NetEx Provides Dell/EqualLogic PS Users Free WAN Optimization Software

Network Executive Software (NetEx) is offering free WAN optimization software for Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN storage users who are replicating data over WANs.

The HyperIP free annual subscription offer addresses the challenges of replicating data over networks with conditions such as packet loss, latency and jitter that can negatively affect throughput and performance over virtualized and cloud computing environments.

This offer entitles Dell/EqualLogic users to two free one-year subscriptions of its 2Mb/s HyperIP WAN Optimization virtual appliance that improves the performance of replication across a WAN. Dell users worldwide can deploy HyperIP with PS Series immediately. The HyperIP WAN Optimization virtual appliance can be downloaded (after registration) from the NetEx or from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. Dell distribution partners or resellers who are interested in reselling HyperIP are encouraged to sign up as a NetEx HyperChannel partner.

Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs are for the new age of Internet-based applications, which demand unpredictable increases in storage capacity while continuously serving up uninterrupted access to data. PS Series SANs offers a response to the demands of each application, learning and adapting to its behavior and adapting to shifting workloads to help ensure responsiveness and consistent uptime. Enterprise-class storage management capabilities are built in, including remote replication and thin provisioning.

In a survey prepared by TechValidate, a third-party research firm that generates real-world data on technology products and services based on surveys of users, a Dell EqualLogic customer reduced replication, backup, and migration times by 60 to 90 percent using HyperIP.

"Time and time again, we have proven how HyperIP WAN optimization virtual appliances speed backup and replication applications, and Dell’s EqualLogic PS Series is an ideal platform for demonstrating this to a new class of customers," said Robert MacIntyre, Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at NetEx. "When data, or virtual systems, must be transferred between locations as in a DR test scenario, users will find that HyperIP delivers a significant performance boost."

This program will be available through July 2012.