Enhance Technology Got VSphere 5 Ready Certification

Enhance Technology, Inc. has received certification for interoperability with the VMware VSphere 5 virtualization platform.

Certification of Enhance Technology’s UltraStor ES and new DS-Seriesl with VSphere 5 gives SMB and SME users the ability to integrate SAN storage that offers support for VSphere 5’s new feature set, fail-safe HA, seamless capacity expansion capabilities and low TCO.

Certified ES and DS models are available for reference on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List.  

"VSphere 5 certification reinforces Enhance Technology’s commient to developing storage products that meet the stringent standards set by VMware and demonstrates the company’s dedication to our users by providing powerful centralized storage solutions that deliver a high level of reliability and performance as required for the VSphere 5 environment," said Billy Zou, director of product management for Enhance Technology. "We are excited to complete the rigorous VSphere 5 testing process and receive the VMware stamp of approval on our popular flagship storage platform."

"The combination of VSphere 5 and UltraStor allow customers to take full advantage of the unique strengths and capabilities of virtualization. By reducing the amount of physical hardware, an organization can greatly reduce operation and energy costs through the use of a centralized storage strategy. The UltraStor ES and DS-Series can help users leverage these benefits by providing an affordable and qualified solution that is ready to meet the demands of today’s complex physical and virtual computer environments," noted Zou.

The UltraStor ES-Series is a professional, enterprise storage based on UltraStor storage platform. It features modular system architecture with fail-safe, dual active controllers for uninterrupted business continuity and data availability.

The UltraStor ES -Series is designed to thrive in high I/O, high traffic applications such as virtualization, data center networks, cloud environments and database hosting.

It offers hardware redundancy, simplified storage management, capacity expansion up to 192TB and fast networking connectivity including 1GbE, 10GbE and 4Gb FC.

The new UltraStor DS-Series builds upon UltraStor ES-Series and features a dual active, 8Gb FC controller design and management interface. It DS-Series offers a substantial increase over previous 4Gb FC models and provides up to eight physical 8Gb ports – delivering bandwidth capabilities beyond 1,900MB/s. It is designed for professional post-production facilities, data centers, cloud environments, dat abase storage and hosting providers. UltraStor DS offers hardware redundancy, new management features, capacity expansion up to 192TB and 8Gb FC performance.