Dot Hill AssuredSAN 3000 Citrix Ready

Dot Hill Systems Corp. announced
that its AssuredSAN 3000 Series arrays have achieved verification
with Citrix XenServer as part of the Citrix Ready program.

The AssuredSAN 3000 Series joins Dot
Hill’s AssuredUVS unified virtual storage appliances as the latest Dot Hill
offering to achieve Citrix Ready verification.

"The Citrix XenServer platform has been
widely adopted in Windows and Linux environments, providing reduced
infrastructure costs and increased productivity for enterprises around the
globe," said Jim Jonez, senior director of marketing, Dot Hill. "Designated Citrix Ready, Dot Hill AssuredSAN
storage products are tested and fully interoperable with Citrix XenServer and
XenDesktop environments."

"Citrix Ready partners such as Dot Hill are a
critical component of the success of XenServer in the marketplace,"
said Joe Keller, vice president of Community and Alliance Marketing, Citrix.
"With its latest Citrix Ready
verification, Dot Hill offers a growing portfolio of storage solutions that are
optimized for virtual server and desktop environments."

Dot Hill
AssuredSAN 3000 Series
Redefining Entry-level storage

Dot Hill
AssuredSAN 3000 Series arrays offer support for 8Gb FC SANs, 10Gb iSCSI, as well as other interface options. In addition, Dot Hill continues to add midrange capability
and value to its 3000 Series with options such as AssuredRemote data management
software for remote replication. Advanced data management such as AssuredCopy,
Dot Hill’s volume copy technology, enabling the creation of independent data
volume copies for additional data protection, and Dot Hill’s AssuredSnap
snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity,
allow companies to reduce the burden of meeting data retention policies.
The AssuredSAN 3000 systems can scale to a total of 288 terabytes of storage
with JBOD expansion units.

The AssuredSAN
3000 Series features eco-friendly enhancements such as drive
spin-down capability and 595-watt 80 PLUS-rated (greater than 80 percent energy
efficiency) power supplies for reduced operating costs. Additionally, the
AssuredSAN 3000 Series also features Dot Hill’s patented EcoStor ‘green’ battery-free alternative for cache memory, which leverages a
combination of super capacitors and flash memory that outlasts traditional
batteries nearly fivefold. Business benefits include lower maintenance and
disposal costs and reduced server and application down time due to scheduled
battery replacement and maintenance.