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Cutting data storage costs for a government organization by 30 percent
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 基础设施检查
- 监管合规监控
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
挑战
一家美国政府机构多年来逐个项目地部署磁盘阵列,导致其数据存储基础设施庞大而低效,苦不堪言。每个应用程序都有一个单独管理的存储孤岛,无法与新应用程序共享。这些存储孤岛要么已经爆满,要么利用率严重不足,导致性能问题或投资浪费。从多个不同供应商处购买和运营存储系统的成本很高且不断上升,该机构意识到其无计划的数据存储方法是不可持续的。需要维护多种不同的硬件和软件配置意味着存储的运营成本过高。该机构还存在利用率过低和利用率过高的孤岛:其在存储容量方面的大量投资没有发挥任何作用,而在其他领域,它正在努力扩展其阵列以满足不断增长的需求。
关于客户
客户是一家美国政府机构。随着工作量的增加,该机构发现越来越难以完成其核心任务。多年来,逐个项目部署磁盘阵列已导致数据存储基础架构庞大而低效。每个应用程序通常都有一个单独管理的存储孤岛,无法与新应用程序共享。这些存储孤岛通常要么超负荷,要么严重利用不足 — — 在第一种情况下会导致性能问题,在第二种情况下则代表投资浪费。在这种环境中,从多个不同供应商处购买和运行存储系统的成本很高且不断上升,该机构意识到其本质上没有计划的数据存储方法是不可持续的。
解决方案
政府机构聘请 Unisys 构建和运行企业级私有存储云。Unisys 了解该机构的问题,并提出了一个解决方案,即重新使用现有资产,而不是拆除和更换。这种方法既降低了初始成本,也降低了持续成本。Unisys 解决方案的核心是引入存储虚拟化层,将现有容量集中到一个灵活的资源中,并对所有底层阵列进行标准化管理。在合同的前两年,政府机构与 Unisys 和 IBM 合作,将 8 PB 的安装容量迁移到私有存储云中 — 物理上位于现有数据中心。得益于 IBM Spectrum Virtualize 中的精简配置,初始环境只需要 5 PB 的安装容量,从而可以淘汰一些阵列。
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