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By centralizing and virtualizing its storage, Lufthansa Systems is looking to reduce its overall storage-related system costs (TCO) by between 30 and 50 percent. Within the framework of a storage consolidation project, Lufthansa Systems, one of the world's leading IT solutions providers for the airline and aviation sector, is converting locally connected direct-attached storage into an existing storage area network (SAN). Fifteen of the 60 terabytes of storage space are already integrated within the enterprise storage network. In this context, SANsymphony will be used for the central management and administration of the storage network. Installed on 12 Storage Domain Servers designed with built-in redundancy, SANsymphony will regulate data access between the SAN and applications. SANsymphony permits dynamic allocation of storage resources, increases the utilization of available storage capacity and reduces administrative costs at the same time. In addition, the open platform offers extensive potential for savings in the process of buying additional storage capacity. "Since 1998, we have been working with a Fibre Channel SAN and have been constantly extending it. At the same time, it is important to keep down administrative costs," says Michael Schwarz, product manager, Enterprise Storage at Lufthansa Systems. "That's why we have been looking for a solution which is not only reliable, offering both a high level of performance and availability, but also drives down costs over the long term. We have found this solution in SANsymphony. We anticipate that with centralization and virtualization, we will be able to cut our storage TCO by between 30 and 50 percent." Enterprise Storage operates a heterogeneous system environment with applications running under the IBM AIX, SUN Solaris, HP-UX, Novell, Windows 2000 and Windows NT operating systems. Apart from central administration and storage allocation, Lufthansa Systems makes use of SANsymphony's SAN backup options throughout its environment (snapshot, alternate pathing, mirroring etc.). The allocation of resources in the storage network takes place automatically by means of Networked Managed Volumes, a DataCore technology which signals a maximum of storage space to hosts, but physically only occupies the storage space actually required. "From many points of view, SANsymphony software represents a technological breakthrough in the storage management space," said Volker Sommer, European regional sales director at DataCore Software. "SANsymphony has delivered proven performance in large-scale environments. Our installation in the heterogeneous environment at Lufthansa Systems supplies them with a clear answer: After intensive testing, the decision was made to adopt DataCore's solution." The Enterprise Storage Network is to be set up and completed in 2003 and will be also used for external storage services at Lufthansa Systems. A central backup strategy is also to be implemented with SANsymphony, to run in parallel. "SANsymphony releases the intelligence previously retained within very expensive hardware boxes so that it is available throughout the network, and at an attractive price," according to Schwarz. "For us, this opens up new opportunities in respect of backup and restore, and offers us every freedom when it comes to future storage-related investments, extensions and additions." About Lufthansa Systems Lufthansa Systems is one of the world's leading IT service providers for the airline and aviation sector. In its role as systems integrator, the 100% subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group covers the entire range of IT services - from consultancy via development and implementation through to actual operation. In the field of IT infrastructure and operation, Lufthansa Systems offers its services across the entire range of sectors. The company operates at international level and has its head office in Kelsterbach, near Frankfurt am Main. Its presence in Germany extends over a number of sites, and with its foreign branches in 11 countries it employs a total workforce of some 4200 around the globe. In the 2001 business year, Lufthansa Systems generated a turnover of 748 million euro. About DataCore Software DataCore Software Corporation's award-winning software automates and consolidates storage management for enterprise customers worldwide, significantly reducing their costs and increasing the return on investment from information technology assets. The company's SANsymphony™ software sets the standard for open storage networking platforms, supporting all major brands of disk arrays and operating systems. It is available and supported through major OEMs, system integrators and resellers. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For international office locations and more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com. DataCore, the DataCore Logo, Powered by DataCore, Networked-Powered Storage, ROI Street Smarts, SANsymphony, SANcentral, SANcollege and SANvantage are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. ### DataCore Corporate Contacts: (954) 377-6000 jan.jahosky@datacore.com Bharat Kumar +44 (0) 118-949-7024 bharat.kumar@datacore.com Lufthansa Corporate Contact: Lufthansa Systems Group GmbH Corporate Communications +49 (0) 69-696-90776 publicrelations@LHsystems.com Media Contacts for DataCore Software: (954) 377-6000 sbassett@corporateink.com CIT Public Relations Emmaline Damerum +44 (0) 1908-542777 emmaline.damerum@citpr.com
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