Jon Larson, Information Technology Director for the USSA, said finding the right networking storage solution was the final element in putting together the IT backbone of the USSA’s new Center of Excellence.
"During the transition from the old facility, the IT department was able to update the majority of the infrastructure including phone, network, audiovisual and security systems," said Larson. "The missing piece was finding a cost effective storage solution that would allow us to consolidate our backup solutions, provide mass storage for our content repositories, and provide compatibility with our existing VMware virtualization systems. This is where Iomega's NAS storage solutions shine, exceeding my expectations with features like replication, active directory integration, and media serving."
To manage all of the digital data coming from the action on the slopes as well as USSA's strength training systems, computer lab, multimedia rooms for performance analysis, equipment workshops and a full sport science lab, Larson is utilizing several units each of Iomega's StorCenter™ ix4-200d 8TB* Desktop NAS Server and Iomega's StorCenter™ Pro ix4-200r NAS Rackmount Server, in 2TB and 8TB capacities.
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I'll admit to finding the Iomega division fascinating. It's a small team with a massive volume business and it's building everything out of commodity hardware and software components.
They're answering a question I asked back in 1997. Could we compete in the low end of the storage market with Intel processors in one hand and Linux in the other?
You'll have to remember back then it was the Symm4 days and I'd never even heard of Data General so the answer I got at the time was "Well if it can be priced at $1M a box sure"
I think it's better it took this long to get something like that on the road as the company now has no qualms about looking beyond itself for whatever tech is required to solve a problem.
But these days just like Honda: Everything we do, goes into everything we do.
