Customers Present How Isilon Simplifies Storage for Server Virtualization at VMworld 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- An increasing number of  customers are currently using Isilon (Nasdaq: ISLN) to simplify data and storage management for their virtual servers, including the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH), Stronghold Data, USA.NET and Webtrends, all of whom are presenting in Isilon's booth #1525 during VMworld 2010. PLCH was recently profiled in Gartner Inc.'s "Case Study: Public Library Modernized Storage Infrastructure With Scale-Out NAS," for "modernizing its IT infrastructure and operations" with Isilon scale-out storage and VMware.

Isilon's scale-out storage solutions enable enterprises to eliminate the data fragmentation and low resource utilization common with traditional SAN and NAS in virtualized data centers. The customer presentation schedule at VMworld is as follows:

Stronghold Data, Tuesday, August 31, 11:30 a.m. PT

Stronghold Data, a leading provider of enterprise data services, is using Isilon to power real-time data replication of entire compute environments including virtualized servers and desktop computing. Stronghold Data will discuss how combining Isilon with VMware enabled immediate, 24x7x365 data access and industry-leading levels of data protection for its clients.

"Since moving to Isilon, we've seen a significant improvement in the performance of our virtualized environment," said David Markely, CIO, Stronghold Data. "NFS performance for VMware has been stellar and with Isilon, and it's easier to manage data in the virtual environment."

USA.NET, Tuesday, August 31, 12:30 p.m. PT

USA.NET, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter E-Security, the market leader in information security services, deployed Isilon scale-out storage to unify its VMware-based servers and file-based storage onto a single file system, simplifying both data and virtual server management. USA.NET will be detailing how deploying Isilon to power its virtual servers improved resource utilization and reduced operating costs.

"As our business grew, we virtualized our production environment to increase our flexibility and reduce costs," said Justin Greene, VP Archival Services, USA.NET. "Virtualization and rapid growth would have created a LUN management nightmare for our SAN system, which would hinder our ability to keep pace with customer demand. By virtualizing on Isilon, we've eliminated LUNs altogether and now management is simple, utilization is up, and we're better positioned to add capacity on demand to move our business forward."

Webtrends, Tuesday, August 31, 5:00 p.m. PT

Webtrends, which founded the web analytics industry in 1993, is using Isilon scale-out storage to power more than 700 VMware-based virtual servers, simplifying storage management and reducing operating costs for its virtual development environments. The company is presenting how its use of Isilon improved the performance, utilization and management of its virtual servers.

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Wednesday, September 1, 11:30 a.m. PT

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) is using Isilon to power its entire virtualized environment, including intranet and Internet applications, SQL databases, over a thousand Exchange users, and reservation systems for the library. PLCH will be detailing how it used Isilon to improve the efficiency of its VMware-based virtual data center.

"With Isilon, the capabilities and low cost allowed us to get the storage solution we needed," said Jason Buydos, director of technical services, PLCH. "Not only does Isilon enable us to get more from our virtualized machines, it requires less than 20 minutes of management time per day."

Presentations are being recorded and will appear on Isilon's YouTube Channel following the show. For more information on Isilon's solutions for server virtualization, please go here.

About Isilon

As a global leader in scale-out storage, Isilon delivers powerful yet simple solutions for enterprises that want to manage their data, not their storage. Isilon's products are simple to install, manage and scale, at any size. And, unlike traditional enterprise storage, Isilon stays simple no matter how much storage is added, how much performance is required or how business needs change in the future. We're challenging enterprises to think differently about their storage, because when they do, they'll recognize there's a better, simpler way. Learn what we mean at http://www.isilon.com.

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