Infortrend Offers Free Trial Licenses During 3 Days

Infortrend
Technology, Inc. offers free trial licenses for data services on its entry-level EonStor DS
systems, including thin provisioning and remote replication.

With these free trial licenses, EonStor DS users can
experience the benefits of these data services free of charge, and use this
experience to decide whether they wish to purchase full-fledged licenses.

A
trial license can be used for a period of 30 days. Local replication –
including snapshot and volume copy/mirror functions – is standard available on
EonStor DS systems and does not require the purchase of additional licenses.

Thin provisioning allows
users to allocate a large amount of virtual capacity for an application server
– regardless of the physical capacity actually available. At initial setup,
thin provisioning does not physically allocate capacity to the prescribed data
volume, and the actual space is used only when data writes occur. This
on-demand method for capacity allocation not only optimises storage
utilisation, but also greatly simplifies capacity planning and management tasks
– all while reducing power consumption.

Remote replication enables
users to deploy full data copies across storage systems at different sites,
either in synchronous or asynchronous mode. When source data fails due to
system malfunctions or other factors, users can leverage the disk-based remote
copies to quickly restart services. If operations need to be shifted back to
the source, the source can be quickly synced with the remote copy by simply
checking data differentials.

Thomas Kao, director of
product planning at Infortrend, noted, "In the entry-level space, many
users are not yet fully aware of the significant benefits that can be achieved
with data services such as thin provisioning and remote replication. By
offering the free trial licenses, Infortrend is helping our EonStor DS
customers gain a better understanding of these services and make an informed
decision as to whether they want to use these services for their data storage
operations. The free trial licenses are one of the many ways in which
Infortrend helps SMBs get the most out of their storage systems."

To apply for the
trial licenses