Friday, February 12, 2010

3PAR Inc. InServ F400 Storage Server

3PAR Inc. InServ F400 Storage Server:

Disks and disk subsystems GOLD AWARD:

SearchStorage.com 2009 "Disk and Storage" gold award goes to 3PAR Inc. InServ F400 Storage Server

3PAR's InServ enterprise data storage systems have always won high marks for their thin provisioning and management features, but the vendor's midrange offerings never gained much respect until the F-Class came out last April. The InServ F-Class Storage Servers have the same architecture and ASIC as the InServ T-Class enterprise system that launched in late 2008. That includes mesh-active quad-controller technology, thin provisioning ASIC and management software. The only difference is that the F-Class doesn't scale as high.

Contact NavigateStorage for more information or call 978-318-9000

High Availability Software

High Availability Software:

Eliminate the Hidden Costs of Traditional High Availability Software with everRun 2G

everRun® 2G is Marathon’s next-generation automated high availability software. everRun 2G eliminates the complexities and hidden costs of traditional high availability and data protection products to give you more reliable, affordable application protection. Delivered in software, everRun 2G makes high availability practical for a wide range of applications.

everRun 2G is built on patented technologies proven in the most demanding availability environments such as stock exchanges, television networks, and pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. With high availability software from Marathon, you can run business critical applications such as Microsoft Dynamics, SQL Server, Exchange Server or SharePoint Server or mission critical specialized applications without worries of outages or data loss."

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NavigateStorage established in 1999 specializes in storage - iSCSI, SAN, NAS and Unified (block and file) from a wide variety of vendors. Features such as Replication, ILM, Data-Deduplication, Compression and Encryption are readily available. We represent market leading Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Libraries, backup and replication software and new, name brand media at great prices.

Software solutions include Email/IM archiving for compliance or just good governance, VMware, Virtual Iron, and security solutions for Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam (both as a service and appliance) and data leakage solutions. And a full line of Xerox Printers and Copiers with the new solid ink and Page Pack all in one program.

Network products include QLogic and Brocade switches.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

NEC: D3i SAN Storage Array

NEC: D3i SAN Storage Array:

The D3i array has many built-in features and supports NEC's enterprise-class storage software. A single D3 array can scale from just 219 GB to 144 TB capacity by adding up to eleven 2U 12-drive expansion enclosures.

Aggregate throughput of over 400 MB/s to hosts is provided through up to four 1 Gbps iSCSI Ethernet ports. These can be connected into a network or direct-connected as a simple and low-cost DAS configuration. (A Fibre Channel model is also available.) The disk enclosures are connected to the controllers via SAS wide-link connection for 24 Gbps bandwidth to each disk enclosure.

The system is fully redundant to protect against single-point-of-failure, with a battery backup unit for protecting the cache. Failed components are reported via alerts by either email or SNMP traps and in the management software.

Operating Systems are Windows Server® 2003 (x86, x64), Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64), Red Hat® Enterprise Linux and VMware.

This is a really solid solution with competitve pricing from NavigateStorage. Check it out then call Jim at 978-318-9000 or Email us.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

StoneFly's iSCSI.com : Solutions : Comprehensive Data Continuity

StoneFly's iSCSI.com : Solutions : Comprehensive Data Continuity:

All your company's data is inside. Year-end financials are due out next week !

If you had StoneFly Comprehensive Data Continuity (CDC), you wouldn’t be spending the next 5 days (and nights) getting tapes shipped from Denver, replacing the burned tape drive and backup server, and managing the restore process, tape after tape. And what if you got rid of your tape archive last year, in favor of local disk backup - of which only a pile of melted plastic and metal remains? Well, if you had replaced it with StoneFly CDC, your company wouldn’t be facing a 93% chance of bankruptcy by year's end.

