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RELDATA 9240i can be deployed as a flexible and affordable unified storage solution supporting both file (NAS) and block (SAN) application requirements. Unlike proprietary hardware-based, traditional siloed block or file-based products, the flexibility of the 9240i Unified Storage System enables businesses to support a broader range of applications enhancing their competitive position and driving profitability.

The Best Unified Data Storage Solution

Provisioning SAN block volumes and NAS file shares for every physical system and virtual machine on your network is just the beginning - RELDATA delivers on the promise of unified storage by doing that, and so much more. As shown in the diagram below, RELDATA seamlessly meets all of these needs with one platform.

First, command and control for all SAN and NAS storage assets is through a single unified interface to save time and reduce complexity. As important, you enjoy peace of mind and can plan better because the performance metrics for all of your volumes are consolidated.

Next, RELDATA’s virtualized logical volumes - both block and file - use the shortest possible I/O path for lightning fast response. In addition to speed, this makes it easy to allocate graded storage assets without the “churning” found on competing products.
Moreover, all RELDATA volumes are dynamically extensible on the fly, with the results immediately visible for every resource. And with our “Save as you Grow” hardware expansion model, you can precisely match your expenditures to your needs.
RELDATA also delivers the industry’s richest snapshot model with no pre-allocation, unlimited snaps, writeable snaps, and a sophisticated rollback function. The RELDATA snapshot methodology was designed to fill in the missing pieces from the major hypervisor platforms and is perfect for standing up virtual machines.

Taken together, these architectural advances and management tools are the foundation of another important capability - integrated replication. Specifically, RELDATA is the only Tier 1 storage provider that can replicate volumes at the block level and/or the file level depending on the requirement.

Again, virtualized servers benefit from this unique RELDATA capability because hypervisors run applications that typically need LUNs with fast block storage to store the operating system and databases, and unstructured file shares/mounts for a broad varierty of uses such as backup and image staging.

Learn more about RELDATA storage solutions:

• Unified Storage
• VMware
• XenServer
• Disaster Recovery
• HA Storage for Campus
• Storage Consolidation

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Promise Technology at a real price

ENTRY-LEVEL TO MIDRANGE
VessRAID and VessJBOD Subsystems

• 8Gb FC + 1Gb iSCSI + NAS or 1Gb iSCSI + NAS or 3Gb SAS Host Connectivity
• Scale up to 112-bays via VessJBOD expansion subsystems

ENTERPRISE-CLASS SOLUTIONS S3000 SAN Appliance

Extensive management tools for virtualized storage deployments

8Gb Fibre Channel + iGb iSCSI, 10Gb iSCSI, 1Gb iSCSI host connectivity

Contact NavigateStorage at 978-318-9000 for all your storage needs.

NavigateStorage EonNAS 3210 and 3220

Infortrend recently announced two new storage systems, the EonNAS 3210 and 3220. As part of the EonNAS family of unified storage systems, these systems offer support for both file- and block-level applications to facilitate datacenter consolidation.  Key Features: Data de-duplication:  Ensures that all duplicated data on the system is removed, freeing up capacity and helping users maximize capacity utilization and achieve significant cost reductions Thin provisioning: Optimizes resource utilization and simplifies storage ZFS: Eliminates silent data corruption Snapshot and replication:  Efficiently creates data copies RAID technology: Adds another layer of protection For highly cost-efficient storage, the EonNAS 3210 does the job.  For optimized performance, the EonNAS 3220 is the ideal choice.  System Architecture: One (1) Intel® Xeon® 4GB (EonNAS 3210) / 4GB or 8GB (EonNAS 3220) Four (4) 1GbE iSCSI ports Up to 12 drives per system; excellent scalability File protocol: CIFS, SMB, AFP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Block protocol: iSCSI  To learn more about Infortrend's EonNAS 3210/3220 systems, Please call NavigateStorage Rep at 978-318-9000 or write E-Mail

Archive PST's

[Microsoft TechEd North America 2011, May 16th, Atlanta, Georgia] Today archive migration specialists TransVault announced TransVault Insight, its new product for managing personal archive files (aka PST files).

