 "Since we first installed an HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP256 more than five years ago, we haven't had a single second of unplanned downtime due to the array. Now we're on our third generation of XP Disk Arrays, and we still haven't had any downtime."-- Ed Kosten, Supervisor, UNIX Systems Engineering, Priority Health
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For health care providers, efficiency is everything. Becoming a low-cost provider without jeopardizing patient care is the Holy Grail of healthcare. So the entire industry is focused on finding ways to cap the rate at which health care costs are increasing. A major part of that effort is finding new internal efficiencies.
In addition, providers are subject to an ever-increasing array of government regulations. Compliance with new laws — everything from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act — invariably places new requirements on the companies and adds to their administrative burden.
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Challenges
- Provide highly available, high-performance storage for database replication.
- Enable flexible storage allocation.
- Provide capacity for rapid growth as needed.
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Solution
- Tiered storage environment with an HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array-based Storage Area Network.
- HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 5000 (EVA5000) for development activities, on a separate SAN.
- StorageWorks ESL9595 tape library for backup.
- HP OpenView Data Protector software for backup and recovery.
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Results
- Substantial reduction in runtime for the data warehouse updates, and for nightly backup.
- 100 percent availability (no storage-related unplanned downtime since converting to HP StorageWorks products more than five years ago).
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For more information on how working with HP can benefit you, contact your local HP service representative, or visit us through the Internet at our world wide web address: http://www.hp.com
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