Lower Costs, Unrestricted Access to Mission Critical Information Lead German Insurance Company to Choose McDATA SAN Solution
BROOMFIELD, Colo., and OTTOBRUNN, Germany and BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom,
Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDT - news, MCDTA - news),
the worldwide leader in open storage networking solutions, announced today
that German insurance group R+V selected McDATA to design and implement a
storage area network (SAN) to lower the company's IT costs and ensure
unrestricted access to its mission-critical information. With the
implementation of McDATA's 6000 Series and 5000 Series Directors, which
provide a true any to any, non-blocking architecture of all ports, R+V was
able to realize a fail-safe high performance SAN installation in its data
center.
Immense server growth driven by the utilization of storage intensive, insurance-specific applications quickly outgrew existing architecture so R+V implemented a fibre channel SAN. Further extensions of the servers would have been very expensive and difficult to manage. By the inclusion of the open systems platforms into the new fibre channel SAN, R+V reduced the number of spare ports and the associated costs. The company now has a uniform platform for backup and restore as well as centralized management with McDATA's Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM). The implemented McDATA solution also provides the scalability and connectivity for the future growth of the enterprise.
``The McDATA solution, based on its 6000 Series Director, meets our current and future storage networking needs. Working with McDATA as our storage networking partner, we designed the most efficient and easy-to-manage, yet robust, SAN solution available,'' said Wolfram Krenzel, system specialist for the open systems environment at R+V. ``Our McDATA SAN lowered our overall IT costs and significantly eased the management of our storage resources.''
Krenzel said the staff at R+V quickly recognized the benefits of building an enterprise SAN with McDATA's 64-port 6000 Series Director at the core. ``I know of many installations that have begun with smaller switches and today have great management problems because of the extremely cascaded switch landscapes.''
McDATA's 6000 Series Directors optimize and provide the platform on which to build a SAN infrastructure while providing customers with a reliable, safe and proven technology for the enterprise. In addition, McDATA's Director provides a high level of investment protection with its ability to upgrade to 2 and 10 Gbps, and its protocol independent architecture.
The data center at the company's headquarters in Wiesbaden is spread over two locations. Connected via ISLs, two McDATA Directors in each location make up a fabric with the respective pair in the other location. In each location, two IBM Enterprise Storage Systems (Sharks) and an EMC Symmetrix subsystem are connected to the fabrics. R+V plans to install four more 64 port McDATA Directors for the integration of more servers and storage devices into the SAN. R+V's data center mainly supports insurance-related applications, and a range of office and other applications in an SAP/R3 environment.
About McDATA ( www.mcdata.com )
McDATA (Nasdaq: MCDTA - news, MCDT - news) is a global leader in open storage networking solutions. Recognized for its highly available, scalable and centrally managed SANs, McDATA's family of solutions represent the backbone of the SAN industry and address enterprise-storage problems. The company's core-to-edge SAN solutions improve the reliability and availability of data to simplify SAN management and reduce the total cost of ownership. Committed to the highest level of service in the industry, McDATA extensively pre-tests SAN solutions to provide IT organizations with the comprehensive tools, methodologies and support essential to robust and timely SAN implementations. McDATA distributes its products through its OEMs, network of resellers and Elite Solution Partners. McDATA is a registered trademark. The McDATA logo and McDATA tagline are trademarks of McDATA Corporation.
About R+V Insurance Group
R+V is one of the largest German insurance groups. As part of the co-operative FinanzVerbund, R+V offers all kinds of insurance solutions to private and corporate customers. In cooperation with its partner banks, the company also offers a wide range of financial services.
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