Already recognized for its industry-leading email archive migration solution, the company has introduced Insight to deliver advanced capability for tackling PST files - the much-maligned file format that is often used by individuals to provide an overspill area for their mailbox.

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Huawei Symantec

With all the Storage Manufactures out there what sets Huawei Symantec apart from the other vendors?

8GB Fibre Channel Connectivity -It's time to look at 8GB FC solutions, the cost has dramatically reduced on 8GB HBA's and switches.

10GB Ethernet Connectivity -Use 10GB Ethernet and / or 8GB FC for faster data transfer speeds.

Supporting multiple types of disk -FC/SAS/SATA/SSD (Solid State disks) -Now you can access data at record speeds.

Use SSD disks for performance -Increase performance by combining SSD's for faster data and SATA or SAS disks for data. Use TurboBoost to monitor hotspot data and migrate it to SSD when needed.

Controller upgradability - They T series offers expansion I/O slots to the controllers so if you want to add ports of 4GB\8GB FC or 1GE\10GE\FCoE you can add the interface or add bandwidth with more ports.

The 5500 has one expansion I/O per controller and has dual controllers on a  2U 24 2.5 drive bay unit that can take SSD, SAS, SATA drives. The Redundant Dual\Dual  Core 64bit Controller can manage over 288 disks.

http://www.huaweisymantec.com/en/Product___Solution/Products/Storage/SAN/Mid_range/S5000T/

5600 and 5800 can add 12-16 more expansion I/O cards. Has built in UPS and is an advanced storage head unit and you connect our 6G SAS J-bod expiation enclosures off it. These Redundant Dual\Dual  Core 64bit Controller head units can manage over 1152 disks and up to 96GB cache on the 5800.

The N series is a High End NAS unit that can accompany the T series product and compete in the 10GE NAS space.

http://www.huaweisymantec.com/en/Product___Solution/Products/Storage/NAS/Cluster_NAS/N8000/

We would love to give you a product presentation and also see if you would be willing to evaluate the units

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Why is Unified Storage a big deal for your storage environment?

Why is Unified Storage a big deal for your storage environment?
The premise of the dedicated unified storage platform is that it is inexpensive, easy to use and fast for file sharing. It masks the complexity of the RAID and volume management systems by integrating them into its management tool. The user-friendly GUI also makes the job easy for the administrator and it has become the first choice of management tools for a large scale environment.

Unified Storage devices provide the snapshot feature for user online file recovery, NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) for backup application, mixed protocol directory access for CIFS and NFS, quota setting by user, group and tree, virus scanning for data safety, WORM file system for compliance needs and thin-provisioning for storage capacity planning. Most recently updated systems also provide data de-duplication for maximum storage utilization, disk drive spin down for reducing energy consumption and enabling the system to scale linearly via a non-disrupted file system or lun expansion. A unified storage gateway system is recommended to satisfy the file sharing need in a pure SAN environment. All these functions are evolving over time which demonstrates the flexibility of unified storage to adapt and change as end-users see their requirements change.

NavigateStorage has Unified Storage from several vendors including RelData, IceWEB,

Voyager-6GS IP SAN

Fault-tolerance and Scalability

StoneFly's Voyager-6GS Series of Virtualized IP SAN Appliances builds upon solid foundation of Voyager series, but with the latest 6Gb drive support. It offers enhanced performance, redundancy, scalability, and availability. Voyager's Scalable architecture brings the flexibility to start small, and scale up to 100s of TeraBytes of Tiered (SATA, SAS, and SSD) storage. The cornerstone of the Voyager is the award winning StoneFusion® IP SAN operating system. The Voyager's high-performance storage subsystem offers redundant, active/active connectivity for appliance redundancy and increased system performance. Additionally the Voyager offers cost-effective expansion via optional Expansion Unit.

