Storage Networking
How Cisco Uses a SAN to Automate the
Legal Discovery Process
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Overview
ƒ Challenge
Manage a huge volume of documents stored across the
network to support the legal discovery process
ƒ Solution
Create a SAN based on Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch
ƒ Results
Reduced costs and improved data access
ƒ Next Steps
Automate more tasks and simplify information sharing
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Challenge
Manage huge, dispersed data volume
ƒ Legal discovery requires
storing, organizing, and
managing huge volumes of
data at Cisco
ƒ Data must be retrieved quickly
and easily for specific legal
cases
ƒ Cisco must control storage
and legal discovery costs and
support growing data volumes
and legal case loads
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Solution
Implement a SAN Architecture
ƒ Create a SANbased on a Cisco
MDS 9000 family switch and a lowcost storage system
ƒ Provide secure access for outside
counsel and legal discovery
contractors
ƒ Support a flexible “e-discovery”
architecture to accommodate data
growth
ƒ Use the Cisco Fabric Manager
application for SAN management
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Solution
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Results
Lower Costs, Better Data Management
ƒ Cost reduction of 64% in total
litigation expenses, and 30% in
outside legal reviews
ƒ Improved utilization of storage
resources
ƒ Ability to handle growing data
volumes without hiring additional
employees
ƒ Ability to securely share
information with outside counsel
and contractors
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Next Steps
Improve Information Sharing
ƒ Automate more tasks for legal
discovery
ƒ Improve data access for outside
counsel
ƒ Share information more easily
across Cisco
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