SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 14, 2007 -- BendBroadband, a privately owned, nationally
recognized cable operator, has deployed a storage area network (SAN) based
on Cisco® (
NASDAQ:
CSCO)technology to improve customer service, reduce
operating costs, and improve application performance. To address the
performance, reliability, and scalability requirements of its growing
business, the company upgraded its network-attached storage to a SAN based
on Cisco storage network fabric switches.
Serving the fast-growing area of Bend, Oregon, BendBroadband was expanding
beyond the limits of its old storage system. After researching the switch
choices available, the cable operator selected Cisco MDS fabric switches
because of reliability, support, compatibility with a wide range of storage
devices, and a belief that Cisco is emerging as the market leader in
storage networking technology. The new Cisco-based SAN has enabled the
company to keep up with fast-paced growth, allowed them to expand their
service offerings to business customers, and provided the capability for
disaster recovery.
"Since we turned these switches on the performance has been astounding,"
said Bob McWhorter, network operations center manager at BendBroadband.
"Our service times are less than a millisecond on disks located across the
street."
As long-time users of command-line interfaces, BendBroadband's IT staff was
also pleased with the ease-of-use of the Cisco switches. "The graphical
user interface is really incredible," said Wade Holmes, network operations
center (NOC) engineer for BendBroadband. "It's self-documenting. It
doesn't let you make errors. You don't even have to install any software
because it loads right off the switch. We were extremely impressed."
BendBroadband is also installing a Cisco MDS fabric switch in its auxiliary
Network Operations Center located at a separate facility, to provide full
data redundancy for the primary NOC and the capability for rapid disaster
recovery. This ability helps to give BendBroadband's business and
residential customers the confidence that the company can handle their
current and future needs with complete assurance.
"With Cisco MDS fabric switches, small to midsize organizations can deploy
cost-effective, high performance SANs that provide enterprise-class
features such as non-disruptive firmware upgrades for high availability,
extensive diagnostics for quick troubleshooting, and advanced management
capabilities through Cisco Fabric Manager," said Rajeev Bhardwaj, director
of product management, Data Center Business Unit at Cisco.
For further information about Cisco storage networking products and
solutions, go to:
www.cisco.com/go/storagenetworking.
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