News

PETCO Warehouses to Get NetApp Makeover

PETCO has selected NetApp storage solutions for three distribution centers that manage the delivery of more than 10,000 product types to over 750 PETCO stores in 48 states. According to a Net App release, "the solutions were chosen to enhance the performance, availability, and manageability of the PETCO warehouse management system, which handles product-to-store shipments and fulfillment of e-commerce orders."

The new infrastructure has been deployed at the largest of PETCO’s distribution sites with the help of Trace|3, an IT solution provider. "With our transaction rates, tape backup is not enough," said Andrew Ross, manager of Business Systems at PETCO. "We had server-to-server mirroring technology, but found that it was challenging to manage and only gave us the ability to mirror the most current data. In contrast, NetApp Snapshot technology lets us make multiple point-in-time copies instantaneously. In the old environment, if we had to roll back to a previous day’s tape, we would have spent significant time recreating manual processes or performing physical inventories to verify product locations. We can’t risk production halts that have the potential to keep hundreds of warehouse workers and dozens of trucks idle."


print	save	email	comment