COPS Monitoring Upgrades Data Storage to NetApp Newest Storage Area Network
COPS Monitoring’s new Storage Area Network incorporates features designed to enhance fault tolerance and provide the latest data security.
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WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. — Alarm monitoring services provider COPS Monitoring has announced its latest six-figure investment in technology, upgrading its data storage to NetApp’s newest Storage Area Network (SAN).
The upgrade “is a testament to COPS Monitoring’s unwavering dedication to technological advancement. This strategic move ensures reliable and secure services for our dealers and their customers,” according to the company announcement.
“We understand that back-end upgrades may not sound exciting to most people, but we believe that making frequent and recurring investments is crucial to providing reliable monitoring services,” says Jim McMullen, president of COPS Monitoring, in the company announcement.
“With a focus on staying prepared for the future, we elected to upgrade our existing NetApp infrastructure,” he says. “By doing so, we are confident that we’ll continue to meet our customers’ evolving needs and deliver the highest service levels.”
Why COPS Monitoring Upgraded Its Storage Area Network
The new Storage Area Network “incorporates advanced features designed to enhance fault tolerance and provide the latest data security,” according to the company announcement. Equipped with dual power supplies, dual controllers and hot-swappable components, the new NetApp SANs “are widely regarded for delivering unparalleled reliability and resilience.”
Configured in a RAID format for added fault tolerance and employing AES 256-bit encryption, this new system “also offers robust data security, a standard recognized as one of the most secure methods available today,” the company announcement says.
Recognized for its 99.999% uptime and scalable architecture, Storage Area Network technology “ensures optimal storage solutions for data centers,” according to the COPS Monitoring announcement.
“By facilitating ultra-fast and reliable data transfers between servers and storage devices, SANs significantly boost application performance and availability, ensuring seamless operations in even the most demanding environments,” the announcement says.
To leverage its geo-diverse redundancy, COPS Monitoring will deploy two identical NetApp SANs in its New Jersey and Texas facilities. Each Storage Area Network has a total storage capacity of 35 petabytes, roughly 1.5 times the storage capacity of the Library of Congress, or 13 years of HD video.
With this amount of storage, these SANs “will help to ensure that COPS Monitoring can effectively manage and safeguard the ever-expanding volumes of data generated by its business operations and partners,” the announcement says.
“A key enhancement in this upgrade is the shift from SCSI-based SSDs to NVMe-based SSDs, which provides higher data transfer speeds, reduced latency, and improved input/output operations per second (IOPS),” according to the company announcement.
These improvements “significantly boost overall system performance, enabling COPS Monitoring to deliver even faster and more responsive services to its customers,” the announcement says.
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