ONStor muscles in on EMC and NetApp
ONStor muscles in on EMC and NetApp
ONStor has released a new NAS gateway with integrated virtual server and storage technologies specifically to help enterprises scale up storage demands from 1 terabyte to 40,000 terabytes.
The Bobcat NAS gateway can be used to manage data stored in multiple vendor systems as if it was all on one NAS device, and is aimed at rivalling products offered by NetApp and EMC.
It is compatible with Windows and Unix/Linux systems and can be used with over 100 storage devices and software applications from the likes of IBM, EMC, StorageTek, HP/Compaq, Hitachi, Veritas, Tivoli, Symantec and McAfee.
Tony Asaro, the senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said: "Customers don't have a ton of choices for NAS solutions in the general market. Right now NetApp and to some degree EMC have very little competition in this arena.
"ONStor shakes things up because it can challenge these two major players with an extremely competitive product that has been designed for bread-and-butter NAS applications."
ONStor claims that its Bobcat is easy to manage, has a distributed and very scalable file system, offers great performance for both CIFS (Common Internet File System) NFS (Network File System), and has the requisite data management functionality including snapshots and data replication.
Michael Goode, the director of storage services at Nielsen Media Research talked about the importance of enterprise-wide storage consolidation to reducing data management costs.
"We feel that ONStor's Bobcat NAS gateway can deliver agnostic NAS storage interoperability at a price and performance point that is very attractive. The product's unique virtual server technology also assists with production isolation in a consolidated environment which provides seamless access to a heterogeneous storage environment."
One of the key features includes its DataSnap functionality. This allows IT administrators to roll back in time to restore corrupted or deleted files. The AutoGrow capability allows storage to be automatically managed and stored in appropriate zones.
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