Disk DeDuplication from NavigateStorage on the DXi4500

The DXi4500 disk deduplication backup appliance makes it easy and affordable to increase backup and restore performance and reduce data protection costs.

Quantum’s deduplication technology provides disk performance for backups, while it reduces typical capacity needs by 90% or more.

Backups can be economically retained on disk for instant restores, simplified management, and reduced use of removable media. DXi4500 units are designed for rapid, seamless integration and maximum client performance without changes to existing backup architectures or potentially disruptive media server upgrades—unlike software-based deduplication. Support for remote replication, Symantec OpenStorage (OST) interface, and virtual environments are standard features.

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E-Mail Archiving, Compliant, Affordable and Secure

"Email Data Compliance was a natural extension for EdgeWave's Email Security solutions," said Tim McAllister, Product Manager, Messaging Security at EdgeWave. "Our development goals were simple; leverage our existing reputation and award-winning technology, and create a solution that was easy to use and administrate. We recognize that our customers are constantly faced with new and emerging email challenges. With EdgeWave's suite of messaging and data protection solutions, we offer businesses uncomplicated, efficient and reliable means to seamlessly address these mission-critical priorities."

EdgeWave currently provides hosted email archiving that support an organization's e-discovery, long-term retention and full-text search for employee generated content. This service is used for both information compliance with a variety of industry and government regulations such as FRCP, SOX, FINRA, HIPPA and GLBA, as well as to improve storages efficiency and associated costs. The solution can be configured in a matter of hours and provides infinite storage for unlimited retention duration.

NavigateStorage is a authorized partner

Nexsan E60 for VMware

Below is our first case study on the Nexsan E60, and we couldn’t have asked for a better one! With an enrollment of over 53,000 students, Corona-Norco Unified deployed a Nexsan E60 in their VMware environment with 40 SAS drives for primary and an additional 20 SATA drives for backup. They needed a more cost effective solution to provide virtual storage that could also save rack space and power while delivering enterprise-class reliability and performance.

Anyone of your customers deploying VMware has to see this.

“The Nexsan E60 is a powerful system that is ideal for our multi-purpose storage environment. We have always been impressed by their price, ease of use and power savings capabilities.”  Call Navigatestorage for all the details 978-318-9000
http://www.nexsan.com/library/casestudies/Nexsan_CaseStudy_Corona-Norco.pdf

NavigateStorage for Security

Panda Security has various product lines, for companies and home users: security software, security appliances and managed security services. All of our solutions are backed by tech support, made up of an expert team of professionals available at all times. Recent milestones in technology and innovation: Our corporate slogan, One step ahead, sums up the competitive advantage that has characterized our company from the start: our commitment to continuous innovation and change, our capacity to keep one step ahead in the fight against computer threat.

Come to NavigateStorage for Anti-Virus from Panda or Kaspersky

Store, protect, and preserve your data

Every day, you create and manage the world’s most important data: your own. That’s why it’s important to work with the leader in backup, recovery, and archive. We collaborate with our customers in a variety of industries and offer a range of flexible, scalable, and cost-effective products to meet specific needs. From the proven technologies used in our tape libraries to the latest advancements in data deduplication, our products are designed to help you preserve what matters most.

Contact NavigateStorage for all your tape and disk storage needs

NavigateStorage offers E-Mail Archiving and Security

First-generation archiving solutions place heavy burdens on Exchange servers, relying on data capture methods like MAPI crawls and journaling – both of which can increase input/output per second (IOPS) on the Exchange server by up to 50 percent to archive the complete data store.

Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange has incorporated an innovative data capture approach called Continuous Application Shadowing™ where Exchange log files are captured the instant they are committed to disk and stores them “off-host” on NearPoint. Continuous Application Shadowing is an application-intelligent process that blocks corruption from the backup copy. All email content extracted from the log files is indexed and stored with single-instance storage. Continuous Application Shadowing also captures the complete Exchange mailbox information, including contacts, calendars, personal folders, as well as email stored offline in PST files and all email content found in public folders — a major advantage for eDiscovery and Exchange recovery.

