The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is the second highest-ranked university in New Zealand and is included in the top 1% of universities worldwide. AUT focuses on providing exceptional student opportunities and learning experiences, and graduate success in a context stimulated by impactful research and industry connectivity.

Overview

AUT’s Mathematics department required an open-source storage solution for their students to access the database, VM machines for their day-to-day requirements and storage for their files. After DiGiCOR suggested our NexentaStor Solution, AUT added that they wish to not pay for licences.

• Require an open-source-based solution for AUT’s Mathematics School for students to access database and VM machines for their day-to-day requirements and store their files

• Not wanting to pay for the licence

Through their consultation with us, we are able to provide a solution according to their needs. AUT agreed to our suggestion regarding the choice of hardware: DiGiCOR D3163-DE8-DR and took our solution: FreeNAS, which included SuperMicro servers, JBODs, UPS and a 10GbE Ethernet Network. We also conducted the installation of FreeNAS software to the hardware.

The solution is highly scalable and extremely cost-effective, which gave Auckland University of Technology, Mathematics department storage flexibility with a system that scales as student storage demands grow.