Education

Protecting data at educational facilities is more important today than ever before. Organizations that use to rely on DAS can no longer afford the expense, administrative time, or potential data security threats associated with having backup and recovery devices scattered throughout the campus. Islands of storage are inefficient and not easily scaled. Administrators need to provide data storage for every computer, but while some storage devices are filled to capacity in a matter of weeks, others are barely used throughout the year.

A LeftHand SAN can help colleges and universities rescue stranded storage, allowing you to pool all of your data into a single storage area network that you can manage from a central location. In a storage network, you no longer have to purchase individual tape drives and other similar storage devices for each computer. Data spread across a building or an entire campus is sent across the network to a shared storage resource, keeping your costs and administrative time down.

Data protection and management software is built into every LeftHand SAN, with no hidden costs. Snapshots (point-in-time copies of data in a given volume) do not require storage space be reserved ahead of time, because capacity is only consumed as the data is written, ensuring optimal efficiency.

If the data needs additional protection, LeftHand Networks’ unique architecture allows storage nodes to be dispersed across the LAN, eliminating the need for duplicate storage systems. And the protected data is mirrored using your standard IP network connection, with no additional hardware or software required.

LeftHand iSCSI SANs are perfect for transaction-based applications, such as student record management. Easy to install and easy to manage, administrators can get a SAN up and running in under an hour, providing maximum data protection and access for minimal cost.