Sydney, AUSTRALIA - 13 October
2010 - NetApp has been working with the NSW Department of
Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) to develop a unified
storage platform which will allow the Department to offer better
services to internal and external customers. The DECCW has
consolidated its existing, multi-vendor storage environment under
the NetApp V-Series heterogeneous storage solution. The solution
allows the DECCW to improve the flow and format of information to
its customers, enhance service delivery, manage storage growth more
effectively and streamline the data backup and recovery
process.
The DECCW engaged NetApp to redesign its
storage environment due to the increasing volume of information
requiring backup and storage. With around 4,000 staff employed in
200 branch offices across NSW, the DECCW's multi-vendor legacy
storage system was reaching the point where it was difficult to
handle the increasing growth in storage requirements.
Data storage requirements are increasing
significantly due to factors such as:
- Increasing use of spatial technology and satellite imagery for
line of business applications
- A push to provide customers with more interactive digital
resources such as interactive tours and mapping tools
David Schneider, Director of Information
Management and Communication Technology for the DECCW, said, "Our
data storage requirements continue to grow almost exponentially, so
we were looking for a flexible, scalable storage solution that was
able to keep up with our growth and meet the high-availability
requirements of our dispersed workforce. With the V-Series, NetApp
offered us a high-performance, vendor-independent, unified storage
solution which is simpler and easier to manage than our old system.
NetApp has allowed us to work faster and improve efficiency,
enabling us to more effectively meet the needs of our internal and
external customers."
In the past, to manage the expanding data
storage requirements, the DECCW added more storage capacity as
required. This was becoming unsustainable, particularly as backup
reached capacity very quickly. Backups were also being duplicated
across multiple sites, further exhausting the system.
A key element of the solution for DECCW was
100 x NetApp FAS storage systems to be installed across DECCW's
branch offices around the state. As part of this, NetApp has
introduced data deduplication technology to reduce the amount of
data being stored to disk, streamlining the backup process and
reducing the amount of data being sent over the network. Snapshot
technology was also introduced to improve efficiency and enable
frequent point-in-time backups. These technologies helped solve the
need for increasing storage demands, limiting the amount of storage
space required and greatly improving disaster recovery
capabilities.
David Schneider said, "We chose NetApp for
several reasons. First, the NSW Government has undergone an ICT
expenditure review, which puts pressure on all departments to seek
ways to operate more efficiently. The NetApp solution offered us
results for a very competitive cost, thereby helping us to meet our
targets. Also, we needed a partner who could help us embrace web
2.0 and manage the growing volumes of data being generated. NetApp
has provided a solution that has enabled us to solve several
business issues we were facing and offers us the potential to
generate significant business breakthroughs in the coming years. We
expect the new solution will provide a substantial return on
investment once the installation is complete, further improving our
ability to consolidate data and significantly improve our disaster
recovery and IT service capabilities."
Peter O'Connor, Area Vice President for
NetApp Australia and New Zealand said, "NSW DECCW is a great
example of a customer who needed a simple, effective solution to
generate significant improvements from its legacy storage
environment. NetApp is pleased to be able to work with NSW DECCW
help the organisation leverage value, speed and efficiency from its
existing infrastructure."
The NetApp solution will be rolled out in
phases and is expected to be completed in two to three years, with
60 x FAS systems being implemented across NSW by the end of
2010.
Technical details
The NSW DECCW is deploying two NetApp V3160HA storage systems at
its head office and 100 NetApp FAS2020 storage systems at branch
offices across the state.
Snapshot technology will enable DECCW to
protect its data with no performance impact and minimal consumption
of storage space. SnapManager for SAP, SnapManager for Oracle and
SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange are automating complex,
time-consuming processes associated with backup and cloning of
these applications.
NetApp Operations Manager is delivering
comprehensive monitoring and management. NetApp Protection Manager
automates data protection operations.
NetApp SnapMirror replicates data from
DECCW's Sydney-based primary data centre, to its
western-Sydney-based back-up data centre, protecting
business-critical data.
NetApp FlexVol lets DECCW adapt quickly to
changing storage needs, allowing the storage team to create and
resize virtual volumes quickly, so storage can be added where and
when it's necessary without disruption.
NetApp FlexClone is deployed throughout
DECCW's development and testing environment.
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About the NSW Department of Environment,
Climate Change and Water (DECCW)
The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water was
established effective 1 July 2009. The Department is one of the
agencies that form the new Environment, Climate Change and Water
super agency cluster, along with Sydney Catchment Authority,
Zoological Parks Board, Royal Botanic Gardens, Jenolan Caves
Reserve Trust & Lord Howe Island Board and the Catchment
Management Authorities which are separate statutory authorities.
For further information visit www.environment.nsw.gov.au.
Media Contact:
Almira Anthony
Max Australia
+61 2 9954 3492
almira.anthony@maxaustralia.com.au
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