ESG Lab Tests Storwize Compression Solution

Storwize announced that ESG Lab, an independent lab of Enterprise Strategy Group that provides in-depth testing and assessments of technology products, has released a lab validation report on Storwize’s capacity optimization solutions. The Storwize STN-6000p product family is an enterprise-class capacity optimization platform designed specifically to address the unique data reduction requirements of primary storage delivering unprecedented cost savings, operational efficiencies and ROI throughout the data lifecycle.

“Reducing the cost of storage capacity is a key concern for IT managers, but most of the focus to date has been on de-duplicating backup data,” according to Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. “But the really big ROI can come from addressing capacity reduction closer to the point of creation – at primary storage. Storwize enables organizations to not only reduce their most expensive storage tier but also create cost and operational savings that cascade throughout the entire lifecycle of data.”

The report highlights the key requirements for addressing primary storage optimization and why they are important to customers, and then validates Storwize’s unique ability to address these requirements.

Some of the key findings in the report include:

• Storwize is simple to deploy – installation and configuration was a quick and easy three step procedure
• Storwize provides significant data reduction for primary storage applications – test results illustrated 90% reduction for office productivity files, Oracle database applications, and VMware VMDK files
• Using Storwize can increase NAS storage performance – test results illustrated 28% faster copy performance, and 15% improvement in Oracle transaction processing and associated response time.
• Using Storwize can make NAS infrastructure more efficient – test results illustrated significant improvement in NAS CPU and disk utilization

“Storwize leverages industry-standard compression algorithms running on industry-standard servers to deliver results that are far from industry-standard,” concludes the report. “If, like most organizations…you relish the idea of reducing primary and archive NAS capacity by 75 percent or more, ESG Lab recommends that you contact Storwize.”

“De-duplication is great for reducing highly redundant backup data, but it’s important for customers to understand that by leveraging the synergies of primary storage optimization and de-duplication they can realize cost and environmental savings across all tiers of storage and achieve an unprecedented ROI,” said Peter Smails, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing at Storwize. “These independent lab results will help prospective buyers make informed decisions about including primary storage optimization in their overall data reduction strategy.”