Fareham Borough Council Rules on iSCSI SAN and NAS Storage Solution from FalconStor for Storage Consolidation and Disaster Recovery.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2004 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 the Fareham Borough Council has selected IPStor for storage consolidation and disaster recovery. The move to SAN and NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular storage over iSCSI will supersede To obliterate, replace, make void, or useless. Supersede means to take the place of, as by reason of superior worth or right. A recently enacted statute that repeals an older law is said to supersede the prior legislation. the direct attached storage associated with the Council's 40+ servers. FalconStor teamed with RedStor, one of FalconStor's UK partners, to design a storage solution addressing the Council's needs. Key among the Council's requirements was guaranteed expandability for the next five years, with the capability to cope with a rapidly growing storage requirement in excess of 12 terabytes. RedStor will be implementing and maintaining all hardware and software components of the solution. "We have major systems that need protecting, 24/7 public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. to provide and a business continuity plan that we need to have faith in, and all this in a time when data is growing rapidly," said Peter Harper, ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. Manager of Fareham Borough Council. "Our requirements and specification were tight and demanding, but RedStor was able to show that IPStor was able to meet our long term objectives." "This is a great project in which Fareham Borough Council will achieve several objectives in one 'hit'," said Jon Ashley, UK marketing manager, RedStor. "The management element is one part, and the disaster recovery infrastructure is another part. They have chosen a solution that will cure a whole load of headaches in one fell swoop." RedStor proposed a heterogeneous approach to avoid vendor lock-in and enable the Council to get the best from its various suppliers. The solution includes IPStor to deliver: -- a storage network infrastructure providing SAN and NAS access over iSCSI -- a suite of enterprise-class storage services including virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , storage consolidation, and data replication -- accelerated backup-enabling technology such as zero-impact backup and serverless backup. 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/fareham.asp. |
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