NavigateStorage specializes in StoneFly.  Give us a call at 978-318-9000

NavigateStorage offers EdgeWaves' E-Mail Archiving and Security

Automatic Back-Up of Messages & Attachments:

With EdgeWave Archive, you’ll capture all inbound and outbound messages and maintain a secure and tamper-proof copy of all business correspondence. Plus, you can completely set-up and configure your archive in just minutes with a few simple clicks.

Learn more then call us.  NavigateStorage 978-318-9000

E-Mail Archiving - Secure and Compliant

E-Mail Archiving today is, in most cases, a prerequisite for doing business.  

Vendors have responded in two ways - On-Site where you acquire and install hardware/software in your computer room and -  Hosted where the vendor provides the hardware/software and keeps all in compliance while your E-Mail is safe and secure.

We provide one On-Site solution and two Hosted Solution one our website at www.navigatestorage.com Look under "Archiving" then "Electronic messaging"

The unique EdgeWave Archive was created using grid computer infrastructure technologies

The unique EdgeWave Archive was created using grid computer infrastructure technologies - one of the first to be built this way. This grid design methodology insures optimum reliability and no single point of failure. It also assures the most efficient use of computer hardware, allowing us to process more data using less resources and passing these savings on to you. Our archive delivers a 99.99% data retention SLA in a hosted environment. As a pure hosted service, EdgeWave Email Archive never requires any software or hardware to be deployed. Your email storage has infinite capacity and is searchable at all times - your data is never moved offline. And because your data is hosted in customer-specific data silos, you have peace-of-mind knowing you data is separate and secure, and in no danger of being confused with anyone else's information. Your data is replicated to eight data centers offering an unrivalled up-time record. Email Archiving Service 5-500 Mailboxes Only $40. 1-Year Contract Come to NavigateStorage to learn more.  Call 978-318-9000

StoneFly’s StoneFlex USS is a Finalist for Storage Magazine’s Storage Awards

Every year UK leading industry publication, Storage Magazine recognizes top storage products in the market with their Storage Awards. We are excited and honored that our StoneFlex USS has been nominated for the “Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year” category.

Released in late 2010, the StoneFlex USS (which stands for: Unified Server and Storage) was engineered to fully consolidate your datacenter in one fault-tolerant appliance. With the ability to drive several virtualized operating system in one storage system, this dynamic solution can meet more demanding applications, while allowing for complete hardware utilization and reducing overall operating costs.

To learn more about the Storage Awards and how to vote for us, visit http://info.dnfcorp.com/e/81/2011-05-03/HP75R/386641271.


To learn more about StoneFly contact NavigateStorage, a vendor agnostic.  Or call 978-318-9000

E-Mail Archiving - Secure and Compliant

The unique EdgeWave Archive was created using grid computer infrastructure technologies - one of the first to be built this way. This grid design methodology insures optimum reliability and no single point of failure. It also assures the most efficient use of computer hardware, allowing us to process more data using less resources and passing these savings on to you. Our archive delivers a 99.99% data retention SLA in a hosted environment.

As a pure hosted service, EdgeWave Email Archive never requires any software or hardware to be deployed. Your email storage has infinite capacity and is searchable at all times - your data is never moved offline. And because your data is hosted in customer-specific data silos, you have peace-of-mind knowing you data is separate and secure, and in no danger of being confused with anyone else's information. Your data is replicated to eight data centers offering an unrivalled up-time record.

The EdgeWave Email Archive technology stack is designed to operate within the unique features of a grid utility elastic compute cloud environment. This means there is no single point of failure and the system auto-scales CPU needs based on work load. This design allows us to offer our hosted archiving customers your own virtual environment for complete data privacy with no chance of data co-mingling.

