QiNetix from CommVault. (Storage Networking).CommVault Systems CommVault Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CVLT) is a United States based company specializing in data and storage management software. Created in 1988 as a development group in AT&T's Bell Labs, the group produced AT&T's in-house backup software, Automatic Backup, Archive and Recovery has introduced QiNetix (kinet-iks), integrating data protection, availability, mi-gration, storage resource, and SAN management software solutions into a single, automated platform. Built on the CommVault common technology engine that moves, manages, and catalogues data, QiNetix offers ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , better use of storage resources, higher staff productivity, maximum data availability, and reduced total cost of ownership. QiNetix is based on the concept of a Qualitative Information Network (QiN): self-managing storage networks based on data-centric business and operational objectives that map to the treatment of application data. This dynamic approach keeps enterprise data highly available and accessible. With minimal human intervention, the QiNetix network will enforce corporate policies to protect data everywhere, use outcome predictions to optimize storage usage and organization, and unify data and storage management. The QiNetix platform is based on five separate products: backup & recovery, data migration, quick recovery, SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. , and SAN management. Customers can run point solutions or add solutions to an installed CommVault point solution when they need them. The CommVault Common Technology Engine (CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) The difference between the way two materials expand when heat is applied. This is very critical when chips are mounted to printed circuit boards, because the silicon chip expands at a different rate than the plastic board. )--an underlying software foundation that gives CommVault software the ability to implement a metapolicy approach--makes this possible. The CTE translates Quality of Service directives into actionable policies at the software product/module level. The CTE utilizes a standards-transparent exchange of information via API interchange, CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. , and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. to allow users to plug the QiNetix software into their current 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. and storage strategies. With meta-policies, users can use QiNetix's application-down approach to drive their storage devices and share intelligence about the storage infrastructure. "CommVault's QiNetix suite gives users the ability to set policies and let the software do the heavy lifting. The real breakthro ugh is the active integration of 'do-something' software modules; backup, migration and quick recovery, with discovery and reporting tools," said Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "The software decides where to put things based on the attributes associated with the data and application itself." For more information, call (732) 870-400 or visit www.commvault.com. |
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