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StoneFly Networks' IP SAN Solution Wins "Best Practices in Storage" Award

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The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a renowned customer of StoneFly Networks, has been recognized for its innovative use of StoneFly's IP Storage Area Network (SAN) solution. The award, presented by IDG's Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), honors organizations that have applied unique solutions to overcome storage challenges. PBS was recognized in the Innovation and Promise category for maximizing its StoneFly IP SAN to connect stranded servers to a Fibre Channel SAN, resulting in improved storage utilization, provisioning, and return on investment.

Key Takeaways:

  • PBS, a customer of StoneFly Networks, was recognized for its innovative use of StoneFly's IP SAN solution, which connected stranded servers to a Fibre Channel SAN.
  • The solution resulted in improved storage utilization, provisioning, and return on investment for PBS.
  • The award was presented by IDG's Computerworld and SNIA, recognizing organizations that have applied unique solutions to overcome storage challenges.
  • Ken Walters, senior director of enterprise platforms for PBS, cited StoneFly's Storage Concentrator i3000 as a key factor in reducing the cost and complexity of connecting stranded servers to the centralized SAN.
  • PBS implemented two separate IP networks with 1.5 TB of storage to support various applications, including streaming media, intranet web content, FTP, SQL databases, and web-log processing.
  • The solution enabled PBS to save tens of thousands of dollars without additional staffing.
  • StoneFly Networks' IP SAN solution was praised for its ability to lower storage costs and improve data availability.
  • A panel of enterprise and storage industry experts evaluated 100 finalists based on case study submissions that profiled the company, its IT department, and storage challenges.

Statistics:

  • PBS was recognized in the Innovation and Promise category for its innovative use of StoneFly's IP SAN solution.
  • Theaward was presented by IDG's Computerworld and SNIA, recognizing 100 finalists based on case study submissions.
  • PBS implemented two separate IP networks with 1.5 TB of storage to support various applications.
  • The solution enabled PBS to save tens of thousands of dollars without additional staffing.
  • StoneFly Networks' Storage Concentrator i3000 was cited as a key factor in reducing the cost and complexity of connecting stranded servers to the centralized SAN.

Sources:

  • StoneFly Networks(TM), Inc., April 7 /PRNewswire/.
  • Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
  • Computerworld.
  • Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
  • StoneFly Networks, Inc. (http://www.stonefly.com/).

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