Success Story

Force India F1 Team Successfully Manages Data Growth and Ensures High Data Availability with Infortrend's ESVA F20 Storage Solution

Adrian Collinson, Head of IT at Force India, stated “Infortrend's ESVA F20 storage solution is the perfect match for our operations. Its easy expansion and high performance levels, combined with simple management, allow us to efficiently and safely store all the data involved in our efforts to enhance Force India's ongoing success on the racing track.”

The main applications for which Force India requires storage systems include computer-aided design (CAD) and race telemetry data. The storage systems originally used by the team were no longer able to meet its requirements, and after a careful selection process, the team decided to adopt Infortrend's ESVA F20 storage system combined with an ESVA J20 expansion enclosure. The ESVA F20 and J20 support the team's powerful SAN, and provide the team with large storage capacity and excellent reliability.

Currently, Force India has stored 20TB of data on Infortrend's storage systems. With flexible drive support, the ESVA F20 and J20 combined can provide a maximum storage capacity of 64TB, allowing for significant future data growth without replacing or adding new systems. The main storage system and expansion enclosure are managed by Infortrend's SANWatch management software, allowing Force India's IT administrators to manage the complete storage configuration through a single user interface. In addition, Infortrend's storage solution enables the Force India team to achieve the highest data availability with a minimum of service downtime in the event of damage caused by logical or physical errors.

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