Sanborn Using Isilon IQ

Isilon Systems, Inc. announced that Sanborn has deployed Isilon scale-out
NAS to power the image processing workflow that is core to its
photogrammetric mapping and geographic information system (GIS)
services.

Using the Isilon IQ S-Series, featuring its OneFS operating system,
Sanborn has unified its image processing operations onto a single, high
performance, highly scalable, shared pool of storage, increasing
image processing speeds by 533 percent. With Isilon scale-out NAS,
Sanborn can now process 8,000-10,000 images per day, compared to less
than 2,000 prior to using Isilon IQ, accelerating project turnaround
times and increasing Sanborn’s bandwidth to accommodate new business
opportunities.

"At Sanborn, customer demand for our geospatial solutions can simply
be described as ‘more, better, faster,’ with each new project raising
the bar in terms of size, complexity and turnaround time," said
Doyle Heisler, director of IT, Sanborn. "While great for business,
this demand was too much for our previous NAS system, making it clear we
needed a truly scalable solution. By deploying Isilon IQ, we’ve
increased image processing speeds 5X, enabling us to complete projects
in much less time and pursue new business opportunities that would have
been impossible without Isilon."

Sanborn is a comprehensive, end-to-end geospatial solutions company
providing geographic and location-based information through custom
applications including systems integration, spatial analysis and
modeling. Prior to deploying Isilon scale-out NAS, the performance and
scalability demands of Sanborn’s image processing workflow overwhelmed
its traditional NAS system, limiting image processing performance and
workflow productivity. With multiple planes each equipped with
high-resolution cameras producing hundreds of thousands of images per
year, Sanborn needed a high performance storage system that could
accommodate increasing customer demand, while simultaneously reducing
the unnecessary storage management and escalating costs of its previous
NAS system.

Working with Isilon partner and leading storage systems integrator Datalink, Sanborn deployed the Isilon
IQ S-Series to unify its image processing workflow onto a single
storage resource capable of scaling performance and capacity on-demand
to meet the unpredictable needs of its data-intensive operations. With
Isilon scale-out NAS, Sanborn can complete more projects in less time,
while reducing storage management to less than one full-time equivalent,
driving increased operating leverage across its organization and
enabling the company to accommodate previously unattainable levels of
new business.

"Government and private sector demand for geospatial solutions is
reaching new heights, creating exciting business opportunities for
innovative companies like Sanborn, while also creating massive headaches
for traditional SAN and NAS systems," said Sam Grocott, vice
president of marketing, Isilon Systems. "By using Isilon scale-out
NAS to drive unprecedented productivity gains in its business, Sanborn
is demonstrating the dramatic benefits our solutions can deliver not
just for the data center, but for the bottom line, as well."