With file data growing at 50 percent annually, American Suzuki Motor Corporation was finding it difficult to manage data effectively. Its Windows environment supported more than 1,000 users for file sharing, many of whom complained about performance when accessing their shares. Data migrations could take at least a week, eating up IT resources and creating downtime for users. Backups had become problematic as well. To help it migrate to a more agile and robust storage environment, Suzuki turned to F5 Network's ARX5000 to facilitate a smooth migration process by introducing intelligent file virtualization into the file storage infrastructure,

ARX has enabled American Suzuki Motor Company to meet its users’ expectations for performance while also streamlining data migrations, reducing overall storage costs, improving backup procedures, and enhancing data management