FORUM STORAGE

Expanding IT agility with a cloud-based solution for data storage and compliance.

Maintaining global data sovereignty and compliance

Forum Storage, a division of Forum Energy Technologies (FET), needed a cost-effective way to extend its storage capabilities while maintaining global data compliance and sovereignty. Lumen provided a high-performance, cloud-based solution that was compatible with their current backup infrastructure.

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Securing seamless data storage at the edge

Challenges
Solutions
Results

Challenges

Storing, transferring and restoring data from the previous seven years continuously in an efficient and cost-effective manner to maintain global data sovereignty and compliance
Securing a high-performance, cloud-based solution that is compatible with the current backup infrastructure for data storage without compromising performance or user experience
Reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs of data storage with a cloud-based solution to avoid upgrading or replacing the existing costly SAN storage platform

Challenges

Storing, transferring and restoring data from the previous seven years continuously in an efficient and cost-effective manner to maintain global data sovereignty and compliance
Securing a high-performance, cloud-based solution that is compatible with the current backup infrastructure for data storage without compromising performance or user experience
Reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs of data storage with a cloud-based solution to avoid upgrading or replacing the existing costly SAN storage platform

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Solutions

Lumen® Network Storage was implemented as an object-based storage target to FET’s backup server, allowing FET to leverage existing onsite storage to back up data less than one year old, and transfer older data off site to the cloud via a secure VPN
Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions enable FET to securely store data and avoid the cost of upgrading or replacing the existing SAN storage platform, saving on capital spend and ongoing maintenance fees
Lumen tailored a consumption-based model for FET to leverage dynamic storage expansion and only pay for the service needed per month to avoid unnecessary spending and reduce storage costs

Solutions

Lumen® Network Storage was implemented as an object-based storage target to FET’s backup server, allowing FET to leverage existing onsite storage to back up data less than one year old, and transfer older data off site to the cloud via a secure VPN
Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions enable FET to securely store data and avoid the cost of upgrading or replacing the existing SAN storage platform, saving on capital spend and ongoing maintenance fees
Lumen tailored a consumption-based model for FET to leverage dynamic storage expansion and only pay for the service needed per month to avoid unnecessary spending and reduce storage costs

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Results

With Lumen® Network Storage, FET can efficiently maintain compliance and global data sovereignty requirements by enabling an agile, low-latency software-defined storage solution capable of handling dynamic capacity needs
FET enhanced data performance and user experience with Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions and our expansive global network while reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs through the consumption-based model
FET transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges using Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions.

Results

With Lumen® Network Storage, FET can efficiently maintain compliance and global data sovereignty requirements by enabling an agile, low-latency software-defined storage solution capable of handling dynamic capacity needs
FET enhanced data performance and user experience with Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions and our expansive global network while reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs through the consumption-based model
FET transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges using Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions.

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What works for FET

Lumen® Network Storage

Agile data storage with fast and consistent performance to power business at the edge

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Lumen® Network Storage

Agile data storage with fast and consistent performance to power business at the edge

Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions

All-in-one edge infrastructure to quickly scale capacity, bandwidth, latency and processing power

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Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions

All-in-one edge infrastructure to quickly scale capacity, bandwidth, latency and processing power

The Lumen® Platform

Built to deliver the scale, speed and intelligence that cloud and edge applications require

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The Lumen® Platform

Built to deliver the scale, speed and intelligence that cloud and edge applications require

FET transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges using Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions.

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About Forum Storage

Forum Storage is division of Forum Energy Technologies (FET), a global leader in the oil, natural gas, industrial and renewable energy industries. FET delivers value-added solutions to increase the safety and efficiency of energy exploration and production by operating manufacturing, distribution and service facilities throughout the world.

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