Case Study: McLean Hospital regains storage control and automation with TrueNAS from iXsystems

McLean Hospital regains storage control and recovers in minutes with iXsystems TrueNAS

McLean Hospital faced significant challenges with its outdated and cumbersome Dell Compellent storage system, which was reliable but operationally a nightmare. The system's slow, manual processes and lack of API access led to a loss of control, and the hospital was quoted nearly a million dollars to replace it. This prompted them to seek a new solution from a vendor like iXsystems.

By implementing iXsystems' TrueNAS, McLean Hospital regained control through automation, API access, and operational flexibility. The solution provided a simple, cost-effective platform that supports production workloads and features a robust disaster recovery system with ZFS replication. This allowed the hospital to avoid the high costs and vendor lock-in of other options, achieving significant savings and, more importantly, complete control over its storage environment and future roadmap.

McLean Hospital