StoneFly CDC comprises a versatile set of data replication, remote access, and recovery options for your StoneFly SAN and can be tailored to the specific needs of each customer. Contact us at 1-800-STONEFLY for more information, and a detailed analysis of your business risks. Our experienced storage engineers are ready to assist in formulating a comprehensive data continuity plan, to ensure that when your storage systems don't survive a disaster, your company does.

By integrating with the built-in replication and snapshot capabilities of the StoneFusion OS, the CDC service can be used for any volume managed by the StoneFly Concentrator. Databases and open documents are replicated seamlessly to the remote location.

For large data sets or low-bandwidth network links, the initial dataset can be mirrored to an on-site feeder appliance, which is then integrated into the remote environment. Further data changes are replicated seamlessly over the network. In fact, even the largest files can be protected thanks to the block-level delta change technology in the StoneFusion OS. Only changed blocks need to be replicated to maintain full synchronization between local and remote sites.

Why not give NavigateStorage a call at 978-318-9000 or drop is an Email?

StoneFly's iSCSI.com : Solutions : Comprehensive Data Continuity

StoneFly's iSCSI.com : Solutions : Comprehensive Data Continuity:

All your company's data is inside. Year-end financials are due out next week !

If you had StoneFly Comprehensive Data Continuity (CDC), you wouldn’t be spending the next 5 days (and nights) getting tapes shipped from Denver, replacing the burned tape drive and backup server, and managing the restore process, tape after tape. And what if you got rid of your tape archive last year, in favor of local disk backup - of which only a pile of melted plastic and metal remains? Well, if you had replaced it with StoneFly CDC, your company wouldn’t be facing a 93% chance of bankruptcy by year's end.

StoneFly CDC comprises a versatile set of data replication, remote access, and recovery options for your StoneFly SAN and can be tailored to the specific needs of each customer. Contact us at 1-800-STONEFLY for more information, and a detailed analysis of your business risks. Our experienced storage engineers are ready to assist in formulating a comprehensive data continuity plan, to ensure that when your storage systems don't survive a disaster, your company does.

By integrating with the built-in replication and snapshot capabilities of the StoneFusion OS, the CDC service can be used for any volume managed by the StoneFly Concentrator. Databases and open documents are replicated seamlessly to the remote location.

For large data sets or low-bandwidth network links, the initial dataset can be mirrored to an on-site feeder appliance, which is then integrated into the remote environment. Further data changes are replicated seamlessly over the network. In fact, even the largest files can be protected thanks to the block-level delta change technology in the StoneFusion OS. Only changed blocks need to be replicated to maintain full synchronization between local and remote sites.

Why not give NavigateStorage a call at 978-318-9000 or drop is an Email?

NEC: Storage

NEC: Storage:

Today's enterprises, large and small, are creating and using more information than ever before. The sheer volume of information increases the complexity for storing, protecting, and managing information. This complexity is a result of storage heterogeneity with disparate tools to manage each environment, as well as an accelerating rate of change in the IT infrastructure. Data centers are increasingly dynamic where servers and storage must be configured, provisioned or upgraded.

To make the matter worse, technology refreshes every three to five years requiring time intensive and disruptive migrations, which cannot be tolerated by business. As a result, storage professionals today spend the majority of their time managing infrastructure, rather than information."

Designed to address these issues, NEC has been demonstrating its Storage Excellence for almost 50 years. NEC offers a wide range of storage solutions — from the latest enterprise SAN D-Series,to data center-class enterprise systems and the next-generation grid storage system — all designed to respond to the storage challenges business faces today.

Built on NEC's proven technologies, our storage products enable business to manage data more effectively. Whether it is the latest SAN or the revolutionary grid storage system, our storage solution delivers higher data resiliency, superior scalability, simplified operations, and a lower TCO through NEC's innovative technologies.

NavigateStorage, a storage centric reseller, has identified NEC Storage as a full function, scalable quality product that deserves consideration when planning a companies infra-structure.

Why not give us a call at 978-318-9000 or drop us an email and we will give you a call to discuss you requirements. We represent several vendors in this space.