Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Store Medical Imaging Data On RAID Solution

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation was founded in 1944 for scientists whom could devote their entire careers to help pinpoint the cause of human illness and prevent the cause of deadly disease. Recently, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation came across a problem in their intensive studies. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation was currently in the process of developing a computerized information system for the identification of Biomarkers in Lupus (SLE) disease. They knew that huge amounts of data would have to be stored on there servers within no time, especially given the fact that they have an in-house MRI scanner that generates huge volumes of imaging data and this data would need to be archived onto a storage facility. To solve this problem Oklahoma Medical Research must look at RAID controller storage units, which would increase their current and future storage capacity for storing their mission-critical, health care information.

The next step for Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation was to find a dependable and reliable storage device for their medical studies. Their budget was extremely tight, given that they are a non-profit organization, so their purchase must be made under deep consideration. They were looking for a 2U rackmount storage device with RAID capability, a company that was stable and well known in the area of storage solutions and had good customer/technical support service. After an exhaustive research and looking into various storage units and talking to sales people at different companies, Enhance Technology became their number one choice.

They looked at many different products offered by Enhance Technology but the R6 really caught their attention mainly because it was an "All in one unit." The R6 had an array of 6 disks and an empty 5.25'' bay that could be used for installing a removable disk unit for off-site backup. The R6 had a next generation 64-bit Scale storage processor that was capable of sustaining data rates up to 265MB/Sec, and offered "web-based" user interface which gave complete storage control over a standard web browser. Additionally, the R6 came with Ultra320 SCSI host interface as a standard connection. The front panel of the R6 has a multi-function display with controls and audible alarms.