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Imation Delivers Compelling Cost-Effective Solution to Expensive Storage Systems with DataCore Ready Nexsan E-Series Storage Arrays
March 2014 by Marc Jacob
Imation announced that its Nexsan™ E-Series™ storage arrays have been
certified as DataCore Ready. When combined with the DataCore SANsymphony-V storage virtualization platform, the
solution offers data centers rapid ROI through significant improvements in data availability, agility, performance and
flexibility.
The integrated solution offers users a variety of benefits, including:
· Performance – Using Nexsan E-Series arrays as a high-performing storage foundation, SANsymphony-V
further increases performance by supporting RAM caches of up to a terabyte to dramatically accelerate
reads and writes. SANsymphony-V also automatically rebalances loads due to hotspots to further improve
response and throughput.
· Efficient provisioning – The Nexsan E-Series system allows IT professionals to mix-and-match SAS,
SATA and solid state drives. SANsymphony-V then provisions virtual disks as required to support different
types of workloads. Granular thin provisioning and automated capacity reclamation gives administrators
more options for improving efficiency.
· Auto-tiering – SANsymphony-V continuously analyzes what blocks of data need higher I/O throughput and
automatically assigns those blocks to the appropriate storage tier. Throughout this automated process,
priority workloads like SQL databases can be given preference to fast storage including flash, while cooler
data or lower prioritized workload data can be moved to lower-cost drives. E-Series storage arrays deliver
virtually unlimited flexibility for configuring storage tiers according to capacity, performance and price
characteristics, and the solution enables multiple tiers to be configured in a single Nexsan E-Series system
or across other existing storage hardware.
· Business continuity – By keeping data in two physically separate locations at the same time with the help
of synchronous mirroring, the combined solution prevents storage from becoming a single point of failure for
stretched cluster configurations. Imation and DataCore offer an appealing alternative to very expensive
storage arrays. Disaster recovery scenarios also are supported by enabling asynchronous replication across
distant sites.
· Migration – Storage investments risk creating more complexity and islands of incompatible devices.
Imation Announces E-Series V risk of incompatibility and improving ROI across the entire infrastructure. Also, DataCore SANsymphony-V
fully virtualizes data from the underlying hardware, enabling migration of data from legacy systems to
Nexsan E-Series with minimal or no interruption to running workloads.
DataCore Ready
The DataCore Ready program identifies solutions that are trusted to enhance DataCore SANsymphony-V Storage
Hypervisor-based infrastructures. While DataCore solutions interoperate with common open and industry standard
products, those listed as DataCore Ready have completed additional verification testing to ensure a superior level of
joint solution compatibility.
Availability
The storage virtualization solution is available from both DataCore and Imation resellers.
