EMC Corporation has launched a range of storage and
virtualisation solutions.
The highlights of the new offerings include what the company
says is the availability of the world's largest and most flexible
high-end storage array, innovative new file system software and new
network attached storage (NAS) virtualisation capabilities. The new
products are designed for IP networks.
EMC has introduced entry-level and high-end configurations of
its flagship Symmetrix DMX-3 storage array. Some feature new fibre
channel 500Gbyte disk drives, which, says EMC, enable a single
high-end storage array, for the first time ever, to scale beyond a
petabyte of capacity. The upshot is that more information from more
applications can be stored on a single array and multiple tiers of
storage can be managed on the Symmetrix DMX-3 platform.
Also launched is Multi-Path File System for iSCSI (MPFSi) file
system software. Claimed by EMC as an industry first, the software
is designed for customers in data intensive environments that
process large files over IP networks, including grid computing,
rich media, software development and others.
The company has also made major enhancements to its Rainfinity
Global File Virtualisation platform, including Global Namespace
Management, which provides a unified view of all files and file
systems located on heterogeneous file servers on an IP network. The
Rainfinity platform now also includes Synchronous IP Replication,
which provides improved protection capabilities.