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Ariel’s rapid economic and population growth
requires state-of-art information technology to manage
financial resources, deliver services and conduct
government business. Ariel’s “Smart City” program
promotes the widespread use of technology to
provide a closer link between residents and municipal
government services.
requires state-of-art information technology to manage
financial resources, deliver services and conduct
government business. Ariel’s “Smart City” program
promotes the widespread use of technology to
provide a closer link between residents and municipal
government services.
The city uses a blend of self-managed network
resources – as well as Web-based software-as-a-
service (SaaS) subscription applications, including
a geographic information system (GIS), billing
services and enterprise resource planning (ERP) from
Israel Local Authorities Data Processing Center, a
public company. In early 2008, Ariel’s four person
technology team began migrating the city’s self-
managed applications off their oldest servers and
consolidated them on newer servers, where they run
in virtual environments under VMware ESX Server.
resources – as well as Web-based software-as-a-
service (SaaS) subscription applications, including
a geographic information system (GIS), billing
services and enterprise resource planning (ERP) from
Israel Local Authorities Data Processing Center, a
public company. In early 2008, Ariel’s four person
technology team began migrating the city’s self-
managed applications off their oldest servers and
consolidated them on newer servers, where they run
in virtual environments under VMware ESX Server.
Time to break new ground in storage management
This virtualization effort led Ariel’s technology group
to reevaluate the city’s data storage resources. The
city’s three main storage servers could not provide the
shared storage infrastructure required to achieve all of
VMware’s high availability features.
This virtualization effort led Ariel’s technology group
to reevaluate the city’s data storage resources. The
city’s three main storage servers could not provide the
shared storage infrastructure required to achieve all of
VMware’s high availability features.
In addition, the direct attached storage on legacy
storage servers had led to redundant data stores,
since deduplication was not feasible. The three legacy
storage servers were also costly due to multiple
licensing fees and the labor-intensive individual tape-
based backups for each system. Also, recovery using
slow tape-based systems could take days following a
data loss.
storage servers had led to redundant data stores,
since deduplication was not feasible. The three legacy
storage servers were also costly due to multiple
licensing fees and the labor-intensive individual tape-
based backups for each system. Also, recovery using
slow tape-based systems could take days following a
data loss.
“Our storage utilization was not very effective,”
explains Ariel’s Chief Information Officer Michael
Altynikov. “Instead of simply upgrading out-of-date
storage servers, we decided to seek a solution
that would allow us to maximize our investment in
server virtualization, provide true business continuity
capabilities, and improve our storage utilization
through shared resources and data deduplication.”
explains Ariel’s Chief Information Officer Michael
Altynikov. “Instead of simply upgrading out-of-date
storage servers, we decided to seek a solution
that would allow us to maximize our investment in
server virtualization, provide true business continuity
capabilities, and improve our storage utilization
through shared resources and data deduplication.”
Cost-effective and feature rich: HP AiO meets Ariel’s
needs
In the summer of 2008, Altynikov and his staff began
evaluating available storage options. They looked
at solutions from HP, EMC, NetApp, Falconstor and
open-source SAN controllers. Early on the selection
team ruled out the open-source options because
they were not complete solutions and lacked vendor
needs
In the summer of 2008, Altynikov and his staff began
evaluating available storage options. They looked
at solutions from HP, EMC, NetApp, Falconstor and
open-source SAN controllers. Early on the selection
team ruled out the open-source options because
they were not complete solutions and lacked vendor
“Instead of simply upgrading out-of-date storage
servers, we decided to seek a solution that would
allow us to maximize our investment in server
virtualization, provide true business continuity
capabilities, and improve our storage utilization
through shared resources and data deduplication.”
servers, we decided to seek a solution that would
allow us to maximize our investment in server
virtualization, provide true business continuity
capabilities, and improve our storage utilization
through shared resources and data deduplication.”
− Michael Altynikov, Chief Information Officer,
City of Ariel