge:

    Create a storage solution to reliably handle high traffic, highly sensitive data

    Solution:

    EonStor RAID subsystems met needs for

    • Standalone operation
    • Simple setup; no RAID card
    • High performance and reliability
    • Low-cost maintenance

Sports

  1. Huffy Corporation Ensures High Data Availability in a Virtualized Server Environment with Infortrend’s ESVA
    Organization:

    Huffy Corporation, Ohio, United States.

    Challenge:

    The Huffy Corporation required a storage solution to meet the following requirements:

    • Centralize data storage for virtualized datacenter
    • HA architecture
    • Advanced disaster recovery
    • Strong performance
    • Easy management
    Solution:

    Infortrend’s ESVA E60 solution met the challenge with:

    High-capacity data storage
    VMware Ready for proven compatibility with VMware virtualization
    HA architecture
    Advanced disaster recovery capabilities including remote replication
    Eight 1GbE iSCSI ports 
    User-friendly SANWatch management interface
  2. Force India Adopts Infortrend's ESVA Storage Solution to Meet Their Expanding Storage Requirements
    Organization

    Force India, a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, UK.

    Challenge

    Force India needed to acquire a new storage solution to deal with massive data growth. The new solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • Ease of expansion to deal with data growth
    • 24x7 data availability
    • Simple management
    • Meet budget criteria
    Solution

    Infortrend's ESVA F20 solution met the challenge with:

    • Easy to expand by adding additional enclosures
    • Advanced data protection features to ensure high availability
    • A single, user-friendly interface to manage all storage systems
    • Highly cost-effective solution
  3. Sports Fans In Asia and Around the World Share in the Excitement of the 16th Asian Games with the Help of Infortrend's ESVA
    Organization

    International Broadcasting Center (IBC) of the 16th Asian Games, held in Guangzhou, China in November 2010.

    Challenge

    Large amounts of data to be stored and processed during Asian Games. The storage solution had to meet the following requirements:

    • Large capacity to store 2,500 hours of HD and SD content
    • Bandwidth of 800MB/s
    • Excellent system reliability
    • Comprehensive data protection
    Solution

    Infortrend's Fibre-host ESVA solution met the challenge with:

    • Storage virtualization
    • Large capacity and performance expansion capabilities
    • Bandwidth of up to 1.3GB/s
    • Redundant hardware design
    • Excellent data protection features
  4. The 11th National Games of China Deliver Real-time Information Broadcasts with Infortrend's ESVA Solution
    Organization:

    With a total of 10,991 athletes from 46 teams to join 33 kinds of sports competitions, the 11th National Games of China is the largest event in the Games' history.

    Challenge:

    To capture, record, edit, render, share and distribute more than 1,900 hours of event information, the International Broadcast Center (IBC) requires a FC-host storage solution delivering more than 1600MB/s of sustained Write performance, great reliability and more than 40TB of capacity.

    Solution:

    Infortrend ESVA F60 storage solution met the challenges with:

    • Outstanding throughput power
    • High availability hardware designs
    • RAID 6 protection
    • Highly scalable capacity
    • Easy management

Transportation

  1. Infortrend Storage System Accelerates Tolling on the China Expressway to Ensure Smooth Traffic Flow
    Business:

    Qingyin Expressway is a 1610 kilometer-long transportation line going across northern China. China made a great amount of investment to construct this national expressway to enhance communication between northwestern inland and eastern seaside areas.

    Challenge:
    • 24x7 non-stop service
    • Ensure data integrity in vibrations
    • Real-time information query
    Solution:

    Infortrend EonStor B12 Series, SFF (Small Form Factor) storage systems

    • Space efficiency: twelve 2.5-inch disk drives in a 1U enclosure, suitable for toll stations with limited space
    • Reliability: fault-tolerant hardware designs and RAID protection, ensuring high data availability