Xiotech Africa has unveiled VM Storage Solution Lite, designed to simplify storage management in virtual environments.
The solution, says the company, combines the capabilities of Xiotech's Virtual View management tool with its Emprise 7000 Edge storage area network (SAN) system.
“We created the VM Storage Solution Lite for organisations which want a flexible and scalable storage architecture, easy management of virtualised storage, and a lower price point without sacrificing functionality or value,” says Xiotech Africa country manager, Derek Rule.
“Because the solution can easily evolve into our larger VM Storage Solution, and because it is covered under our 'Cash for Disk Clunkers' stimulus plan, it's an ideal option for first-time SAN buyers or organisations wanting to scale up as their data centres grow,” Rule adds.
The Cash for Disk Clunkers stimulus plan, according to Xiotech, is an incentive where customers will receive $1 000 per terabyte when they trade in their old disc drives toward the purchase of an equal amount of capacity on a new VM Storage Solution.
Virtual View, notes the company, simplifies storage monitoring, provisioning, and management in VMware ESX environments by giving administrators a global, single-console view of all three storage layers.
Xiotech explains that the VM Storage Solution Lite pairs Virtual View with the Emprise 7000 Edge storage system, which uses Xiotech's intelligent storage element (ISE) technology to minimise disc-related service events through a combination of preventive and self-healing capabilities.
The solution, according to the company, offers 100% usable storage capacity with no vendor holdbacks and enables users to halve their ongoing storage costs through its five-year warranty and lower overall management costs.
The VM Storage Solution Lite supports up to 10 ISE (160 terabytes) and can be easily upgraded as needs evolve to the full VM Storage Solution, which supports up to 64 ISE (1 024 terabytes), the company concludes.
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