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E-Mail Archiving - Secure and Compliant

NavigateStorage - these are just a few of the benefits.  Call us 978-318-9000


Fulfill Regulatory Compliance and E-Discovery Requirements
EdgeWave Email Archive helps your organization comply with current regulations from SEC, FINRA, NASD HIPAA, Sox, GLBA and others. The full text your emails and attachments are captured, held and indexed for quick search and retrieval at any time.


Unlimited Storage at No Additional Cost
EdgeWave Email Archive stores all inbound and outbound message whether internal or external, reducing the clutter on servers and inboxes and eliminating any concern that emails won't be available should a need arise.


Instant Set - Up with Easy-to-Use Interface
Start archiving all of your email and attachments with a simple redirect of your MX path. Just a few clicks on the intuitive user interface is all that's needed to set-up, search and retrieve your email whenever you need it.


Ease of Use for Administrators and End Users
EdgeWave Archive's user interface is intuitive for all skill set levels. With cloud based administration via your browser, there's no need for expensive and resource-intensive implementation. Keep your organization focused on your core business and away from distracting infrastructure hassles.


Automatic Back-Up of Messages & Attachments
With EdgeWave Archive, you'll capture all inbound and outbound messages and maintain a secure and tamper-proof copy of all business correspondence.

EdgeWave and NavigateStorage

EdgeWave Email Archive offers secure email archiving that is scalable to fit the requirements of any size organization. Our affordable archiving retains your email in an unalterable state to help you meet requirements for regulatory compliance, litigation issues, storage management needs, or to fulfill business best practices guidelines. EdgeWave Archiving Services are in-the-cloud, so infinite scalability is assured. And our secure data collection technology provides comprehensive interoperability with all messaging systems.

NavigateStorage specializes in E-Mail Archiving and Storage Protection.  Call us 1-978-318-9000 or write jima@navigatestorage.com

Reader,s Questions: "data de-duplication products.'

Reader asked:  Are there any data de-duplication products, in addition to Data Domain which can scale to meet the needs of the large enterprise? If so how can I find out more about them?

The answer is a resounding YES.  Two products that come to mind quickly are HydaStor and Exagrid.  Contact me to discuss the pluses and minuses.  Call Jim 978-318-9000 NavigateStorage

NavigateStorage offers E-Mail Archiving and Security

NavigateStorage, a lerading reseller of E-Mail Archiving products Not only archives but it also protects your confidential information from leaving your premises.

 DBA EdgeWave, (OTCBB/OTCQB: EWVE), a leader in Secure Content Management (SCM) solutions, today announced the official launch of its new Email Data Compliance solution, which protects against inadvertent disclosure of private or sensitive data that can occur through outbound e-mail data leaks. Email Data Compliance can be deployed on customers' outbound email streams for both hosted and appliance customers.

As part of EdgeWave's award-winning Messaging Security suite, Email Data Compliance uses proprietary technology to rapidly analyze all information in customer's outbound email messages and prevent any private or confidential data detected to leave the network. Such controlled information includes; personally-identifiable information (PII), social security numbers, credit card numbers, or patient health information. By providing full attachment scanning on the outbound email stream, Email Data Compliance enables customers to easily monitor and control outbound data as required by regulatory bodies such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), as well as allowing compliance with various government regulations such as Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

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E-Mail Archiving - Secure and Compliant

NavigateStorage has been monitoring E-Mail since 2001.  Today we are partners with Globay Relay,
NearPoint (Mimosa), and EdgeWave.

EdgeWave Email Archive offers secure email archiving that is scalable to fit the requirements of any size organization. Our affordable archiving retains your email in an unalterable state to help you meet requirements for regulatory compliance, litigation issues, storage management needs, or to fulfill business best practices guidelines. EdgeWave Archiving Services are in-the-cloud, so infinite scalability is assured. And our secure data collection technology provides comprehensive interoperability with all messaging systems.

