Czech Library Chooses Infortrend SAN

Infortrend Technology, Inc. has won several tenders for IT projects of the Municipal Library of Prague.

All-flash unified storage EonStor GSa 3000, HA hybrid HDD/SSD SAN EonStor DS 4000 and DS 1000 were deployed in server virtualization application.

Founded in 1891, the library is the biggest and one of the most important libraries in the Czech Republic. It is constantly working on digitizing materials and modernizing its services. As an organization in the budget sphere, it is bound by the conditions for tenders, so they were looking for an optimal SAN solution without unnecessary vendor-lock.

EonStor GSa 3000, DS 4000, and DS 1000 were chosen as shared block devices for virtualization clusters. The data is moved between virtual fields according to the current requirements: virtual servers, repository of backups or non-critical data, etc. Critical data run on all-flash unified storage EonStor GSa 3000 (with 5000 IO/s) and HA DS 4000 with dual redundant controller and SSD cache. DS 1000 was set to handle secondary operational tasks and provide capacity for the digitized materials. DS 1000 lightened the operation of DS 4000 eliminating bottlenecks, even under a load of 40 virtual severs and almost constant flow of 2,000 IO/s.

“We have been purchasing Infortrend storage since 2013. We also have experience with other famous brands, so we can compare. Infortrend does not lag behind them, offering comparable performance and quality without the need to pay ‘for brand’. At the same time, many Infortrend technical solutions come to us as even more modern and better than those of branded competitors. So, we are definitely satisfied,” said IT specialist of the Municipal Library in Prague.