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IPStor Software Options and Benefits

 

IPStor offers enterprises an easy way to implement, support, and upgrade new or existing enterprise SANs, while comprehensively containing the costs associated with the management of storage and ownership of storage solutions for all applications (databases, messaging, blade servers, web servers, etc.).

IPStor provides your enterprise applications with the widest array of the most advanced storage services – so that your mission-critical data is always available, quickly accessible, and easily recoverable with point-in-time integrity in the event of anything from small mishaps to major disasters. This software builds intelligence into the network by putting IPStor storage services seamlessly into the network for maximum efficacy and efficiency.

 

STORAGE CONSOLIDATION

Software Options

Benefits

Storage Service Enabler Option

Enables existing disks to be immediately incorporated into an IPStor-managed SAN to take advantage of the full suite of IPStor storage services without changing original disk partitions/volumes and without any data conversion or migration.

 

 

Capacity-On-Demand™ Agent

Eliminates out-of-disk-space conditions through automatic, policy-based
 

 

 

RealTime Data Migrator™ Option

Facilitates fast, safe data migration with minimal downtime.

 

 

BootIP™ for Blade Servers Option

Delivers innovative boot over IP services for Windows and Linux-based blade servers for centralized storage management and rapid system upgrade and recovery to maximize business continuity and return on investment.

 

 

 

 

STORAGE CONSOLIDATION 

Software Options

Benefits

Active-Active Failover Option

 Delivers high data availability. Automatic failover configuration uses two IPStor appliances that can monitor each other’s health. Should one IPStor appliance fail, the other automatically assumes the failed appliance’s workload without operator intervention. Complements IPStor software’s support for end-to-end redundancy for no-single-point-of-failure architectures.

 

 

Synchronous Mirroring Option

Protects against the consequences of storage device/channel failure across local distances. Mirroring of drives can be done within and across cabinets for superior fault tolerance.

 

 

Asynchronous Mirroring Option

Provides fault-tolerance for storage volumes over long distances between data centers in near real-time.

 

 

TimeMark Option

 Provides granular instant roll-back via disk-based journaling to safeguard against “soft-errors” (deletion, corruption, virus...).

 

 

Continuous Data Replication

Facilitates nearline data storage for enhanced availability. By continuously replicating data to nearline disk, data is protected and can
be rapidly and granularly recovered to a usable point in time.

 

 

Snapshot Agents

Application-aware, client-based agents minimize quiesce time and ensure transactional integrity and consistency of databases/messaging stores
during snapshot-based operations for fast time-to-recovery. Available for IBM® DB2 UDB®, Informix®, Microsoft® SQL Server, Oracle®, Sybase®, IBM Lotus Notes®, Microsoft Exchange

 

 

Backup and BareMetal Recovery Agent + Option

Expedites system recovery after boot disk failure of an application server, laptop, desktop, etc.

 

 

DynaPath® Agent and IP Trunking Option

Each of these services enables multi-pathing and load balancing for intelligent re-routing of data if components in I/O
path between storage and application servers fail.

 

 

MultiPathing Option

Ensures availability of data stored on FC-attached storage, transparently rerouting traffic to a redundant storage path in the event of a storage path failure between the IPStor appliance and the storage pools.
 

 

 

NIC Express

Extends the scope of redundancy beyond the SAN, all the way to the edges of the network – to any server or workstation.

 

 

Message Recovery for Exchange Option

 Automates and expedites mailbox and message recovery, maximizing availability and performance.

 

 

RealTime Virus Scanning for NAS

Provides realtime protection for NAS shares from becoming infiltrated and contaminated by malicious viruses.

 

 

DISASTER RECOVERY

Software Options

Benefits

Remote Replication Option

 Enables sites to replicate just the delta-changes across any distance via IP to same or dissimilar hardware for continuous business operations in case of a site-level disaster.

 

 

 

 

Continuous Data Replication

Delivers enhanced disaster protection by continuously replicating data to a remote disk. In the event of a disaster, data can be rapidly
and granularly recovered from the remote storage to a usable point in time.

 

 

Asynchronous Mirroring Option

Provides fault-tolerance for storage volumes over long distances between data centers in near real-time.

 

 

FileSafe™ Agent

Protects DAS-based application servers and enduser workstations, as well as systems using third party storage networks, by enabling them to replicate individual files and directories to remote PStor-managed storage for automated data protection, off-site data storage, backup, and disaster recovery.

 

 

DiskSafe™ Agent

Protects DAS-based application servers and enduser workstations, as well as servers using third party storage networks, by enabling them to replicate their entire disk(s) to remote IPStor-managed storage for automated data protection, off-site data storage, backup, and disaster recovery.

 

 

Snapshot Agents

Minimize quiesce time & ensure transactional integrity/consistency of databases / messaging stores for fast time-to-recovery.

 

 

 

 

BACKUP CONSOLIDATION AND ACCELERATION

Software Options

Benefits

ZeroImpact™ Backup Solution (ZeroImpact Backup Enabler Option + TimeMark Option)

Up to 5x faster block-level tape backup (full, incremental, differential) and rapid restore, with backup software running on the IPStor appliance. Offloads backup processes from production servers for little/no impact on application servers or LAN. Centralizes backup management. Need only 1 copy of tape backup software: TCO is minimized, management is simplified. No need to purchase and manage expensive push agents, open file agents, backup software agents, SAN options, etc.

 

 

Snapshot Agents

Minimize quiesce time & ensure transactional integrity/consistency of databases / messaging stores for fast time-to-recovery.

 

 

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Software Options

Benefits

HotZone® Option

Enhances read/write performance by identifying frequently used areas of disks and transparently auto-remapping them to faster storage, such as SSDs.

 

 

SafeCache™ Option

Delivers fail-safe caching using persistent fast disks, such as SSDs, as a non-volatile read/write cache area to accelerate slower disks.

 

 

DynaPath Agent

IP Trunking Option: Distributes data along multiple paths, increasing bandwidth for superior throughput and load balancing to optimize I/O.

 

 

Disk Striping Option

Provides software RAID 0 for greatly improved I/O performance using standard disk drives by spreading the I/O load across all drives in the set. Ideal for applications that require high throughput.