Nexsan E-Series Certified With CommVault Simpana 9

Nexsan Corporation
announced certification of its E-Series storage systems with CommVault Simpana 9.

The enterprise data and information management software combined with the latest
generation of Nexsan storage helps businesses manage increasingly larger
amounts of data for compliant, performance data protection, archiving and
storage management.

As information growth continues unabated, organizations are
challenged with containing the influx of this data and maintaining an efficient
and effective IT environment. The situation becomes even more difficult for IT
professionals to manage when you compound this with compliance requirements,
changes such as data center consolidation and the adoption of newer
technologies including server virtualization and the cloud. CommVault Simpana
9, in conjunction with E-Series
storage systems, provides data management through an integrated blend of replication and persistent copies that are secure,
deduplicated, managed, and accessible through a single, unified platform.

E-Series storage systems are purpose-built to provide enterprise-class storage in a single high-performance solution. They
feature centralized storage management software for simplified
deployment, management and support and offer a range of
enterprise-class features that deliverdensity,
reliability and low-power consumption.

Key features of E-Series storage systems include:

• Performance: E-Series systems
  support a mix of SSD/SAS/SATA drives, allow 10GbE connectivity and feature two
  RAID engines per controller for fast sequential and random I/O performance.
• Capacity and Density: the
  Nexsan E18 provides up to 54TB in 2U and the E60 offers the option to extend
  the storage capacity of its 4U E60 up to 180TB.
• Virtualization Support: E-Series
  storage systems are VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen certified with production-proven performance in virtualized
  environments.

"Renowned for
reliability and efficiency, Nexsan storage systems are the ideal complement to
our simple yet powerful software," said Craig Halliwell, director of
alliances, CommVault. "Our market
leading data management software provides unique advantages to midsize
organizations that deliver levels of information availability that are
unavailable with comparable solutions. With this strategic offering, IT
professionals receive the best of all worlds."

"CommVault and
Nexsan have teamed up to provide simple, efficient and reliable storage
solutions that enable a higher level of business optimization, agility and
savings," said Randy Chalfant, vice president, strategy, Nexsan.
"With modern data management
deployed over our production-hardened storage platform, customers maximize
their ROI while eliminating the headaches associated with traditional storage
management. Nexsan and its partners look forward to delivering this advanced
solution."

E-Series storage systems with CommVault Simpana 9 is priced
based on configuration and available through joint solution
providers.