EMC is making networked storage more flexible and affordable for a wider range of customers by announcing new, lower-cost models of EMC Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) systems, improved application connectivity via iSCSI and enhanced management capabilities.
"The new Celerra NS500 system, available in an integrated or gateway configuration, is a cost-effective entry point into the advanced and robust Celerra NAS family," says Alex Robertson, Technology Solutions Manager, EMC SA. "Additionally, the new Celerra NS704G NAS gateway now delivers availability and performance for mid-tier NAS requirements.
"These gateway models let customers leverage investments in existing storage area networks (SANs) and are the most cost-effective way for them to deploy NAS."
EMC has also released a new version of its DART operating environment, including enhancements to the Celerra Manager Basic Edition and iSCSI support. With iSCSI support, Celerra now offers an "all-in-one" storage solution that allows customers to consolidate both storage and servers into a single, centrally managed platform. This gives customers the ability to lower costs by leveraging investments made in existing networks.
New features include a graphically displayed "at-a-glance" status-monitoring capability that improves ease of use by helping administrators quickly identify potential system or performance issues.
"The `at-a-glance` screen displays memory and CPU usage, performance and throughput information, the number of active network connections, information about open files, storage utilisation and more," says Robertson.
"Additionally, through integration with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS), users can now perform file-level restores using MS Explorer`s `previous versions` property tab. This capability can lower customers` support costs by enabling users to recover their own files."
The Celerra NS500 system delivers superior mid-tier price/performance, integrated high-availability and flexible configuration options to match a wide range of service levels and price points.
"It is available with either one or two data movers," says Robertson. "This product extends EMC NAS technology to new customers, yet offers investment protection as it can be up upgraded to a higher-performing Celerra NS700/704G."
He adds that the Celerra NS704G provides Celerra NS500G/NS600G/NS700G customers with a simple, cost-effective upgrade path to increased performance and advanced clustering capability.
"The Celerra NS704G is available with four data movers and supports both single and dual Control Station configurations. It delivers the performance of more than 100 000 NFS operations per second and brings unique availability characteristics to the mid-tier."
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