Raidix Data Storage Interface

Raidix is a software-defined storage for data intensive workloads. At some point, they decided to go global, but the old user interface was too inconvenient, poorly presented and built on the wrong platform. Some drastic changes were required to get things right, and the company management reached out to me for help. 2012 release

We started by designing a new user-friendly interface and then thought about how to best implement it. As a result, we ended up migrating to a new front-end platform.

The following dashboard was designed to control the status of the system:

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In the old interface, it took a user a journey of around 20 clicks to different pages to create a new section. Now this can be done in one click. All the advanced settings are still available.

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RAID systems have multiple settings, which are not easy to get your head around. The new interface is focused more on user goals, so all the necessary actions are always at hand and available on one screen.

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System statistics are presented in easy-to-read graphs and have a number of handy filters:

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