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Western Oregon University Improves Student, Faculty Experience with NetApp Flash Storage | |
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 04:15:26 PM | |
University speeds educational, operational and financial decisions, enhances online collaboration; Register for January 19 webcast to learn more about this innovative deployment SUNNYVALE, Calif. — January 12, 2016 — “When it comes to technology, leading universities must deliver unsurpassed learning capabilities, such as engaging video lectures and online courses that extend beyond the classroom,” said Bill Kernan, CIO, Western Oregon University. “For IT, that means we constantly strive to raise the bar to meet technology requirements. NetApp flash storage has allowed us to reach a capacity of more than 1,200 concurrent users while pro¬viding exceptional system performance campus-wide. People think of storage as being totally behind the scenes, but at WOU, it’s front and center in defining the user experience.” Western Oregon University (WOU), founded in 1856, prides itself on providing effective, technology-powered learning opportunities. It was an early adopter of virtual desktop infrastructure, providing close to 5,000 undergraduate and more than 600 graduate stu¬dents with easy access to applications from multiple campus computer labs. One of the more popular applications, e-learning system Moodle, allows professors to enhance classwork with an online capability that incorporates video, quizzes, and other content into their courses. Hundreds of students sought to log on to Moodle every week, and performance sagged. The university knew it needed a new solution to address storage capacity, speed and downtime issues. Teaming with NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP) and partner Mountain States Networking, WOU moved its high-input/output applications and databases to a NetApp EF-Series flash array. The array maximizes uptime with full redundancy and automated failover. With flash storage, WOU benefits from the extreme performance, reliability and availability needed to drive greater speed and responsiveness. With its new solution, WOU can:
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