DIISR Shrinks Power Costs with IBM XIV Storage System
Executive Summary
The Core Policy Department of DIISR (Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) in Australia was experiencing rapid rates of growth in data volumes, with around 60 percent annual growth. The new requirements made it vital to find the means to significantly increase SAN capacity while ensuring the continued ability to scale adequately. A further challenge was the significant limitation on space and electrical power in the existing datacenters. The deployment of IBM's XIV storage system made it easier and more cost-effective for DIISR to achieve compliance with these regulations, with features such as remote mirroring and snapshotting.
The XIV storage system met all of these requirements, and at a much lower cost than upgrading its existing SAN.
