E-learning and learning management systems (LMS) are becoming more popular - and that means large amounts of storage.
Hong Kong Baptist University set up a system that uses both an open-source LMS and a storage solution from NetApp, the data-management company.
Joseph Leung, director of the university's information technology services centre, said that from the beginning the institution knew the new system would require a new storage solution.
'Due to the real-time environment and amount of important data that we anticipated being created, it became apparent we would require a new level of storage support.
'We were looking for a storage solution that was going to be both scalable and reliable because the back-up of real-time information is crucial for disaster recovery,' he said.
The university decided on Moodle (modular object-oriented learning environment), an open-source application that is used for e-learning.
The creator was Martin Dougiamas, an Australian with degrees in computer science and education.