DataCore,
a leader in software-defined storage, today announced at the Powering
the Cloud conference that the newest Microsoft Azure StorSimple
8000 and the StorSimple 7000 Series Hybrid Cloud Storage Arrays are
certified as DataCore
Ready. StorSimple and Microsoft Azure combine with DataCore’s Virtual
SAN and SANsymphony-V
storage virtualization and services platform to offer a hybrid cloud
storage solution that enhances the utilization and productivity of
existing primary storage residing locally, while providing a
cost-effective way to utilize and integrate off-premise cloud storage
for backup, archive and disaster recovery. The StorSimple Hybrid Storage
Arrays were awarded the DataCore Ready certification after the
successful completion of a rigorous verification and test process.
DataCore and Microsoft Combine to Tier, Migrate, Backup, Archive and
Do Recovery from the Cloud
StorSimple hybrid cloud storage appliances are able to integrate
on-premise, DataCore-managed and virtualized solid state and disk-based
storage with the Microsoft Azure cloud, providing a powerful solution to
tier to and access even larger off-premise scalable cloud storage. The
appliances make it practical to automate off-site backups, offload
inactive archive data from on-premises, and provide dedupe, compression,
replication and mobility services to lower costs and accelerate disaster
recovery. The combination of Microsoft Azure, StorSimple and DataCore
helps meet the requirements of enterprises in need of a hybrid cloud
strategy and infrastructure that seamlessly blends on-premise and
private cloud resources with off-premise highly scalable public cloud
resources.
DataCore SANsymphony-V software-defined storage and Virtual SAN software
solutions are designed to maximize the performance, availability and
utilization of IT assets. DataCore’s storage virtualization software
provides a common platform that works across any storage hardware –
pooling and protecting a mix of storage devices and brands (including
flash, SAN or cloud), while centralizing management and automating many
of the functions. DataCore’s sophisticated auto-tiering capability
optimizes storage performance and automates the migration of data based
on storage classifications and policies to maximize effective resource
utilization across solid-state flash technologies, disks and cloud
storage. The software allows organizations to dynamically select the
most appropriate storage tier and paths to achieve their desired levels
of performance and availability.
DataCore can access and auto-tier storage directly to the Microsoft
StorSimple appliance, allowing it to fully optimize on-site data storage
resources while leveraging the cloud for elastic storage needs such as
archival, remote-site backups, snapshot storage and disaster recovery
workloads.
"A major challenge within the storage infrastructure today is the
missing flexibility for growth," says Robert Gorbahn, Senior Solution
Sales Professional, Microsoft StorSimple. "With Microsoft Azure
StorSimple and SANsymphony-V customers build an extremely cost-efficient
solution by integrating different storage classes. The most current
StorSimple 8000 series extends every DataCore storage environment
seamlessly with a Microsoft Azure cloud-integrated storage tier. The
Logos `certified for Windows Server 2012 R2' and `DataCore ready'
further prove the validation of these solutions."
“Our DataCore Ready Program identifies solutions that are verified to
enhance DataCore software-defined storage infrastructures.
The combination of DataCore and StorSimple appliances provides a
seamless way to leverage the Microsoft Azure cloud as a tier of storage
within the enterprise’s virtual storage pool,” said Paul Murphy, vice
president of worldwide marketing, DataCore Software. “This provides a
very flexible solution to meet the increasing and constantly changing
needs of enterprises to cost-effectively offsite data protection,
archive and offload corporate data to the cloud.”