UNE’s new Data storage system means increased speed and capacity

ITD has just completed a major upgrade of its storage systems providing increased storage for core computing functions. This has included the purchase and installation of two new storage units – one in the ITD building and one in Lamble. In addition to this initial boost in storage capacity the new system can be easily grown to meet UNE’s future needs.

According to Kevin West, system administrator, the new system has a number of advantages “The old system had reached the end of its supported life and more than reached the end of its capacity. The new system will be supported for the next five years and it’s really flexible we can just keep adding hard drives.”

For users the new data storage system will mean quicker access to data and represent a significant increase in storage capacity. Data centre staff are now busy with the big job of moving data off the old storage system and on to the new.

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