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Breaking News -
Storage:
Rainfinity GridSwitch Extends
Transparent Data Movement
Rainfinity announced it is extending the transparent data movement
capabilities of its flagship RainStorage solution to address the increasing
customer demand for file system information lifecycle management (ILM).
RainStorage with GridSwitch acts as a layer-2 switch with file system
intelligence to perform transparent data movement. GridSwitch provides for
seamless integration with leading management consoles and automated policies
driven from ILM, storage resource management (SRM) or Grid computing
architectures. GridSwitch plugs into existing SRM consoles to expand
monitoring and reporting functions for transparent data movement. The flexible
solution supports IP-based storage networks including NAS, Windows and UNIX
file servers.
"Customers are beginning to realize that ILM is not a single product
available
from one vendor," said Scott Hansbury, senior vice president marketing at
CreekPath Systems. "Together, CreekPath and Rainfinity enable customers to
address the key building blocks of their ILM strategy. With Rainfinity's
GridSwitch providing transparent data movement, the CreekPath Suite storage
operations management software is able to automate the discovery,
classification, process workflow and change management functions without
disruption to end-users."
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"It's becoming clear that data movement without network disruption is a key
building block for Information Lifecycle Management," said Jamie Gruener,
senior analyst for The Yankee Group. "Companies are beginning to realize that
data storage is a misnomer. It's really about data access. Data cannot be
moved continuously to the desired location unless it's accessible to users 24
hours a day, seven days a week. Management cannot be considered automated if
the first step is to negotiate user and application downtime, and management
strategies need to be integrated."
GridSwitch is built on an underlying XML/RPC engine and leverages the high
performance ActiveBand architecture of RainStorage. This design enables easy
implementation and does not require changes to end-user mount points or the
deployment of software agents on servers or applications. The unique
RainStorage architecture also preserves data integrity, disaster recovery and
throughput.
RainStorage with GridSwitch includes the following command and control
capabilities:
- Manage: GridSwitch enables third-party management tools to completely
control RainStorage functions, automate data movement transactions and
integrate RainStorage actions into management consoles to vastly simplify data
migrations, consolidations and real-time capacity management.
- Move: GridSwitch provides external control over granular data movement
at
the volume, directory and subdirectory level.
- Network: GridSwitch allows third-party tools to move RainStorage in and
out-of-band in response to business events and IT environment
triggers.
- Monitor: RainStorage supplies complete status on the state of move
transactions, data location and visibility into the number, identity and
access path of users.
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