Lighthouse Technology Innovation Center

t the heart of Lighthouse Computer Services’ Lincoln, Rhode Island, headquarters is one of the most advanced IT development and testing labs in the Northeast United States. The Lighthouse Technology Innovation Center, a multi-million dollar integrated hardware and software laboratory, allows customers a hands-on look at the latest technologies, and offers a glimpse at how they can reduce the cost and complexity of data storage.

The pre- and post-sales support offered at the Technology Innovation Center includes product demonstrations and test drives, solution design consultation, proof-of-concept support, product installation and implementation assistance, training, education, and customized workshops.

To schedule a visit to the Lighthouse Technology Innovation Center, please contact Mike Adams, Director of Technical Marketing, at 401-334-0799 ext. 114.

A Look Inside the Technology Innovation Center

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Hardware

Centralized Storage:

IBM TotalStorage DS6800
IBM TotalStorage DS4300
IBM TotalStorage DS4400
IBM System Storage N3700
EMC CLARiiON

SAN and NAS:

IBM System Storage N3700
IBM, Brocade, McDATA, QLogic, Cisco switches and routers
ONStor NAS Gateway
LTO Tape Library

Servers:

IBM BladeCenter
IBM xSeries (200, 300, 400 lines)
IBM pSeries
IBM iSeries

Software

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Director
IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk, Data and Fabric
IBM DS4000 Series Storage Manager
IBM AIX Advanced Virtualization Suite
VMware
Microsoft Exchange
VERITAS NetBackup
Tivoli Storage Manager, Security Compliance Manager, Access Manager and Identity Manager
Avamar backup suite

Sample Solution Sets

Backup & Recovery: Tivoli Storage Manager, VERITAS NetBackup,Avamar.

Data Migration: EMC to IBM via SAN Volume Controller.

Data Protection: Backup/recovery optimization with IBM FlashCopy.

Disaster Recovery: SAN to SAN remote replication.

iSeries SAN-attached storage.

Microsoft Exchange: Integrated database backup and restore with IBM TotalStorage DS4300.

Microsoft Solutions: Advanced server technologies including SharePoint Portal Server and Operations Manager.

Multiprotocol Storage: IBM System Storage N3700 (SAN, NAS, iSCSI).

NAS Virtualization of heterogeneous SAN storage.

Provisioning: IBM BladeCenter SAN Boot - Volume copy of "Golden OS Image."

Security Software Solutions: Tivoli Security Compliance Manager, Access Manager, and Identity Manager.

Server Virtualization: IBM AIX Advanced Virtualization Server,VMware ESX Server and Microsoft Virtual Server.

Storage Management: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center Disk, Data and Fabric.

Storage Virtualization: IBM and EMC storage virtualization.

Systems Consolidation: IBM System power5 with AIX Advanced Virtualization, IBM xSeries (460 and 366) with VMware ESX and BladeCenter with VMware ESX.

Systems Management: IBM Director and VMware VirtualCenter for event management automation.

Lighthouse Technology Innovation Center Brochure