City is working towards a two-year plan to improve further the quality of IT infrastructure storage enabling services to its users on and off campus, providing a secure and scalable IT infrastructure.
It is also part of a move for City to progress up the international university league tables. By having a solid and modern infrastructure in place, the university will improve its data management and storage, enabling growth and scalability.
The team at City replaced its legacy system with the NetApp FAS8040 enterprise storage system, running the NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP and Phoenix storage-as-a-service platform. The new system will run across two City sites, using NetApp SnapMirror technology to provide site replication.
Russell Best, Infrastructure Operations Manager at City University London, said: “We now have high-performance virtual tiered storage for our server virtualisation platform, allowing us to meet future storage demands easily with predictable costs. This will help remove often unexpected, large expenditures for future storage upgrades. We are in a much more competitive position, and the NetApp platform in conjunction with Phoenix storage-as-a-service platform will help strengthen our position as a leading university and drive our growth plans forward.”
Elliot Howard, UK & Ireland Country Manager for NetApp added: “NetApp FAS8040 enterprise storage system is helping City University London to increase the volume of research it carries out. Data storage is often a major pain point for educational establishments, but implementing a secure and scalable IT infrastructure can avoid the loss of important information and ensure future scalability as operations grow.”
