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LONDON: EMC Corporation has launched a range of new storage and virtualization solutions.
According to the press release, the new products include its high-end storage array, innovative new file system software and new network attached storage (NAS) virtualization capabilities.
These new solutions simplify and extend the benefits of information lifecycle management (ILM) to more applications and more information using cost-effective and ubiquitous IP (internet protocol) networks.
The company launched entry-level and high-end configurations of its Symmetrix DMX-3 storage array, including those featuring new low-cost, Fibre Channel (LC-FC) 500 GB (gigabyte) disk drives. This enables a single high-end storage array, for the first time ever, to scale beyond a petabyte (1,024 terabytes) of capacity, said the release.
The new EMC Multi-Path File System for iSCSI (MPFSi) file system software, said to be a first in the industry delivers substantial performance and cost improvements in data intensive environments that process large files over IP networks, including grid computing, rich media, software development and others.
Enhancements to the EMC Rainfinity Global File Virtualization platform, including Global Namespace Management, provides a unified view of all files and file systems located on heterogeneous file servers on an IP network. The Rainfinity platform also includes Synchronous IP Replication, which provides improved protection capabilities.
Enhancements to EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) system, include Event-based Retention and Litigation Hold software features. This gives customers more security, flexibility and control over their archived information for regulatory and legal purposes, stated the release.
According to Joe Tucci, Chairman, President and CEO, EMC, "In 2005, data stored on disk arrays grew more than 70 percent. That growth, combined with changing requirements in areas like governance and protection, has resulted in increased costs and information management challenges. These new technologies, which leverage cost-effective IP networks, help customers make their information infrastructure more cost effective, simpler and smarter and extend the reach of their ILM strategy."
Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, said, "IP Storage is red hot. IT pro's are realizing that the same benefits they get from their fibre channel SAN's can and should be extended throughout the entire enterprise - and that means IP. IP is the great enabler to attach to every server, not just the big ones."
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