As a SaaS solution, EdgeWave Email Archive delivers maximum scalability, provided by off-premises archiving that reduces costs and provides unlimited storage capacity that can grow to meet your organization's demands without incurring additional costs. Our archive is easy-to-deploy and includes an intuitive interface and role-based administration via your browser, so implementation can be achieved within minutes and ongoing management and maintenance are virtually touch-free.

7200 RPM, 3TB enterprise-class hard drives

Avnet is now shipping the world's first 7200 RPM, 3TB enterprise-class hard drives from Hitachi. New Ultrastar™ 7K3000 drive family is the first 7200 RPM enterprise-class HDD to deliver 2.0 million hours mean time between failure¹ (MTBF), resulting in a 40 percent lower annualized failure rate (AFR) than enterprise drives rated at 1.2 million hours MTBF. Available now with 6GB/s Serial ATA (SATA) interfaces 32% lower watts/GB than previous generation

Highlights 2.0 million hours MTBF Up to 3 terabytes of capacity 6Gb/s SATA model for configuration flexibility Dual Stage Actuator (DSA) and Enhanced Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) for robust performance in multi-drive environments 24x7 accessibility for enterprise-class, capacity-optimized applications 5-year warranty Applications / Environments Cloud storage Massive Scale Out (MSO) Decision support & RAID Data warehousing & mining Disk-to-disk backup & archiving RAID arrays Network Attached Storage (NAS)

NavigateStorage is testing 3TB drives now, so stay tuned.

E-Mail Archiving, Compliant, Affordable and Secure

The unique EdgeWave Archive was created using grid computer infrastructure technologies - one of the first to be built this way. This grid design methodology insures optimum reliability and no single point of failure. It also assures the most efficient use of computer hardware, allowing us to process more data using less resources and passing these savings on to you. Our archive delivers a 99.99% data retention SLA in a hosted environment.

As a pure hosted service, EdgeWave Email Archive never requires any software or hardware to be deployed. Your email storage has infinite capacity and is searchable at all times - your data is never moved offline. And because your data is hosted in customer-specific data silos, you have peace-of-mind knowing you data is separate and secure, and in no danger of being confused with anyone else's information. Your data is replicated to eight data centers offering an unrivalled up-time record.

The EdgeWave Email Archive technology stack is designed to operate within the unique features of a grid utility elastic compute cloud environment. This means there is no single point of failure and the system auto-scales CPU needs based on work load. This design allows us to offer our hosted archiving customers your own virtual environment for complete data privacy with no chance of data co-mingling.
NavigateStorage has 10 years of experience with E-Mail Archiving

Will SSD Improve Your Database Performance?

The fog around solid state storage is lifting. Most storage and database administrators are convinced that solid state technology is the most viable next step in storage performance. The challenge is that solid state performs so well that now there's a concern as to whether the databases placed on the platform can take full advantage of that boost in performance. Unlike mechanical storage, investments in solid state storage cannot afford to go underutilized, the price premium is just too high. Making sure that the database will take full advantage of solid state storage is the next big step in solid state adoption.

NavigateStorge offers SSD, SAS and SATA arrays give us a call 978-318-9000

EdgeWave and NavigateStorage

NavigateStorage, a multi-vendor provider announces that it now represents EdgeWave a hosted E-Mail, fully compliant solution

EdgeWave is:

Fulfill Regulatory Compliance and E-Discovery Requirements
EdgeWave Email Archive helps your organization comply with current regulations from SEC, FINRA, NASD HIPAA, Sox, GLBA and others. The full text your emails and attachments are captured, held and indexed for quick search and retrieval at any time.

Unlimited Storage at No Additional Cost
EdgeWave Email Archive stores all inbound and outbound message whether internal or external, reducing the clutter on servers and inboxes and eliminating any concern that emails won't be available should a need arise.

Instant Set - Up with Easy-to-Use Interface
Start archiving all of your email and attachments with a simple redirect of your MX path. Just a few clicks on the intuitive user interface is all that's needed to set-up, search and retrieve your email whenever you need it.

