Promise Combined NAS and iSCSI SAN for VessRAID

Promise Technology, Inc. announces the roll out of a new functional upgrade for its VessRAID iSCSI series of storage subsystems, offering combined iSCSI and NAS features in the same storage box, allowing customers the ability to run both file and block-based data on the same network.

The new enhancement is available via download immediately and customers can update the controller firmware of their existing systems that run pure iSCSI protocol to activate the additional NAS features.

In a typical IP SAN deployment, accessing the file system and data backed-up requires host server connection, and the user has no data access without administrative setup on the host side. The advantage of IP SAN helps IT managers control and manage their distributed storage resource in a centralised manner. NAS demonstrates a different nature of file sharing; users have instant data access to perform desired read or write actions to their files at all levels.  This largely increases data operational convenience which makes the data storage available to the user via the network.

The Promise approach combines the best of both worlds allowing companies with extensive CCTV installations to improve the way that their flow of data is managed. Many CCTV deployments rely on iSCSI to support multiple video streams. Furthermore the new NAS functionality gives much more flexibility to system architects, while combining server managed iSCSI storage with user accessed data areas.

“By offering a more reliable and flexible way to enable data archiving, data retention, and data protection we’re preparing the VessRAID product line and the company to progress to the next level. Our strategy of ensuring business-critical data is securely protected at all times has always been and will continue to be our priority. No company wants access outages or to expose itself to the risk of data discontinuity and our newly enhanced VessRAID feature helps protect against that type of event,” says James Lee, President and CEO, Promise Technology. “Not only are we delivering great functional improvements with this upgrade, we are also providing this to our customers at no cost, no matter which existing or future PROMISE VessRAID products they have.”  

In addition to the new NAS enablement,
the SR3 also comes with additional feature upgrades:

• Data backup services like remote data sync and online volume copy which allow customers to exercise a box-to-box copy or perform disk volume copy from the clients to VessRAID unit.
• NAS Fusion features compatible data roaming from one storage subsystem to the other, making drive management easy for administrators to consolidate varied sources of disk drives into one box and resolve configuration conflicts from foreign arrays.
• NTP addresses better troubleshooting process over interconnecting network devices by providing unanimous time table to do later event checking and background activities identification.