ARTstor Selects Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage 7420 Appliances

ARTstor, Inc., a
non-profit that makes available a digital image library for teaching, research
and study, as well as a software platform and tools to help manage and share
images, has implemented Oracle‘s Sun ZFS
Storage 7420 Appliances.

The Oracle hardware will help support a library of more than 1.5 million images
used by over 1,450 organizations in 42 countries. ARTstor sought an
expandable, redundant storage platform that would enable consolidation and
support an expanding library of digital images across three data centers.

Additionally, with the development of its Shared Shelf image management
software, ARTstor needed a storage solution with the ability to support
additional data ingestion averaging 1TB per month.

After an evaluation of data storage vendors, ARTstor chose the Sun ZFS Storage
7420 Appliances for their capacity, scalability and functionality, in addition
to cost savings and ease-of-management.

As ARTstor’s library continues to grow at a rate of nearly 1TB per month,
ARTStor estimates that the Sun ZFS Storage Appliances will enable them to
accommodate 10x more images over the next three years than their previous
storage solution.

ARTstor plans to leverage the automated site-to-site replication features of Sun ZFS Storage 7420 Appliances for DR, which will help
eliminate days of manual data copy labor per month. In addition, the hardware
architecture of the storage solution will enable to meet its
storage needs as its business expands, due to better storage consolidation and
enhanced performance.

"Educational institutions in the US
and across 42 countries worldwide rely on our digital library and software tools to
facilitate their teaching and research, and with our ever-increasing
requirements for visual content from educators and researchers, we needed a
reliable, expandable solution that would accommodate future growth,"
said Riadh Amari, director of database and systems, ARTstor. "Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage 7420 Appliances
offer a unique combination of performance, features, and ease of expandability
that are unequaled at this price point."