Pillar Data Systems-Temple University Health System

Vendor: Pillar Data Systems

Customer: Temple University Health System www.health.temple.edu                     
Vertical Markets: Healthcare/Medical
State: Pennsylvania

Technology Used: Pillar Axiom Storage system

Solution: The Temple University Health System serves university students and residents of the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. The system consists of four teaching hospitals, an associated School of Medicine, a Level-1 trauma center, and a busy emergency room. The advanced medical activities carried out within the Temple University Health System are supported by numerous applications that require enterprise-class storage.

The Temple University Health System was facing three storage-related challenges. The first was that their current system was expensive to maintain and expand. There were also numerous hidden costs and high fees. They needed to find a more cost-effective solution. Second, Temple needed a storage system that would offer both immediate and archive file storage, capabilities their existing system did not possess. Finally, Temple's backup system was insufficient to meet the organization’s disaster recovery requirements, which in part led to the search for a better solution.

To meet their complex needs, Temple chose the Pillar Axiom Storage system. Factors that influenced Temple's decision included the solution’s affordability, performance, and availability, as well as the professional on-site support offered by Pillar Data Systems.

The results of deploying the Pillar Axiom Storage system have been very positive. The solution is scalable and easy to manage, and there are no hidden fees, which has resulted in cost savings for Temple. With Pillar's upcoming WORM capabilities, Temple will be able to adapt Axiom resources to comply fully with current regulations. The Pillar Axiom Storage system also has advanced disaster recovery capabilities because of its disk-based backup and restore solution. Finally, because of the impressive quality and flexibility of the Pillar system, Temple's IT team is even using it in ways they hadn't originally planned.

Further details: http://www.pillardata.com/resources/case-studies/pillar_cs_temple_university.pdf