PoINT Storage Manager 5.1 Now Available

The new version 5.1 of PoINT Storage Manager comes up with versatile novelties.

The development was mainly focused on the support of object-based storage systems. Furthermore inactive data can also be purged as objects to the Capacity Tier. Enhanced data protection and security functionalities, the possibility to include additional storage systems as source, an improved client/server communication as well as the option to migrate systems to be replaced to EMC VNX complete the functional range of PoINT Storage Manager 5.1.

PoINT Storage Manager is a solution for archiving inactive data according to policies from expensive primary storage to cost-effective secondary storage systems. Companies are able to reduce their acquisition and operating costs by combining different storage systems in a tiered storage architecture. Both traditional and new storage technologies like cloud and object storage are considered as secondary storage.

By version 5.1 of PoINT Storage Manager, available, the object-based storage systems NetApp StorageGRID Webscale, Caringo Swarm and Amplidata Himalaya can be used as secondary storage. Users benefit from the high scalability, performance and redundancy as well as fast data availability. Additionally object storage includes functions to ensure long-term archiving.

Support of EMC Data Domain as NAS system and the tape-based Spectra Logic T-Series as additional devices is another novelty of this release. Customers using EMC Data Domain can thus benefit from the specific advantages of this storage system in combination with PoINT Storage Manager. NetApp FAS with ‘Clustered Data ONTAP’ (cDOT), which enables inter alia interruptible operations for example in case of maintenance works and in addition reduces storage costs by efficiency and scalability, is also available as source.

Besides file-based storage, object-based storage is also possible by PoINT Storage Manager within the Capacity Tier, the capacity-oriented storage layer for inactive data. Users profit multiple times from object-based storage. Object storage systems have, amongst others, an independent file directory structure and can access files via the web browser by the original description. In addition the backup process is easier. An improved communication between clients and server simplifies the security configuration and increases the data rate. Finally PoINT has integrated the option within PoINT Storage Manager to migrate obsolete primary storage systems to EMC VNX.

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2014.08.25 | Press Release