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Follow on Google News | Uk Law Firm Farrer And Co Builds Agile Infrastructure With XsigoVirtual I/O specialist Xsigo continues to expand. Following the recent news of multiple senior hires in Europe, and of the appointment of distributor Arrow, the company today announced a new UK customer, law firm Farrer.
When Farrer and Co’s IT administrators set out to upgrade and consolidate its server infrastructure, which consisted of 60 rack-mount servers equipped with direct attached storage, the team had a number of objectives in mind. These included providing clients with a faster, more responsive experience, providing a disaster recovery (DR) capability, and reducing the physical footprint of these systems. In fact, due to the rapid expansion of the IT department, every inch of floor space was being used, and a more efficient solution was required. The changing customs in the practice of law was also a pressing issue as client requests now have a much higher information technology component than in the past; more collaborative services and easier access to solicitors and information are now the rule, and Farrer and Co.’s IT team needed to respond quickly when these new demands arose. To address these issues, the law firm selected two Xsigo I/O directors for its London data centre along with HP DL-series servers, VMware virtualisation software, and a Dell Compellent Storage Centre SAN. A scaled-down version of the same infrastructure was deployed at its DR facility. The Xsigo systems immediately delivered more I/O per £ than the firm’s legacy solution, they offered far greater management agility, and easily integrated into the existing SAN. With Xsigo, Farrer was able to configure physically isolated network and storage connections without relying on VLANs, a valuable assurance when handling confidential client data. Andy Beech, IT Operations Manager at Farrer and Co., commented, “Our previous infrastructure was hardwired. Each server had direct attached storage, ran a specific application and was cabled into specific networks. Consequently, it was very difficult to match resources to workloads. We knew that server virtualisation would help, but we also wanted to ensure that our infrastructure would not limit either performance or flexibility.” “Only Xsigo provided the combination of attributes we wanted,” said Peter East, Farrer’s Infrastructure Supervisor. “When we evaluated Xsigo’s fabric, we found that it was fast, resilient, and easily scaled. In addition, we found the highly intuitive Xsigo management environment met our objectives to simplify management and increase agility.” “With Xsigo virtual I/O, Farrer and Company achieved the best of all possible outcomes: a lower cost infrastructure that provided greater management agility and a more responsive user experience,” About Xsigo Systems Founded in 2004, Xsigo Systems, Inc. is the leader in data centre I/O virtualisation, helping organisations reduce costs and improve business agility. Based on patented and award-winning technology, Xsigo offers a complete I/O virtualisation product family which includes the VP560 and VP780 I/O Directors. Xsigo has hundreds of customers, partners and resellers around the globe and services multiple industries including financial, education, government, entertainment, technology and telecommunications. The privately held company is based in San Jose, Calif., and funded by Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Greylock Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.xsigo.com. End
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