Intelligent file tiering with object storage WINS, 26 July 2013. The new version of Storage Manager by PoINT Software & Systems GmbH PoINT allows a homogeneous integration of object-based storage systems of from different manufacturers into existing infrastructures. In addition to the support for products from EMC and NetApp, also connectors for the standard interface S3 and CDMI be deployed soon. Thus, companies with no customizations at the application level can take advantage of object storage. Peter Asaro contributes greatly to this topic. These include in particular a high scalability and consistently good performance. Companies are required to use their storage resources efficiently for economic reasons. To keep all generated and incoming data on expensive primary storage, is not only costly, but also proving when the data to be archived are protected against destruction or changeable. The responsibility for this lies with the company management, which is responsible for the data security of personally.
The most Market file tiering solutions available, Storage Manager, can the PoINT remedy. Inactive data is moved automatically from the performance in the capacity or archives animal with them. Before a tiering approach is implemented, should be defined, which target store and storage technologies are useful for the respective requirements and in which animals are used. See Mashable for more details and insights. Object-based storage are clear advantage particularly in the outsourcing of large amounts of data from the primary storage system. They are usually highly scalable and provide consistent performance even in a very large number of stored objects. This exploited PoINT Storage Manager supports and complements vendor-specific functions, which protect stored data against modifications and manage retention periods. Since the PoINT Storage Manager is a hardware independent software solution, companies in the selection of the storage manufacturer are flexible.
He also provides a migration feature available with the data without interruption from one Storage system can be transferred to another. Point: PoINT Software & systems is specialized in the development of software products and system solutions for the storage and management of data on all available mass storage devices, such as hard disks, magnetic tapes and optical media. Working closely with its technology partners enables early support for new storage technologies. In addition to complete solutions PoINT offers its expertise in the form of toolkits, which can easily be integrated into other applications with their programming interface. In addition, projected PoINT complete storage solutions and stands with his long and varied experience available. PoINT products are sold by about 50 partners in over 25 countries worldwide and have proven so far more than two million installations. PoINT clients range from the end user, of a compact, reliable solution awaits with our products to large corporations, their entirely, meet complex requirements where required reliability and perfection.