Two Thecus N16000PRO NAS Intalled at Kursk State Medical University in Russia

Thecus Technology Corp. supports scientific R&D in one of the major Russian universities – Kursk State Medical University, meeting budget requirements and delivers reliable, high-performance and solutions for data virtualization and management.

The demands of the university
Kursk State University is a cultural, educational and scientific research center that operates with large amounts of data. The management saw the need for further modernization of the university infrastructure related to virtualization of data that would allow them to more efficiently use their server resources.

The largest challenge the university faced was its limited budget, so the solution had to not only provide a competent solution, but be cost efficient.

The university had four servers:

• The first handled the website of the university
• The second supported RDP-protocol of six display-classes
• The third controlled the student access to the internet
• The last hosted ‘1C’ accounting software

The storage and backup for all these servers are currently being performed by the Thecus N8800PRO, which was installed in a previous project.

Solution
Kursk State Medical University turned to the system integrator Antares, a leader in the region. The certified engineers of Antares evaluated several options and offered two units of Thecus N16000PRO as the solution. These devices have enabled the university to support the work of 25 VMs and ensure all backups occur seamlessly. The installation of the two units has allowed further development of data virtualization in the university.

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“In our project with Kursk State Medical University we fully committed ourselves to and met all the requirements of the customer. Thecus products have a very good reputation, and our technical support reacted very efficiently to all the questions raised during the installation process,” highlighted Mikhail Baranov, commercial director, Antares.

Advantages of N16000PRO
One of the key advantages  is its HA technology, which ensures that services remain online by combining an active and a passive server into one cluster, which automatically synchronize their content through a ‘Heartbeat’ connection. Should the active server malfunction, the passive server automatically kicks in and takes over. This technology eliminates any risks of data loss or interruptions in operations. It also supports all RAID modules necessary for the enterprise storage solutions.