After green chips, green server, now it is the chance of 'green' storage. EMC, a leading company on storage front, is increasingly talking about need for green storage.

The company has also been quite bullish otherwise, launching its latest hi-end storage arrays in India.

Bob Wambach, senior director, Symmetrix Product Marketing, EMC, spoke to Shashwat Chaturvedi on the latest launch and whether 'green' is a just a fad. Excerpts:

What is the latest on the EMC front?

We have unveiled the new Symmetrix DMX-4 series that is basically next generation of high-end storage array. We also have the entry-level Celerra NS20 for Indian companies. The great thing about Symmetrix DMX-4 comes is that it comes with an end-to-end 4 GBPS design, a new point-to-point Fiber Channel back-end and support for high capacity disk drives.

But with NS20 are you not moving into the NAS territory dominated by NetApp?

We are trying to change the paradigm of the market by offering innovative solutions to our customers. Take the case of Celerra NS20, it is a unified storage box supporting NAS, iSCSI and Fiber Channel SAN connectivity. NetApp has been successful in this area and we needed to offer everything competition does if not better.

What are the RSA security features that have been incorporated?

We have started using hi-end security enhancements from RSA technology from the Symmetrix DMX-3. We continue with that in DMX-4 as well. One of the most acclaimed security feature has been the two factor authentication built into the Symmetrix to authenticate users and a tamper proof auto lock. Another innovative security feature is what we call envision, it collects audit logs from the IT infrastructure of all companies, consolidates the logs, and secures them with regular security checks. We have also ensured certified data erasure, etc.