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RAINSTORAGE SIMPLIFIES STORAGE
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Rainfinity Extends Non-Stop Network Attached Storage Access Lead
Extending its lead in non-stop network attached storage (NAS) data access,
Rainfinity, a leading provider of non-stop access for storage, security and
Internet resources, today unveiled an updated version of its successful
RainStorage appliance that further simplifies NAS data management operations
while ensuring continuous data access.
RainStorage version 1.3 introduces advanced network spanning and clustering
capabilities that allow storage administrators to more easily manage NAS
filers at any location and provide continuous availability during NAS data
moves. Network spanning greatly simplifies data moves among NAS filers located
virtually anywhere in the enterprise-regardless of network, network segment or
physical location-giving NAS administrators unprecedented flexibility to
eliminate costly data access disruptions and complex, time-consuming
coordination efforts.
A single RainStorage appliance or cluster in the data center, for example,
can
perform all data migration, volume expansion, capacity management, load
balancing, file server consolidation and other storage management duties
across NAS filers anywhere in the organization quickly and easily, while
ensuring continuous data access and the highest level of data integrity and
reliability.
"RainStorage now makes it easy for storage administrators to move data
among
NAS filers on different network segments, or even different networks, while
ensuring uninterrupted data access," said Jack Norris, vice president of
marketing at Rainfinity.
"RainStorage greatly simplifies and improves the efficiency of storage
management tasks by fundamentally changing the way NAS systems are
managed."
RainStorage is the first fully clustered appliance that simplifies NAS
management tasks by eliminating data access disruptions. NAS administrators
can configure RainStorage in a high-availability, two-appliance grid cluster
to ensure business continuity during both planned and unplanned downtime.
Should one RainStorage appliance fail at any time during a data move, it
will
transparently fail over to the second, which instantly takes over to complete
whatever operation was in progress while ensuring continuous data access to
users and applications.
As a result, critical financial applications, lengthy engineering
simulations
and renderings, database operations and other NAS-intensive processes can
proceed uninterrupted during any NAS filer management task.
"Storage administrators have always struggled to find an efficient way to
manage their NAS environment. RainStorage directly addresses this issue by
simplifying storage management, and eliminating end-user disruptions," said
Dianne McAdam, senior analyst and partner of Data Mobility Group, a strategic
market research and advisory firm focused on the storage industry. "With
RainStorage, administrators can perform storage management tasks during prime
time without interrupting clients or applications."
The breakthrough RainStorage appliance works transparently to provides data
movement across filers without interrupting data access from clients or
servers, and can be installed and running in about an hour without data
integrity or access risk.
Because data access is not interrupted, storage administration can occur on
a
continuous basis with more frequent storage optimization, and new NAS devices
can be deployed with less effort and no impact on file availability. About
Rainfinity Rainfinity's patented award- inning products provide high-
availability and optimized performance of networked resources, from Internet
connections and security to networked attached storage. Rainfinity's solutions
plug and play into existing environments, simplify deployment and
administration, and significantly reduce costs.
Rainfinity's solutions are deployed across industries by customers such as
AT&T, Bayer Corporation, Dresdner Bank, Harvard Medical School and Qantas
Airways, Ltd. Strategic partners include Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd, Hewlett Packard Company, Intel Capital, Microsoft, Network Appliance,
Inc, Sun Microsystems Inc, and Symantec Corporation.
The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices
throughout
the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
http://www.rainfinity.com
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