Dell recently announced a range of business-ready storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs): the PowerVault RD1000, a removable storage device for data backup and restore, and the Dell | EMC CX UltraScale series, designed to meet business' escalating data storage needs by delivering the benefits of iSCSI (Internet - Small Computer System Interface), which uses an IP-based storage networking standard to effectively link data storage devices.
PowerVault RD1000 - Bringing simple, cost-effective storage solutions to businesses of all sizes
Designed for SMBs, branch offices and individual power users, the PowerVault RD1000 is a removable hard drive for easy and fast backup and protection of business-critical data. Industry research shows that one out of every 500 data centres is estimated to experience a catastrophic disaster each year and that 43% of companies suffering such an occurrence never reopen.
The PowerVault RD1000 merges the best attributes of both tape and disk media - the convenience, portability, long archive and low cost of tape; with the fast data transfer rates, random access file retrieval, data reliability and transparent capacity growth of disk. Weighing approximately the same as a mobile phone, the PowerVault RD1000 is robust, using a tough exterior design and an internal shock absorber to protect against accident.
"Customers are asking us for storage solutions that are simple, affordable and capable. Combining the speed of a hard disk with the portability of tape, the PowerVault RD1000 delivers on all of these," said Doug Downing, Enterprise Brand Manager, Dell South Africa. "We see the PowerVault RD1000 as a disruptive product for the low-end tape industry because of its speed, capacity and lower cost."
The PowerVault RD1000 is available in both USB-connected external and SATA-attached internal configurations; both can be easily installed by the customer and they have the option to schedule monthly, weekly, or even daily backups quickly and easily via the intuitive user interface.
Key features
* Cartridges available in three capacities - 40GB, 80GB and 120GB.
* 30MB/sec transfer rate reduces the traditional tape backup window from hours to minutes.
* Instantly recognisable by Microsoft Windows operating systems provides the convenience of drag-and-drop file transfer.
Typical uses
* Local computer backups - critical data can be protected and/or archived quickly and easily.
* Data transfer from computer to computer or to remote branch offices.
* Off-site data protection and archiving for small and medium organisations, relationship workgroups and branch offices.
* Disaster recovery for customers wanting the familiarity of directly-connected, "plug and play" USB hard drive backup.
Dell | EMC CX UltraScale storage portfolio - provides choice; reduces cost and complexity
Dell also announced enhancements to two models of its 4-gigabit Dell | EMC CX UltraScale midrange storage portfolio, offering customers the choice of using both fibre channel and iSCSI protocols for their storage systems.
Having the option to combine protocols in a single array significantly reduces the cost and complexity for customers who can benefit from the connection of stranded servers to their storage infrastructures.
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