ADIC Launches StorNext Management Suite.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 First End-to-End end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. Management System to Merge Disk and Tape; Provides Total Data Life Management for Data in SANs Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leading supplier of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions, announced today the introduction of its new StorNext(R) Management Suite, the first storage management software to seamlessly merge disk and tape into an integrated storage system that provides comprehensive access, management, and protection of data in SANs. The StorNext Management Suite's end-to-end management tools give users Total Data Life Management(TM), the ability to manage data intelligently over time to provide streamlined workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. , reduced management overhead, increased resource utilization, and improved long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. data integrity. The StorNext Management Suite creates a highly scalable solution that combines Fibre disk arrays and storage networking tape libraries into a single storage system. StorNext storage systems appear to applications as simple disk-volumes, but they can support millions of files, hold virtually unlimited amounts of data, and give users high-speed shared file access. It is an open systems solution that allows users to manage data sets with changing access requirements from a single, unified interface. "Users need StorNext Management Suite and its Total Data Life Management because different data sets have different quality-of-service needs," said Paul Rutherford
v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. data protection directly into the management system." "The StorNext Management Suite is the first product that truly presents a large, multi-tiered storage system as a single entity to all applications," said Bill Britts Bill Britt is one of the most successful Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the Amway/Quixtar business. In 2002, together with his wife Peggy Britt, qualified for the corporations highest award; Founders Crown Ambassador. , ADIC Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "It was something that ADIC could do because of our unique combination of expertise in SAN connectivity, file systems, storage management software, and hardware systems. We believe it opens up a wide range of solution options that will bring increased productivity to IT departments." The StorNext Management Suite includes ADIC's CentraVision(TM) file system and Infinite Storage Manager(TM). CentraVision provides fast access to data by letting many users access the same files or file-sets at the same time, providing true, shared data use at Fibre Channel speed. It dramatically improves workflow and reduces network bottlenecks by eliminating the need to copy, move, and manage different file versions. The ADIC Infinite Storage Manager controls data storage locations based on user policies, and it protects the integrity of data over time by writing disk-based files to tape in near-real time, performing in-stream replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. and versioning, migrating data to different media types, and managing media vaulting vaulting Gymnastics exercise in which the athlete leaps over a form that was originally intended to mimic a horse. At one time, the pommel horse was used in the vaulting exercise, with the pommels (handles) removed. . The StorNext Management Suite is designed to provide automated data management for a wide range of applications that manage large data sets in dynamic environments. These include enterprise data centers, scientific data analysis, digital broadcast, rich media creation, digital asset management, large-scale imaging, and Web serving. Supported client operating systems See desktop operating system. include Windows, Solaris, IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , and Linux. StorNext Management Suite is available now from qualified ADIC channel partners. About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace, offering a broad range of Intelligent Storage(TM) products designed to enhance organizations' abilities to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC products include automated storage systems, specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. storage management software, and multiple-protocol storage networking (SAN/NAS) connectivity and management tools. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. ADIC and StorNext are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage, Total Data Life Management, CentraVision, and Infinite Storage Manager are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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