NetApp system valued at AED 1.4mn offers unified storage system on virtual infrastructure
Dubai,
24thNovember, 2015 - STME, the Middle East’s leading IT solutions
provider and systems integrator (SI), headquartered in Dubai, has
provided LukOil with a robust unified storage system as solution for
their increasing virtual infrastructure demands.
LukOil which has
around 700 employees in the Middle East, is one of the largest oil and
gas vertical integrated companies in the world accounting for over 2% of
crude oil production and about 1% of proved hydrocarbon reserves
globally. The need for a new solution arose on account of the company’s
growth resulting in increased storage requirements, and the end-of-life
of the existing system. A representative from LukOil commenting on the
company’s requirements, noted “It was of utmost importance that the new
solution could unify storage capability, performance, scalability and
efficiency on an improved and bigger virtual infrastructure”
In planning and
developing a solution for LukOil, “At STME, the organizational nature,
culture, immediate requirements and trajectory based on the
organization’s growth and development is considered. It is important to
plan for the future scalability of our solutions,’’ emphasized Ayman Al
Bayaa, CEO of STME. The solution implemented at LukOil was based on the
NetApp FAS8060 HA Dual Controller Storage System which is a leading
industry standard for unified systems, providing both SAN and NAS
capability and scalability with Cluster Data ONTAP, and 50TB usable
performance storage capacity.
Implementation of the
project was not without challenges that mainly involved the migration of
data and scalability from the existing system. In resolving challenges
“Communication between the STME and LukOil teams is the key,” noted Mr.
Ayman, who continued to say “our three decades of experience has taught
us effective ways to collaborate with our clients.”
The project was
completed by April 2015 without any major issues and has given LukOil a
resilient platform based on the NetApp FAS 8060 system to handle
different workloads, scalability, and easy availability 99.9% of the
time.
