Dell Server and Storage Enterprise Technology Helps Victoria College Improve Learning Environment
26 Juli 2013 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Victoria College, a community college and continuing education
hub serving the Crossroads region of South Texas, is one of the
many recent examples of companies turning to Dell to modernize its
virtual storage environment and computer resources.
To address capacity constraints with its former EMC storage area
network (SAN), Victoria College migrated to a more flexible and
cost-effective Dell Compellent storage solution that reduces data
center costs with a three-fold improvement in storage
utilization.
The college has relied on Dell for 15 years for much of its
technology infrastructure to provide students and teachers a
seamless and dependable learning environment. The Victoria College
IT team jumped at the chance to deploy a fully supported Dell
Compellent Storage Center with 30 terabytes of raw capacity—up to
three times the capacity of its EMC array—for about the cost of the
maintenance renewal on its legacy SAN.
To modernize and improve data center efficiency, Victoria
College virtualized most of its infrastructure using Dell PowerEdge
M610 and M600 blade servers running
virtualization software. The Dell Compellent SAN provides the
necessary storage capacity to support the virtualized environment
and quickly provides new services to students and teachers.
Victoria College’s three-fold improvement in storage utilization
is a product of Dell Compellent thin provisioning. This enables the
institution to make the most of its storage resources without
wasting them on pre-allocated and unused storage, compared to its
legacy EMC storage array. Thin provisioning allows the college to
create storage volumes instantaneously, versus up to two to three
minutes with its former solution, also freeing up IT maintenance
time.
In addition to simplified management, Dell Compellent offers
Victoria College no unplanned downtime, giving the college the
power to add capacity, dynamically change system configuration and
initiate new functionality without interrupting operations and data
access.
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“With the flexible, modular design of the Dell Compellent SAN,
we are able to quickly scale, mix and match the latest drive
technologies, and cost-effectively address changing budgetary
constraints, which was not possible with our legacy EMC solution,”
said Daniel Robinson, Victoria College systems administrator.
“Dell’s intuitive and easy-to-use technology gives us the
flexibility to evolve over time and focus our attention on
delivering quality services to our students, teachers and
administrators.”
“Educational institutions like Victoria College are tasked with
offering reliable, cost-effective and useful resources that enrich
both learning and teaching environments,” said Travis Vigil, Dell
Storage executive director. “When combined with Dell PowerEdge
blade servers, Dell Compellent offers Victoria College optimal
use of its storage resources for a fraction of the cost
of the previous solution. The new Dell
technology also has vastly decreased the time it takes
for Victoria College to get new services up and running,
allowing the IT team to focus on
delivering valuable educational services rather than
managing IT resources.”
About Victoria College
Victoria College has been a respected community partner in the
Crossroads region since 1925 and continues to offer quality,
affordable educational opportunities to help students achieve their
dreams. Victoria College works with area businesses and industry
leaders to address the region’s specific employment needs,
preparing students for the careers of today and tomorrow.
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