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Faber and Faber Publishers Installs Affordable DataCore IP SAN and Disaster Recovery for Apple and Windows Servers
London, United Kingdom - November 9, 2005 — DataCore Software today announced that one of London's great independent publishing houses has selected DataCore™ SANmelody to deliver a highly available storage solution across their existing Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks. The storage area network (SAN) manages the crown jewels of Faber and Faber, including the publishing systems, image databases as well as the day-to-day office systems for email and finance. Faber and Faber had an existing HP Fibre Channel SAN in place, but needed to add additional servers and capacity. A project soon arose to look at alternatives, as the cost was significant. Ian Bridges, IT Director at Faber and Faber, said "Our existing Fibre Channel SAN was getting more and more expensive to maintain and expand, and we wanted a single solution that would allow us to have our Windows and Macintosh servers using common storage."
A trusted reseller to Faber and Faber that had provided solutions to the publisher in the past, Transam Microsystems introduced Faber and Faber to the advantages of storage virtualization and, in particular, to DataCore's SANmelody software after other products did not provide the high availability on both Ethernet and Fibre Channel, were too expensive or could not provide a highly available solution for Macintosh and Windows. Brian Emmerson of Transam Microsystems said, "SANmelody provided the scalable and flexible solution that Faber and Faber were looking for, satisfying their immediate needs and providing a platform for growth."
Faber and Faber sought a flexible solution for the future, which would allow a choice of future storage options. They were also keen to take advantage of the disaster recovery (DR) option and higher levels of data protection. Ian Bridges said, "SANmelody allows us to better use our existing SAN investment. Plus, it delivers the flexibility for adding any storage product in the future without disruption. The fact that there was also a DR replication option, which was very cost-effective and used our existing infrastructure, seemed too good to be true."
Beyond meeting the initial requirements and the immediate critical needs, SANmelody has provided many additional capabilities and a new level of flexibility to deal with storage growth and new requirements. SANmelody has satisfied the high-availability needed for Windows servers on the IP SAN as well as for Macintosh Servers on the Fibre Channel SAN. The product has also meant that a copy of data can be kept on a DR site, and has facilitated non-disruptive data and storage migration. Concluded Bridges, "From relatively low-cost components, we have a SAN that can surpass the features and performance of far higher-cost products."
About Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber is now the last of the great independent publishing houses in London. Its commitment to quality publishing is reflected in the depth of its backlist, with many respected writers and nine Nobel laureates, whilst the frontlist goes from strength to strength. In Fiction, award-winning names are joined by exciting new talent, with two Booker Prize winners since 2000 and the continued acquisition and promotion of new writers. The rejuvenated publishing of Non-fiction, Music and Children's books brings a diverse range of titles to a wider audience, whilst the acclaimed Film and Drama lists maintain their position as market leaders: www.faber.co.uk.
About Transam
Founded in 1978 Transam is the leading London-based IT consultancy and systems integrator, with a history of designing and implementing storage solutions to reduce the cost of ownership of managing and storing your digital information. Transam specialises in collaborative information systems including groupware and content management technologies to support its storage consultancy division. Transam partners with various organisations and prides itself on its vendor independence, enabling it to deliver customised solutions to each of its customers, reducing their cost of ownership on all their storage management solutions. To find out more: www.transam.co.uk.
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of hardware independence. Small to Medium Enterprises and Global 2000 data centers rely on DataCore to deploy disk servers, to easily add capacity expansion and to centralize and automate storage management for Windows, VMware, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. For more: www.datacore.com.
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