he National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. The organization is made up of 27 different components called Institutes and Centers. Each has its own specific research agenda, often focusing on diseases or body systems. The research produces an immense amount of medical data that needs to be stored securely yet made searchable and sharable across the research community. Storage cost challenges drove change In 2018, when Cloudian first engaged with NIH, the organization had 60PB of data on a NetApp filer environment. The NetApp devices were employed as both primary and backup storage, with Commvault providing the data protec

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