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October 09, 2006
DataCore Launches Virtual Infrastructure Foundation
DataCore Software announced a new Virtual Infrastructure
Foundation solution, which serves as a way for
users to begin experiencing the true benefits of going virtual. The
software represents a major industry first in breaking through the
$1,000 price point for a SAN software solution that includes automated
virtual capacity functionality. DataCore has made this
storage automation feature, also known as thin provisioning or "auto-grow" disk space, simple to use by all. Previously,
this type of capability only existed in the realm of the highest-end
data center systems selling for tens to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. This new and powerful virtual infrastructure package is ideal
for small as well as mid-sized businesses and workgroups that want to
achieve a new level of efficiency and flexibility through hardware
independence and in managing and automating the utilization of their
storage resources to multiple systems using affordable Ethernet
IP-based networks.
"Virtualization means flexibility, faster response to change, better
resource utilization and hardware independence," said George Teixeira,
president and CEO of DataCore Software. "This is our way of helping
enterprises get started in embracing virtualization. DataCore's Virtual
Infrastructure Foundation is ideal for entry-level users and small- to
medium-sized business (SMB). It offers true, virtual storage
networking with advanced auto-grow virtual capacity that automates disk
provisioning to systems and does so at a breakthrough price under
$1,000."
Part of the SANmelody family of products, the SANmelody Virtual
Infrastructure Foundation enables any enterprise to leverage existing
Ethernet and IP/LAN network interconnections through its iSCSI support
and to optimize storage space and automate capacity utilization across
many servers.
SANmelody transforms a PC into a disk server that serves disk space over a network- - an affordable IP storage network or iSCSI SAN. The powerful "Auto-Grow" Provisioning Virtual Capacity feature demonstrates the ease and flexibility of virtualization. The Virtual Capacity feature in effect does thin provisioning, meaning it provides a thin slice of the total capacity available across the network. DataCore's Virtual Capacity presents very large virtual volumes (capacity that can be terabytes) to applications, but only allocates and uses disk blocks and space dynamically as the applications actually consumes it. This "just-in-time" storage allocation "auto-grow" capability maximizes disk space utilization and enhances productivity through automation. Best of all, SANmelody Virtual Infrastructure Foundation eliminates the downtime. Applications can continue to run without impact - as they get more capacity since they have access to the virtual capacity in the storage pool. Systems don't have to be disrupted or stopped to add more disk capacity to each system that hits its local storage capacity limits.
Additional features and benefits include:
- The ability to consolidate and manage up to 3TB of storage.
- Virtual Capacity Flexibility -- "Auto-Grow" provisioning of disk space.
- The ability to utilize existing Ethernet IP/LAN connectivity and networks.
- Simple iSCSI SAN storage networking.
- Storage I/O caching and performance acceleration support.
- A hardware independent platform enabling user choice in storage devices and the ability to serve many different servers and types (Windows, MacOS, Linux, UNIX, Netware, Solaris, etc.).
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