Amdahl, owned and merketed in South Africa by CCH Enterprise Solutions, has announced significant enhancements to the LVSTM 4800 storage system including high-capacity 73GB drives, a doubling of performance of the back-end disk pathing, and advanced features that provide customers with a more agile storage environment.
A major increase in throughput has also been achieved by a move to 80 MB/sec back-end paths. With this extension, each LVS 4800 module now has 480 MB/sec of back-end bandwidth that can sustain application data streams of nearly 200 MB/sec. Multiple modules can be configured to support the even higher throughput requirements of data warehousing, streaming media, and e-commerce applications, says Albert Teirlinck, Amdahl product manager at CCH Enterprise Solutions.
"Users need flexibility," says Teirlinck. "As their storage requirements change, they can choose from a combination of drive sizes and Raid organisations to meet their needs."
Other enhancements include an internal partitioning feature, extended migration facilities, and a new centralised management tool - the Java-based Amdahl Storage Manager - that allows the user to select the correct options for each application.
Together, these facilities create a more agile customer environment, reduce cost of ownership, and protect customers` previous investment.
Teirlinck adds: "The Amdahl Storage Manager tool allows storage management of all LVS 4800 modules to be centralised, wherever they may be located. Adaptability and ease-of-use management tools are key to this market."
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