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March 08, 2012

Amnet Deploys DataCore's SANsymphony-V Storage Hypervisor to Expand Its Cloud Platform

DataCore Software recently announced that Amnet Technology Solutions (News - Alert) has implemented the new version of its SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor (version 8.1) to address the growing demand for offsite replication and disaster recovery. Amnet Technology Solutions is a long time customer of DataCore Software, a storage hypervisor and provider of storage virtualization software.

Amnet decided to deploy DataCore's latest technology as it was looking to develop a scalable backup and replication platform that would match the speed of a custom built backup systems. The company wanted this done on a tight budget that brought in a cost savings of at least 30 percent.

In a release, Ed Walsh, director of engineering at Amnet Technology Solutions, said, "We looked at a lot of backup appliances and found they can be very expensive, particularly when you get in the 100 terabyte range. DataCore's SANsymphony-V can replicate remotely to any device. The performance acceleration it offers shrinks backup times, allowing many more jobs to be completed in a specific window. Furthermore, the cost savings -- compared to the purpose-built solutions we evaluated -- is phenomenal."

Amnet has used the DataCore's storage virtualization software from 2009 and has benefitted from its VMware and EMC (News - Alert) environments and made a successful transition to cloud computing. Walsh continued, "I've never seen a product as versatile as DataCore's storage hypervisor. Performance acceleration gives us more 'bang' for our storage buck. We get a disaster-proof backup and replication system at a fraction of the cost. And, the ability to change SAN storage vendors at any time gives us the future-proofing on tech investments we need to support continued rapid growth."

The DataCore SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor improves the overall value of diverse storage resources as it brings together a number of advanced services like provisioning, performance acceleration, replication and auto-tiering by relying on a common storage virtualization layer.

Walsh went on to say, "Today, we support thousands of users running within multiple private cloud computing grids across the country. We are 100 percent virtualized, with multiple backend storage models and varied vendor technology, all underpinned by DataCore's technology. And now, we've got a backup and replication platform that'll allow us to continue to grow, while maintaining the performance and reliability our customers expect, built at a fraction of the cost of a purpose built system. This has been a great partnership.”




Edited by Rich Steeves
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