PacificSource Health Plans Choses File Storage Virtualization Solution From F5
This product comes from the acquisition of Acopia by F5 in 2007 for $210 million
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 10, 2008 at 3:51 pm
F5 Networks, Inc. announced that PacificSource Health Plans,
one of the largest independent, non-profit health plans serving the
Pacific Northwest, has deployed an F5 Acopia ARX file storage
virtualization solution as the underpinning of its file storage
management strategy. The new system has allowed PacificSource to
perform non-disruptive migration of file data such as business,
individual, and family health plan information, as well as its own
internal business data.
"We recently faced a significant data migration challenge during a
system upgrade of our direct-attached disk environment to a clustered
Windows storage area network. We recognized that any interruption of
access to health plan information or even our own internal business
data would be completely unacceptable," said Tim Wolfe, Network
Administrator at PacificSource. "The F5 Acopia ARX file storage
virtualization solution allowed us to perform all data migration tasks
without any downtime and without the need to manually reconfigure
client systems and applications. Moreover, by leveraging ARX we have
been able to streamline and automate all future data movement."
"PacificSource applied the same level of painstaking diligence in
choosing their file management platform as they do in selecting the
world-class health plans to offer their customers," said Kirby
Wadsworth, Senior Director of Marketing for Data Solutions at F5.
"Initially, they selected the F5 Acopia ARX for its non-disruptive
capabilities, as well as unmatched performance and scalability.
However, they also chose to invest in the ARX solution for the long
term as it provided them with the ability to move data whenever they
wish, to whatever storage technologies they might choose to use in the
future. This translates into significant savings in both operational
resources and capital expense."
In addition to continued data migration initiatives, future plans
for the F5 Acopia ARX file storage virtualization solution includes
its use in PacificSource’s data replication for disaster recovery (DR)
efforts.
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