Storwize

Storwize, Inc. is the provider of a unique real time storage compression solution that dramatically boosts the available storage space in all customer environments. Storwize enables organizations to maximize their current and future investment in their storage infrastructure and at the same time reduce their operations and management costs. The solution, based on a high performance appliance that requires no network changes to an existing environment, provides transparent, real time compression.

Storwize's flagship product, the STN-6000T Series, installed between the organisation's storage arrays and network, is based on a high performance appliance that requires no network changes to an existing environment. The solution is designed to work with Netapp and EMC Celera NAS, with a SAN attached device due soon, and typically provides organizations with 2-5X additional storage capacity.

Key benefits include:

• 2-5 times CAPEX reduction across the entire data storage budget.
• Substantial consequent IT OPEX gains.
• Reduced I/O service time resulting in performance enhancement in most cases.
• Universal, real-time, lossless, direct-access data compression and decompression.
• Full transparency to any data center/network/storage component.
• No performance deterioration. Reduced I/O service time (due to compression) improves performance in most cases.
• No resident file system; appliances are interchangeable with no loss of data.
• Optional filtering features offer a choice of selective data compression and of running in transparent data mode.

STN-6000 typical configuration

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.

Solution Characteristics:

• Plug-and-play installation
• No network redesign required
• No network address or name changes
• Set-and-forget solution
• File meta data remains intact
• Storage authentication, permissions, and security model remain unchanged
• Designed to work with any storage array it's connected to
• A robust architecture designed to support future storage-related developments and applications

Product Features

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.

For more information on the Storwize Transparent Storage Compression contact the NAS sales team on 0870 752 6250 or complete and submit your contact details on the form provided under Contact Us