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Storage Consolidation Pays Off Big for Priceline.com

Overview This case study from 3PARdata highlights the growth-related issues that caused e-commerce giant Priceline.com to look for a storage solution that offered increased flexibility and higher utilization rates at a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The paper details the impressive results Priceline has achieved since consolidating its mission-critical, SAN-resident data on six 3PAR InServ S400 tiered storage arrays deployed across multiple locations. Download the paper to learn more about Priceline's storage upgrade and how it's enabled the travel service to improve utilization rates while slashing its power, space, and cooling costs.

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Publisher	3PAR	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2006	Downloads	2
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Network Design, Monitoring Systems, Scalability, High Availability

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