Fuel VFX Selects Zerowait SimplStor

Fuel VFX has added SimplStor from  Zerowait Pty NAS to its storage architecture.
Using proprietary tiering software developed in house by Fuel VFX, volumes on
the 4U, 68TB unit provide nearline access for scripts and a library of film
assets.

In addition, the SimplStor is used to provide nearstore volumes,
reducing the time of the backup window for Flame suites (now disk to disk),
with the tape library now attached to the SimplStor. Dylan Penhale, Chief
Technical Officer, said: "We knew SimplStor offered excellent value and
density, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised by its performance. Transfers have
been faster than we expected, offering better performance for our users and
helping to further shrink our backup windows."

Laurence Jones, Managing Director of Zerowait Pty, added:
"Fuel VFX is the first of the Australian Digital Effects companies to
install SimplStor, but based on conversations we have had with others in this
community we know requirements for low cost high capacity disk archive are
pressing everyone in media creation. SimplStor’s price/density ratio, with tier
one support, makes it an ideal solution for these applications." Added
Mike Linett, President of Zerowait: "We began working with Fuel VFX over a
year ago on their Tier One NetApp
Storage.
With the opening of our Sydney office, they
realized we were committed to providing outstanding service in Australia, and
their purchase of SimplStor shows their confidence in our ability to provide
business critical support."

SimplStor offers extensible NAS disk archive storage
for less than the cost of tape. Combined with off lease NetApp systems,
enterprise class support and offices in the US,
Europe and Australia,
Zerowait offers customers worldwide the cost saving solutions they need to meet
today’s shrinking IT budgets.