Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, the staff at Oakwood Healthcare System is dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare and customer service. The Oakwood data storage team wanted to expand and upgrade their SAN, which was based on small 8-port fabric switches. Oakwood Healthcare System, which serves over a million people in 35 communities with four acute-care hospitals and more than 40 primary or specialty care facilities, has deployed a Storage Area Network (SAN) based on Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Directors and Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switches.
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