PoINT Storage Manager 5.2 Software Available
Supporting additional cloud and object storage platforms
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 12, 2016 at 3:34 pmIn its ongoing development of the PoINT Storage Manager (PSM), developer PoINT Software and Systems GmbH has focused on supporting additional cloud and object storage platforms and integrating new features.
Additional supported platforms in this release include the latest version of the object storage system NetApp, Inc.‘ StorageGRID Webscale (10.2) and version 8.3 of the NetApp storage OS Clustered Data ONTAP. With these additions, the company hopes to push forward its partnership with NetApp which has been in place since 2010.
Collaboration with EMC Corp. as a technology partner has also made it possible to support Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS). This means that ECS can be used as an archive device within the PoINT Storage Manager, allowing secure, storage and archiving of inactive data within the system.
Users who rely on access to Amazon S3 for archiving and storage can use Signature Version 4 authentication thanks to the upgraded firm’ Connector for Amazon S3, increasing the range of possible Amazon S3 access points.
Version 5.2 of PoINT Storage Manager includes a number of improvements and functions. For example, the archiving process is faster, as the company has increased performance yet again when saving data for archiving. The path length limit for source data has also been increased, expanding the range of potential applications for the PSM. The software is compatible with deduplicated NTFS volumes, meaning that the NTFS deduplication often used with Windows-based file servers can now also be used in combination with the PoINT TAFS Agent.
Another feature allows the administrator to change the source system type within the interface, making primary storage migration quicker and easier than ever. PSM’s policy engine has a number of additional configurable criteria, increasing the software’s flexibility and range of applications.