Brisbane Airport

Needs

BAC’s storage infrastructure consisted of a high availability SAN array that was replicated across two data centres. The system’s performance was failing to keep pace with business demands, while increased support costs and capacity constraints compounded this problem.

Limited storage space meant that files were prematurely archived to make extra space just to meet the daily business requirements.

Even worse for the administrators was that occasional backups failed crucial integrity checks posing a dire business risk, and costing additional resource time to troubleshoot. A competitive tender was called to find a complete solution that would solve these issues.

Outcomes

The upgrade has improved system responsiveness with the faster disc system increasing the speed of every process. A system backup that typically took 12 hours is now completed in just one hour.

• Provided a robust storage framework for improving knowledge management systems and processes
• Protected and archive BAC’s valuable intellectual property
• Mitigated a critical risk posed by any loss of service availability
• Reduced complexity by migrating office applications to the Cloud
• Streamlined and improve data management procedures