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Research Abstract
McAllen ISD simplifies its messaging, storage and backup infrastructure while reducing power and cooling requirements by a projected 86% by Dell, Inc.

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Published on: April 01, 2009
Type of content: CASE STUDY
Format: Unknown
Length: 4 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:
CHALLENGE


McAllen Independent School District (MISD) needed to consolidate two separate, legacy email systems and improve the reliability and manageability of its server, storage and backup infrastructure.


SOLUTION


Dell helped the district migrate to Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 running on Dell blade servers and Dell® EqualLogic® storage with a CommVault backup and recovery solution.
BeNeFits


RUN IT BETTER


  • Two email systems consolidated onto one
  • Approximately 50% less management time required to maintain email system
  • 75% improvement in storage utilization by consolidating direct-attached storage onto EqualLogic SAN
  • 75% reduction in backup time for Exchange database
  • 100% backup success rate for Exchange database
  • Able to accommodate file-level restore requests
  • Anticipated compliance with upcoming Texas archiving regulations
  • Projected tenfold increase in average CPU utilization (70% vs. 7%)
    GROW IT SMARTER
  • Exchange migration completed on time (6 weeks) and under budget
  • 30-40% savings with iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel SAN
  • Able to allocate storage for new virtual machines in minutes
  • Projected 86% reduction in data center footprint, power and cooling costs

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