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limits on space and change tension, so
we know where to adjust settings to
make improvements.”
Results
In contrast to the health network’s
legacy backup solution which required
all-at-once purchases of complex systems
– and thus full racks with fixed capacity –
the new solution is designed to scale out
incrementally without requiring the
provider to make a maximum
investment upfront.
Because of the strong partnership
between Cohesity and Cisco, Methodist
has confidence in the current solution
and support options as it consolidates
enterprise file services workloads on a single
platform. Cisco UCS and Cisco Intersight
combined with Cohesity software deliver
the ideal solution at scale with architectural
consistency and operational automation
from the data center to Edge to cloud.
The health system staff receive proactive
updates about the environment through
Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based global
management tool for complete workload
visibility. Non-disruptive upgrades and the
ability to scale out the system based upon
data growth helps keep costs predictable.
Cohesity integrated with Cisco, which
Methodist also trusts for its networking,
gives the healthcare provider a unified
data management solution from proven
partners. “We can set it and forget it,”
said Rue. “And if there is an issue, Cisco
SmartNet combined with Cohesity support
streamlines issue resolution.”
Methodist can now use the solution
to generate custom reports through the
Cohesity Reporting app (based on the
popular analytics app JReport) available
on the Cohesity Marketplace. The app
provides the team with reports for
operational health, compliance and
audit for data under management,
capacity monitoring and planning, as
well as showback and chargeback.
“One of our biggest challenges used to be
reporting,” said Rue.
“We like the granularity of the new
solution’s reporting, for example, to see
how much time server backup is taking,
Cisco Intersight is a cloud service that works
with all recent Cisco UCS servers: blade, rack
or hyperconverged. With Cisco Intersight,
Methodist can centrally manage all UCS
servers, making it simpler to track inventory
– for example, to find all servers anywhere
in its production and DR sites that need a
firmware upgrade.
Key benefits of the Cohesity–Cisco
solution include:
• Cost predictability without
forklift upgrades
• Customized reporting
• Unlimited scalability
• Ease of use
• Single solution and support from
proven partners •
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