Stephenson Harwood purchased two Xsigo VP560 I/O Directors to ensure maximum I/O between virtual servers and SAN storage by offloading the majority of server-to-server traffic from the Ethernet core, and to significantly simplify and "de-risk" a forthcoming premises move.

Petrie said, "In addition to significantly reducing our equipment requirements, Xsigo let us efficiently re-use our existing 1G Ethernet infrastructure and reduced our Fibre Channel port count needs by two-thirds, significantly reducing cabling and port costs and minimising disruption."

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