Centralizing the Billing through the ERP at its HO was one of the basic needs. To meet the ever growing demand and also future requirement, A Storage Consolidation which could also take care of the Mail Server and file servers in addition to its File Servers was needed.

The proposed Solution on the Storage consolidation front was arrived based on the following parameters

• The Storage should be able to cater to Block level as well as File level data within the same box.
  
• Linux Based Kernel was preferred.
  
• The Storage box should be scalable.
  
• Should Support all basic RAIDs
  
• Should have CIFS and NFS Support
  
• Should support a Point in Time Copy software

The Instor600 was positioned because it catered to all the parameters required. It also offered the additional feature of being able to do an automated File level Backup from all the network nodes.

The benefits that the customer received were tremendous and bulleted below

• A TCO which was much better than competition.
  
• A Scaleable Solution to ensure the Investment is protected for next 3 years.
  
• Automatic Backup of file level data from all desktops.
  
• Capacity of Mail server reduced as storage offloaded to the storage Subsystem.
  
• A Policy Scheduled for Backups using a combination of SnapPict Software and Backup Net.

The Storage investment brought about a reduction in income expenses as follows.


Tangible Savings.

• Procurement of additional File Server : 1000 USD
  
• Third party Software Backup Licenses for 100 users : 2500 USD
  

• The web based GUI is so simple to use that an One day training is sufficient for the storage administrator to monitor and work on the storage. (Helps save on Training Costs especially in a Industry that sees a lot of workforce attrition)
  
• Performance improvement in terms of a Centralized Storage Solution.

The above Tangible savings by itself is around 50 percent of the TCO ensuring a 50% ROI from Day One. Thus Signifying SANAT's Motto “A Solution that gives MMVFM -- Much More Value for Money.”