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• Expirationofstoragelease—TheNewJerseystorageneededtobereturned
totheleaseholder.
• Hardwaremove — Physicalservershadtobemovedviacourier.
• Datamoveoverdistance — DatahadtobemovedfromtheNewJersey
storageareanetwork(SAN)totheNewYorkCitySAN.
• Limiteddowntime — TheonlyallowableoutagewasfromFridaynight
toSaturdaymorning.
The bank reviewed several migration options:
• Offlinemigration — Restorefromtapeafterphysicallymovingtheservers
waspossiblebutwouldhaverequiredcompleteshutdownofapplication
serversovera48-hourperiod.Availabilityrequirementsmadethisoption
impossible.
• FTPtransfer — Thelackofbandwidthcontrol,inabilitytoverifythe
completetransferofdataandtherequirementforfile-by-filemovement
promptedtherejectionofthisoption.
• VERITASVolumeReplicator — Thisoptionrequiredtheinstallationof
VERITASVolumeManageronthesourceandtargetmachines.
• Hardware-basedmirroring — Thisoptionwasnotpossiblebecausethe
sourceandtargetarraysweredissimilar.
Softek’s TDMF UNIX (IP) software was chosen for its ability to work
with multiple operating systems and perform fast, controllable transfers.
The migration allowed the bank to realize economies of scale and increase
administrative control. In addition, the increased storage capacity allowed the
bank to more fully utilize the Sybase application in support of key operations.
Softek solution: global migration to new storage over distance
1.Inthetargetenvironment,allnewstoragewasdefined,withthebankopting
touse“swingserver”toperformthemigration.DatafortheNewJerseyservers
wasallocatedtotheswingserver,whichservedasaproxyduringthemigration.
Storage migrations made simple.
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Highlights
A Fortune 1000 bank chose Softek’s
TDMF UNIX (IP) software for its
migration based on its ability to
work with multiple operating sys-
tems and perform fast transfers.