StoreAge and Troika Field Test SAN Storage Management Applications on Network Storage Services Platform.Business Editors IRVINE & WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2003 Combined Solution Provides Easy to Deploy, Fabric-Neutral Platform for Volume Management, Snapshot, Migration, and Replication Services StoreAge Networking Technologies, an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management and Troika Networks, a pioneer of the Network Storage Services Platform approach to SAN-based intelligence, today announced that StoreAge has completed porting its volume management, snapshot, migration, and replication solutions to Troika's Network Storage Services Platform. StoreAge's SVM SVM Support Vector Machines SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SVM Solaris Volume Manager SVM Space Vector Modulation SVM Storage Virtualization Manager (StoreAge) SVM Service Module (also abbreviated as S/M) (TM), multiView(TM), multiCopy(TM), and multiMirror(TM) applications are now running successfully on Troika's NSS (Novell Storage Services) A 64-bit file system introduced with NetWare 5 that can support terabyte-sized files. NSS files and standard NetWare files can be used in the same server. See NetWare 5. 1. (networking) NSS - Nodal Switching System. Platform, providing the benefits of StoreAge's storage management software on Troika's easy-to-deploy architecture for network-based storage services. The combined solution is being field tested now in multiple beta sites on Troika's generally available NSS platform. The combined solution provides the power of StoreAge's storage management software with Troika's high performance, fabric agnostic, open platform for hosting network-based storage services software. The StoreAge suite of SAN storage management products provides users with a comprehensive set of business continuity tools that run in a heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. . Troika's Network Storage Services Platform provides hardware data acceleration and a superior way for system vendors and storage application providers to develop and deploy storage services such as StoreAge's volume management, 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. , snapshot, mirroring, migration, and replication. Troika's NSS Platform is highly compatible with heterogeneous Fibre Channel fabric A Fibre Channel fabric (or Fibre Channel switched fabric, FC-SW) is a switched fabric of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch. Fabrics are normally subdivided by Fibre Channel zoning. Each fabric has a name server and provides other services. switch vendors, removes the performance issues surrounding existing SAN appliances, and can easily be deployed in existing fabrics. By utilizing Troika's NSS Platform, StoreAge is able to expand its support for host operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and take advantage of Troika's very high performance hardware for storage applications. StoreAge provides a variety of unique benefits to the Troika Network Storage Services Platform. By porting the StoreAge suite of storage management tools to the NSSP NSSP National Shellfish Sanitation Program NSSP Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (US-India bilateral diplomacy initative) NSSP National Strategy for Suicide Prevention NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party NSSP National Student Safety Program environment, Troika users can: -- Manage storage capacity and storage performance pooling across the entire SAN space; -- Efficiently provision, expand and reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of storage resources to servers and applications on an as-needed basis, without disturbing the operational applications involved; -- Centrally manage storage across heterogeneous storage devices from different vendors; -- Implement advanced Volume Management, Snapshot, Mirroring, Data Replication and Data Migration capabilities; -- Easily scale in a rapidly growing, highly available SAN environment; and -- Combine SANs using StoreAge's off-the-data-path host agents with agent-less hosts connected to the NSSP. "Troika's NSS Platform enables rapid time-to-market for providing our software in intelligent networks," said Mark Spowart, president of StoreAge. "Troika expands our ability to integrate our advanced SAN volume management, snapshot, mirroring, data replication and data migration software into Fibre Channel fabrics, regardless of host operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ." "StoreAge has demonstrated the ease and benefit of porting to Troika's architecture," comments Doug Rainbolt, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of Troika. "Having the StoreAge software available on our platform helps take our technology to end users as a complete solution. The combined StoreAge-Troika solution provides users with a way to efficiently manage storage capacity and advanced storage services in the network across heterogeneous servers and storage systems." About StoreAge multiView, multiCopy and multiMirror multiView creates instant, read/write, reduced-capacity snapshots (logical copies) of any volume on any storage device in a SAN. Each snapshot is a fraction of the size of the original volume, and may be mounted by any host on the SAN for any purpose, such as zero-downtime backup and rapid online restores. multiCopy creates instantly available, read/write, physical copies of any volume on any storage device in a SAN, enabling data to be seamlessly copied, moved and re-purposed for tasks such as data migration and application testing, while leaving production servers uninvolved un·in·volved adj. Feeling or showing no interest or involvement; unconcerned: an uninvolved bystander. Adj. 1. in the data replication and movement process. multiMirror is an innovative copy facility that enables the creation of multiple physical copies of volumes, regardless of storage subsystems and SAN components. Each copy is independently accessible and instantly available, allowing production servers to access data while the copy operation is in process. About StoreAge Networking Technologies StoreAge Networking Technologies is an innovative developer and provider of enterprise storage management solutions that centralize and simplify storage network administration. StoreAge network-based solutions provide a uniform, SAN-wide method for provisioning storage, ensuring business continuity, enabling cost-effective disaster recovery, and centrally managing cross-platform, multi-vendor storage environments. StoreAge's flagship product, SVM(TM) (Storage Virtualization Manager), has been successfully deployed worldwide, gaining exceptional success in managing storage in a wide variety of application environments including databases, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , e-mail, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , video and many others. StoreAge offers worldwide sales, support and service, with principal offices in Irvine, CA and Nesher, Israel, and is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. spun-off from IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. Intelligent Information Systems (IISLF.OB) in 1999. For additional information, visit the StoreAge website at www.store-age.com or contact the company at info@store-age.com. About Troika Networks Troika Networks is the leading developer of Network Storage Services Platforms, which its partners use to simplify the development and deployment of network-based storage services. With Troika's NSS Platform, solution providers can quickly deploy their applications in heterogeneous storage area networks (SANs), regardless of what switches are deployed, and without the performance, reliability and scalability disadvantages of generic PC-based SAN appliances. For more information on the NSS Platform and Troika's technology please visit http://www.troikanetworks.com or contact the company at info@troikanetworks.com. SVM, multiView, multiCopy, multiMirror and SVM Policy Manager for Exchange are service marks of StoreAge Networking Technology. All other company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. 111803 |
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