Project Profile
Peer Software Solution
- PeerGFS™️
Customer's Platform(s)
- Windows Server
Industry
- Health Care
The Challenge
Mobile workers, specifically General Practice Doctors accessing local data held on Windows File Servers located in surgeries.
The flexibility for Doctors to be efficient accessing patient records when working from multiple locations.
Sharing patient records with other GP’s whilst safeguarding the content, avoiding overwrites and duplications.
Overcoming slow connection links between surgeries and hospitals.
Solution
- By installing PeerGFS on Windows File Servers at each location and the DC, changes were replicated at a delta level between surgeries in real-time, overcoming any connectivity issues.
- File locking was added to allow documents to be collaborated on without the risk of losing data, overwriting notes and duplicating records.
- The PMC (Peer Management Console) was installed in the DC, enabling administrators to manage multiple file servers from a single pane of glass.
- Multi-vendor and multi-Cloud support = highly flexible environment, no matter what the future holds.
Results
Doctors could easily work from multiple locations and have local access to all their files without the need for any infrastructure refresh.
Malicious Event Detection (MED) – PeerGFS’ in-built Malicious Event Detection measures added an extra layer of security, thus stopping viral attacks such as Crypto Locker before they could cause any damage.
Administration became easier as the IT team had a view across all Windows File Servers from within a single instance via the centrally-managed PMC.
