VMware Case Study INDUSTRY Healthcare LOCATION Los Angeles, California KEY CHALLENGES • Lack of necessary SAN capacity and horsepower for a new high-priority data warehouse • Insufficient funding for SAN expansion • Limited manpower for ongoing SAN management SOLUTION Keck Medical Center of USC deployed a new data warehouse using the VMware Virtual SAN storage solution on Dell PowerEdge R715 servers and Fusion-io drives for flash acceleration. BUSINESS BENEFITS • Vastly simpler storage management that could be handled by a small team • As-needed scalability that allows Keck to stagger spending • Lower cost of I/O compared to traditional SANs • Ability to leverage the latest technology Keck Medical Center of USC Sidesteps SAN Bottleneck, Launches New Data Warehouse w

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