Muneris Selects JetStor® Solutions to Anchor Private Cloud on Pacific Island
Muneris boosts its private cloud with JetStor solutions, creating a reliable, scalable infrastructure on a Pacific island for seamless data management.
The organization
Download solution PDFMuneris IT Consulting is a small, ten-year-old IT firm that specializes in IT architecture and integration, networking, virtualization, and data storage. With a mission to satisfy its customers, the firm sells value-added IT infrastructure solutions that are effective and easy to maintain.
Muneris would be like many highly professional value-added solutions providers except for one thing. The company is located in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, an archipelago 750 miles east of Australia. New Caledonia spans 7,172 sq mi divided into the North and South Provinces on the New Caledonian mainland, and the Loyalty Islands Province, a series of islands off the mainland. New Caledonia has one of the largest economies in the South Pacific, with a GDP of approximately US$10 billion.
The challenge
A large New Caledonian government agency needed to modernize its storage infrastructure. For years, it had been storing over 300 terabytes of data on storage-area-networks (SANs) at two production sites. Its legacy storage solutions, however, were aging and relied on traditional spinning disks.
The agency wanted to increase the performance and capacity of its storage infrastructure. Doing so would future-proof its storage to keep pace with new applications and growing volumes of data that needed to be saved. It decided that all-flash arrays would meet its needs, but only if the solutions were cost-effective.
The agency also was concerned about future support for its IBM Tivoli Storage Manager it deployed for data backup and recovery. As a result, it sought a new solution to protect its data.
The agency issued a public tender for its needs and companies like IBM, Nimble Storage, and Dell responded. The customer already used an JetStor 1600S NAS platform, so Muneris thought it could make a superior offer by partnering with JetStor.
“JetStor proved once again that value and performance are universal winners, even on islands in the Pacific Ocean,” said Florian Falconnet, co-manager of Muneris IT Consulting.
The solution
• JetStor XF2026D All-Flash Arrays
System configuration
• Two JetStor XF2026D All-Flash Arrays, each with 19 3.8TB SAS solid-state drives
• One JetStor NAS 1600S Unified Storage System
Benefits Immediately realized
Thanks to the partnership between JetStor and Muneris, New Caledonia’s government agency met all of its needs. The agency maintains two separate but similar data centers and deploys a JetStor XF2026D All-Flash platform at each. The solutions deliver outstanding performance to support databases, web servers, file servers, and other applications required for efficient governance well into the future.
“In addition to the sizzling performance of the JetStor XF2026D arrays, the systems were also the most affordable of all the bids,” said Falconnet. “They’re the foundation of the agency’s private cloud and complement its JetStor NAS 1600s Unified Storage System that’s used for video editing at its communication/marketing department.”
The JetStor XF2026D systems were each provisioned with 19 3.8TB SAS SSDs, allowing the agency to scale its 26-slot, 2U devices for greater capacity. With expansion units, the JetStor devices can each support up to 286 drives for petabyte scalability.
The JetStor XF2026D platforms also lower the agency’s operating costs. By using energy-efficient flash drives, the systems consume less power than the agency’s legacy devices, which relied on spinning disks.
he agency issued a public tender for its needs and companies like IBM, Nimble Storage, and Dell responded. The customer already used an JetStor 1600S NAS platform, so Muneris thought it could make a superior offer by partnering with JetStor.
“JetStor proved once again that value and performance are universal winners, even on islands in the Pacific Ocean,” said Florian Falconnet, co-manager of Muneris IT Consulting.
How we did it
Muneris installed the JetStor XF2026 systems, which were straightforward and trouble-free. Each device feature dual-active controllers and a high-availability design without a single point of failure, ensuring highly reliable performance.
The JetStor platforms each comprise a SAN that links to ESXi hosts via Fiber Channel switches. Both are configured for RAID 5 for even greater data protection.
The agency also deployed DataCore’s SANsymphony-V on a server at each data center that is linked together. The storage virtualization solution provides software-defined control of the storage architecture. The software replicates data between the two sites for exceptional business continuity. Because both sites are active, no failover is necessary should one data center experience difficulties.
“The JetStor XF2026 arrays feature a web-based management system that alerts us if there are ever any issues,” said Falconnet. “Despite their sophistication, they’re easy to operate.”
About
JETSTOR
JetStor meets the evolving needs for data storage, protection, and management. We leverage leading technologies to offer high-value solutions for NAS, SANs, clouds, and hyper-converged infrastructures (HCIs). Since 1994, our customers have spanned virtually every industry, and range from Fortune 500 enterprises to small and medium-sized firms. We support environments from data centers and clouds to branch offices and remote sites.
Conclusion
“Thanks to JetStor, we offer very competitive solutions that can beat those of major vendors,” concluded Falconnet. “We’re offering storage performance and reliability at the most affordable costs, along with software-defined products like DataCore, which make JetStor solutions ideal for both governments and private industry.”
Another JetStor Solutions
DES Storage Transformation
DES upgraded aging storage with JetStor’s all-flash arrays & Nakivo Backup, achieving exceptional performance and zero-downtime disaster recovery.
JetStor & StorTrends Support Cutting-Edge Medical Research with Scalable, Cost-Effective Storage
JetStor and StorTrends provide scalable, cost-effective storage solutions for advanced medical research, supporting innovation in healthcare.
JetStor Brings Flash Storage to a Broad Audience
JetStor brings cutting-edge flash storage to a wide range of industries, offering high-speed, reliable solutions that drive performance and efficiency.
JetStor® Provides Ultimate Security for Credit Union
JetStor ensures unmatched data security for a credit union, protecting sensitive financial information while boosting performance. See how it transforms safety!
Leading Production Studio Counts on JetStor® RAID Solutions
Uncover the storage strategy that keeps a top production studio running smoothly, safeguarding creativity and powering seamless workflows.
Penn State Turns to JetStor for Mission Critical Testing
Penn State trusts JetStor for mission-critical testing, ensuring reliable data storage and seamless operations for their high-stakes research.