Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Storwize will optimize NAS CIFS/NFS

NavigateStorage partners with Storwize to optimize CIFS/NFS NAS storage space and gain significantly more space at a real savings without sacrificing performance.


Storwize is the capacity optimization company for primary storage.The Storwize family of online data reduction solutions eliminates businesses reliance on storage and infrastructure sprawl by increasing storage capacity and efficiency - all without buying more storage. Leading companies worldwide use Storwize to enhance productivity and reduce cost by making better use of their existing storage infrastructure.


"Storwize real-time compression solutions give you up to 10-times more capacity from storage you already own so more primary, secondary, and backup data can be stored, accessed, and protected without increasing foot print, power, or cooling requirements.


We give you the products, tools, and services to optimize your storage infrastructure throughout the entire data lifecycle." And Storewiz is tested and certified by EMC, NetApp and more.


Technology Overview


Unlike deduplication, which cannot meet the random-access, transaction, and throughput needs of actively utilized primary storage, Storwize real-time compression is purpose-built for primary storage data reduction. Based upon a powerful multi-core hardware platform, Storwize appliances are deployed in-line between your network switch and storage providing average data reduction rates of > 65% without compromising application performance, enabling it to be deployed in even the most data intensive enterprise environments.


Storwize Real-Time Compression


The appliance does not require workflow changes, software agents or server drivers and can be deployed seamlessly without any configuration changes to existing environmentsWith over 35 patents, our solutions are based upon several key technology pillars


Real-Time Operation - only Storwize supports the performance, throughput, and accessibility requirements of business critical primary storage applications including VMWare and Oracle.


Complete Transparency - Storwize works with any vendor's NAS arrays and supports both UNIX (NFS) and Windows (CIFS) protocols. The solution requires no software drivers or server, application, or storage configuration changes.


Data Integrity - our Data Integrity Assurance architecture provides end-to-end verification throughout the data path, fault detection, correction, and verification.
High Availability - Storwize appliances include fully redundant components and deploy seamlessly into high-availability environments.


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