Ease of Use for Administrators and End Users
EdgeWave Archive's user interface is intuitive for all skill set levels. With cloud based administration via your browser, there's no need for expensive and resource-intensive implementation. Keep your organization focused on your core business and away from distracting infrastructure hassles.

Automatic Back-Up of Messages and Attachments
With EdgeWave Archive, you'll capture all inbound and outbound messages and maintain a secure and tamper-proof copy of all business correspondence.

Powerful Search & Retrieval At All Times
All data is kept online and immediately accessible for searches. Other hosted archive vendors migrate your older data to offline or near-line storage systems, dramatically increasing the amount of time required to search. You'll be able to search, retrieve and export messages and attachments in seconds by keyword, sender or recipient, date range and more.

Lifetime Retention
EdgeWave Email Archive provides unlimited retention of your email for as long as you use the service. Your users can de-clutter mailboxes knowing that items can easily be retrieved from the archive any time they are needed.

Reliable, Redundant Data
Your archived data is replicated across multiple data centers and protected by SSL encryption. Our adherence to DoD AES standards means that no data is ever accessible in clear-text format.

Comprehensive Support for Major Messaging Environments
EdgeWave Archive supports all major messaging infrastructures including, but not limited to:

• IBM Lotus Notes
• Novell GroupWise 6.5.1, 7.x and 8.x
• Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007
• IMail Server
• Mailtrust
• Scalix
• Zimbra
• Kerio
• And more...

Quantum Disk-Tape Protection

NavigateStorage has been serving a nation-wide customer base for 12 years.  So for storage, backup, email archiving and anti-virus give us a chance to show you why so many come to NavigateStorage for their protection needs.

Jim Addlesberger, 978-318-9000 www.navigatestorage.com

We will beat your Data Domain by 20%

We are so confident you’ll be blown away by the industry-leading performance and value of our Quantum’s DXi-Series deduplication appliances, we will beat your Data Domain quote by 20%

Wether you are a small business or a large enteprise, we can show you how to reduce your backup disk requirements by 90% or more with our full line of NAS and VTL data deduplication products

• The DXi6000 Series offers industry-leading value by providing higher performance backup and restores at up to 45% lower cost than the leading competitor

• Our patented deduplication technology provides typical disk savings of over 90% while saving you media costs

• Quantum’s deduplication appliance won deduplication “Product of the Year for 2010”

Give NavigateStorage a call and let us show you how! 978-318-9000

Great software, great backups, great safety

Thank you for your interest in learning more about Software. We would really like to give you a demonstration of our product.  Here’s why:

We offer the most effective, feature rich, and the fastest backup and restore software in the market.   Why choose US?

·        Effective back-up solutions.  The most advanced technology to keep information safe and secure.  Customers depend on data-security and data integrity - encrypted during transit and encrypted in your data center.

·        Technology you can rely on.  Backup software must be reliable.  We are there, just when you need us, quietly working in the background.  Our software is designed so that there is absolutely zero data loss.

·        Unmatched customer service.  Over 9 years of providing the best in the industry in customer service. Our software is known as a knowledgeable and reliable partner.  We provide you with support that is highly responsive and are here ready to help with practical solutions to your everyday backup problems.

·        Cost effectiveness.  Having the right data back up in place should not cost you a small fortune. Our software solutions are surprisingly affordable. With us, you get maximum value at a very affordable and reasonable cost.

·        Features your business can grow on:

·        Simple client setup

·        Full Web Portal control

·        Never re-master

·        Full Branding

·        Scalable local and remote backup

·        Fastest restore in the industry

·        True Email message level Archiving

·        BDR appliance with remote backup

·        BDR restore server in under 2 minutes

·        All Exchange versions including 2010

·        SQL, SharePoint, Oracle

·        Open file Backup

·        Host the Software yourself or use our hosting service (your choice)

See a demonstration of our product - see what we have to offer.  We invite you to evaluate us, ask questions, compare us to our competition.  

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