DataPipe With Isilon IQ

Isilon Systems, Inc. announced that DataPipe, provider of managed IT services, has deployed Isilon IQ as the primary NAS repository for the file-based data needs of its more than 1000 customers.

With Isilon IQ, DataPipe can seamlessly grow its storage on-demand, scaling performance and capacity linearly as customer needs dictate, providing maximum IT flexibility to drive increased operating leverage throughout its business. Using multiple Isilon scale-out NAS clusters, DataPipe is powering the file-based applications for its worldwide customer base, enabling more effective resource management and improved customer response times.

"Delivering custom solutions to a range of industries, our client needs can be demanding," said Richard Dolan, director of marketing, DataPipe. "Our solutions require a reliable storage system to provide performance, scalability and ease of management. Isilon IQ meets these high transactional storage requirements."

DataPipe provides custom solutions for complex Internet-facing infrastructures. They proactively manage security, monitoring, storage, data center operations, servers and applications including database administration and the full software stack from seven global data centers. Using Isilon’s SmartQuotas, SmartConnect and SnapshotIQ software applications on Isilon IQ X-Series clusters, DataPipe can efficiently provision and balance resource loads and protect customers’ data, maximizing reliability and business continuity.

"As businesses large and small continue to turn to leading vendors like DataPipe to manage their IT services, the need for a storage solution capable of supporting such diverse and elastic demands is rising in parallel," said Sam Grocott, senior director of product management, Isilon Systems. "With linear, ‘pay as you grow’ scaling of performance and capacity, unmatched ease of use, and guaranteed utilization of at least 80 percent, Isilon provides the ideal storage infrastructure for cost-effectively meeting the needs of managed IT service providers."