FalconStor Software Effectively Fulfills Storage Requirements for State Warehousing and Distribution Service.Business Editors WETHERILL PARK, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2004 IPStor Delivers High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and Storage Consolidation for Leading Provider of Outsourced Warehousing and Distribution Services FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ), a leading developer of network storage infrastructure software solutions, today announced that State Warehousing and Distribution Services (SWADS SWADS State Warehouse and Distribution Services SWADS South West Area Defense Sector ), a key provider of outsourced warehousing and distribution services, has chosen IPStor software from FalconStor Software to manage the growing data storage requirements of its warehouse operations, which consists of thousands of discrete products from many of the largest consumer companies in the world, including Whirlpool whirlpool, revolving current in an ocean, river, or lake. It may be caused by the configuration of the shore, irregularities in the bottom of the body of water, the meeting of opposing currents or tides, or the action of the wind upon the water. , Chanel and Philips. As the warehouse and transport provider for a growing base of consumer retail clients that conduct thousands of transactions per day, SWADS determined that the existing mix of storage area network and direct attached storage was unable to efficiently manage its data growth and availability requirements. Upon a full investigation of available solutions that would minimize total cost of ownership and integrate with existing systems while maximizing return on investment via advanced storage consolidation, high availability and business continuity services, SWADS collaborated with BlackInk Networks, a solutions integrator based in Australia, to implement the FalconStor IPStor software solution to meet its storage requirements. "SWADS depends on the integrity, accuracy and availability of data to ensure in-full and on-time fulfillment of orders," said Daniel Harris Daniel Harris (b. May 10 1982) is one of the consistent performers of the North Melbourne Kangaroos Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is young and athletic and plays the tough position of Ruck rover. , general manager, IT for SWADS. "However, our storage was disjointed and consequently difficult to manage, increasing the risk of downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. . We chose FalconStor to address this issue, as well as improve performance and availability and position us for further growth. Since implementation we have seen a marked improvement in performance, and the operation of the product to date has given us full confidence that we can make changes without risk and survive a disaster scenario that might affect one of our computing facilities." Prior to the IPStor implementation, production data was replicated to a second site. With the IPStor software solution, rather than copying the data from one storage unit to another, a mirror was configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: on the IPStor appliance allowing all data to be simultaneously written to both locations. To read the complete release, including the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. agreement, visit www.falconstor.com/swads.asp. |
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