NavigateStorage specializes in E-Mail Archiving and Security

Global Relay's Message Archiver

Global Relay's Message Archiver provides secure, off-site email archiving and long-term storage with online access. An authentic copy of all incoming, internal and outgoing hosted Exchange or in-house email & attachments, IM, Bloomberg, Reuters, BlackBerry, e-fax and any PST files and imported legacy email, is captured, replicated and unified in the Message Archiver for rapid web-based search, retrieval & monitoring. Fully and professionally managed,

Global Relay's Message Archiver securely stores and organizes all messages in Global Relay's mirrored SAS 70 Certified Data Centers. The simple web-based search and retrieval process provides rapid access by all users to current and historical email records, even if the original has been deleted.

NavigateStorage's solution from Global Relay is first class.

Legal Liability

With a clear and concise Acceptable Use Policy, your organization establishes rules on how resources such as the Internet and email are to be used. As Internet and email-borne threats have grown over the years, so has the risk of legal liability. It's no longer a game of controlling only one kind of communication (HTTP traffic), because now there are more ways to connect your employees with the world outside your network. This has given rise to growing legal concerns - enough to warrant state and federal legislation requiring compliance. You could be contending with both internal and external forces in trying to manage your employees' Internet and email habits. External forces use blended threats to try and lure users to inappropriate Web surfing or emailing, while a lack of internal vigilance leads to abuses inside your organization. Your risk of liability has consequences extending from the financial losses of legal fees and fines to the sting of negative publicity and/or scandal. The resulting damage can last indefinitely. That's why the best way to protect yourself is with a comprehensive acceptable use policy (AUP). NavigateStorage with it's Prisim Security and Email Security are powerful solutions that allow you to protect your organization from both internal and external risks of liability associated with Internet and email traffic. They are tools that can help you enforce your acceptable use policy (AUP). Call us at 978-318-9000

NavigateStorage LLC

NavigateStorage has access to the following solutions.  Give us a try or call 1-978-318-9000.

Custom-Configured Raids to your specifications, featuring Infortrend, NEC, Promise, Dot Hill, Enhance-Tech, Huawei-Symantec, Arena-Maxtronic & SGI RAID products.

1)      www.Infortrend.com

2)      www.Promise.com

3)      www.DotHill.com

4)      www.Necam.com

5)      www.huaweisymantec.com

6)      www.Enhance-tech.com

7)      www.Maxtronic.com

8)      www.SGI.com

Custom-Built Servers from NEC, Supermicro, Intel & SGI.

1)      www.necam.com

2)      www.supermicro.com

3)      www.Intel.com

4)      www.SGI.com

NAS & iSCSI storage appliances from iSTOR, AMI, QNAP , Huawei Symantec, Open-E & CTERA.

1)      www.Infortrend.com

2)      www.ami.com

3)      www.qnap.com

4)      www.huaweisymantec.com

5)      www.open-e.com

6)      www.ctera.com

Disk Drives  (Fiber/SCSI/SATA/SAS/SSD)  from Seagate, Hitachi, WD & Pliant.

1)      www.seagate.com

2)      www.hitachigst.com

3)      www.wd.com

4)      www.pliant.com

Fiber switches from Qlogic.

1)      www.qlogic.com

FIBER/SAS/SCSI  Host Bus Adapters from Qlogic, LSI Logic, and ATTO.

1)      www.qlogic.com

2)      www.lsilogic.com

3)      www.atto.com

Removable Disk Storage from IdealSTOR.

1)      www.idealstor.com

Fiber Optical Connectors (4gb & 8gb SFP’s) from PicoLite, Finisar and Avago.

1)      www.picolite.com

2)      www.finisar.com

3)      www.avago.com

SAS-Expander solutions from Condre.

1)      www.condrestorage.com

LTO Tape libraries from Quantum.  

1)      www.quantum.com

LTO Tape drives from Quantum.

1)      www.quantum.com

DLT and LTO Tape Media from Fuji, Quantum, Maxell, HP and Sony.

1)      www.fuji.com

2)      www.quantum.com

3)      www.maxell.com

4)      www.hp.com

5)      www.sony.com

Power Solutions from Eaton and GE.

1)      www.Eaton.com

2)      www.GE.com

Racks from Tripp-Lite.

1)      www.tripp-lite.com

Rackmount & Tabletop Enclosures from PDE.

1)      www.pdetechnology.com

Unified Storage - NavigateStorage/RelData

SolutionsUnified Storage

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.

Read the full article>

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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.

NavigateStorage can tell you more.   Call 978-318-9000 or write

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