University of Connecticut School of Business
Date
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10/1/2010
We expect our Dell technology to never go down. The Dell EqualLogic SANs have dual controllers within each chassis, making them completely redundant within themselves.
— Michael Vertefeuille, assistant dean, University of Connecticut School of Business, the United States
Challenge
The University of Connecticut School of Business needed to deploy an efficient IT infrastructure that is able to provide worldwide, 24x7 online course access for students while gaining resiliency and flexibility to deploy cutting-edge services. The school also wanted to provide a more cost-efficient, streamlined desktop environment for students in its classrooms.Solution
The school consolidated its data center by migrating to virtualization-optimized Dell server and storage solutions built to use Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers with Intel® processors and Dell EqualLogic virtualized Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays that are natively integrated with VMware® vSphere™ software.Benefits
- 20 percent reduction in power and cooling costs
- 30 percent savings in storage costs
- Server recoveries in minutes instead of days
- 97 percent reduction in downtime
- Hundredfold faster software upgrade deployments (20 minutes versus 2 days)
- 30 percent increase of staff time available for innovative projects
- Twofold faster time to value on new servers
- Doubled processing capacity
- Tenfold more storage space available
