OVERVIEW The IT staff at a large hospital system in the southwestern United States knew it was time to retire its aging storage system – but it wouldn’t be easy. Built on a complex array of multiprotocol, multiple-source platform types, the system provided storage for important medical imaging studies across hospital departments and campuses. A single, reliable, automated migration approach was needed – one that was fast, accurate, and hassle free. CHALLENGE Outdated migration tools and limited IT staff resources meant a long 18-month application-based migration lay ahead – an untenable timeframe for the hospital system and an unacceptable workload for the source systems. Added to that was the requirement of chain of custody data for HIPAA audit support and expensive maintenance

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