Tegile flash hybrid array accelerates dental school's virtual app

When the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine (UC SDM) found the latency of its newly installed virtual application environment unacceptable, its IT team decided flash was called for and looked into whether it required an all-flash or hybrid array.

The final decision was a hybrid system -- the Tegile Systems Zebi HA2100EP.

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Tegile hybrid SAN SSD solves contractor's VDI performance issues

Despite his initial skepticism that a change in storage systems would make a difference, Egan Company CIO Jim Nonn said a Tegile Systems Zebi hybrid SAN array significantly improved his sluggish 220-seat virtual desktop infrastructure setup.

Nonn said the switch to the combination solid-state and hard drive system reduced response times and capacity requirements for the Brooklyn Park, Mich.-based construction contractor.

Egan has about 20 computer-aided design (CAD) workers and 200 general knowledge workers using VMware Inc. View 5.1 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software. Nonn said his legacy 50 TB Dell Inc. Compellent storage array wasn't providing the performance his VDI environment required. VMware View Client boot times were taking more than five minutes, and performance was sluggish.

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Tegile adds all-flash array to multiprotocol storage lineup

Tegile Systems today added an all-flash array and a higher-end hybrid solid-state drive (SSD) system to the startup's Zebi lineup of multiprotocol storage arrays. Tegile upgraded its controller to support an all-SSD array, and its metadata-accelerated storage system (MASS) now includes the option to pin volumes to SSDs to improve performance and minimize delays due to caching algorithms or tiering policies. Read more