EMC has announced enhancements to the EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) system. With the new Centera application programming interface (API) support for IBM`s z/OS mainframe environments, EMC extends Centera`s capabilities by further unlocking the value of petabytes of mainframe-based fixed content.
EMC Centera and the Centera Compliance Edition models are the first storage solutions designed from the ground up to solve the challenges of managing and storing mainframe and open systems-based fixed content.
"With today`s announcement, EMC brings online access to information previously only available via more expensive mainframe- and tape-based storage," says Alex Robertson, Technology Solutions Group Manager, EMC SA.
"Centera provides cost-effective storage, compliance and indexing capability for fixed content as well as flexibility. Now, Centera helps customers unlock the value, simplify access and retrieval and lower TCO for mainframe-based information."
EMC Centera now offers two ways of interfacing to the mainframe: the Centera z/OS API for integrated applications and gateway solutions from Centera partners such as BusTech for applications not currently integrated with the Centera API.
To further extend Centera`s value in both mainframe and open systems environments, EMC has improved performance, connectivity, and capacity. By boosting performance up to fivefold via continued hardware and software enhancements, customers benefit from storing more fixed content, such as e-mail or check-images, over the same time period.
Higher-capacity 320GB ATA disk drives also allow customers to drive higher storage capacities. Finally, integrated Centera applications can retrieve fixed content faster than ever with gigabit Ethernet (GigE) network connectivity.
"In addition to enabling performance and native mainframe integrations, an improved and optimised version of the CentraStar operating environment includes doubling of remote replication speeds, enhancing customer`s business continuity capabilities," says Robertson.
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