Investments in NetApp storage infrastructure accelerate donor-patient matches
For people with life-threatening blood diseases, the most promising treatment is the generosity of another human being. Be The Match is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping patients get life-saving bone marrow transplants by matching them with non-relative donors.
With an existing registry of more than 9 million potential donors in the United States and access to 39 million potential donors worldwide, Be The Match is critically dependent on its IT infrastructure and data management.
NetApp® technologies, including an A-Series AFF A700 array and ONTAP® and SnapCenter® software, are central to the organization’s data environment and have a direct impact on the number and quality of these matches.
“About 10 years ago we chose NetApp as our partner to help rebuild our infrastructure. And we’re now able to cure almost twice as many people per year.”
Over the past 35 years, Be The Match has facilitated 114,000 bone marrow transplants that can cure 55 blood-related diseases. More than 455 medical providers throughout the world and 170 transplant centers in the United States provide these therapies to patients in need.