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Products Overview
Storwize products are installed between the storage arrays and the IP network and provide on-the-fly lossless and fully transparent compression and an increase in available capacity of 300 percent or more. Storwize technology is based on algorithms deployed in a custom appliance that compresses data at real time while clients transparently access their data files and save them more quickly and efficiently than ever before.
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Plug-and-play installation
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No network redesign required
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No network address or name changes
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Set-and-forget solution
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File meta data remains intact
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Storage authentication, permissions,
and security model remain unchanged
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Designed
to work with any storage array it's connected to
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A robust architecture
designed to support future storage-related
developments
and applications
Compression Ratio :
Using Storwize, available storage space can be doubled, tripled or more. The compression ratio varies according to the nature of the data.
Share Filters:
the STN-6000p Series allows selective compression process, thus enabling gradual implementation of the Storwize solution into the customer's storage infrastructure, by configuring which shares will be operating in a compressed mode.
Link Aggregation:
Support for link aggregation protocols enables the grouping of multiple Ethernet network interfaces into one logical high‑bandwidth, redundant link.
Multi IP:
Multiple storage devices/interfaces can connect to a single appliance.
High Availability:
The HA configuration integrates seamlessly into highly-available networked storage infrastructures and maintains its HA features. This ensures continued access to data and helps eliminate costly downtime. It supports Active-Active and Active-Passive configurations.
WEB-based Administration Interface:
Storwize is configured using a simple and intuitive web-based GUI, which simplifies and streamlines the configuration process.
Command Line Administration Interface:
Command Line Interface (CLI) that enables configuration of the STN-6000 using Secured Shell (SSH) connections. The CLI fully covers all configuration tasks that can be performed using the web interface.
Efficient read cache mechanism improves system response times by reducing the number of physical I/O requests that are read from storage. |
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