University of Bristol Deploying FileTek StorHouse

FileTek, Inc. announced that
the University of Bristol, an
university dedicated to academic achievement, individual scholarship, and
interdisciplinary research across a range of
disciplines, has evaluated, selected, and deployed a StorHouse active
archive system to backup, protect, centrally manage, and provide access
to its information, including research and high-performance computing data.

The StorHouse deployment consists of separate primary and backup systems
located in the Computer Centre on the main University campus in Bristol.

Cristie Data Limited, a
provider of storage and management
solutions, served as project integrator and
supplied the storage hardware.

"StorHouse provides the University
of Bristol with numerous benefits," commented Graeme Cappi, systems
and operations manager of IT Services at the University of Bristol. "For example, the University has many power
users who require timely access to critical data for research and
investigation. In fact, one power user alone requires access to approximately
80 million files (in 100 TB). StorHouse ensures the availability and accessibility
of this data while simultaneously backing up and protecting it for the
long-term. Furthermore, because StorHouse functions as a university-wide
central data repository, users across all departments can directly access the
information they need in native file format at any time regardless of the
storage media (disk or tape) or data category (primary or backup)."

"With StorHouse as a
central active archive, the University of Bristol is achieving data assurance
and access at the lowest possible cost per TB of storage while fulfilling
its dedication to academic achievement, individual scholarship, and
interdisciplinary research," remarked Ann Dyball, European channel manager
at FileTek. "StorHouse enables the
University to reduce IT costs, lower system administration/operational
overhead, eliminate timely restores, and ensure data integrity by
self-validating and repairing content automatically. Moreover, StorHouse has
virtually unlimited scalability to sustain future system growth."