Data Dynamics Releasing StorageX 7.0 starting at $500/TB

Data Dynamics, Inc. announced that StorageX 7.0 is shipping in volume, providing software-defined file data migration and management capabilities to enterprise storage professionals.

It delivers migration project management capabilities that streamline tech refresh and file storage optimization projects. It also provides other enhancements to its existing phased migration, archival migration, and DFS management capabilities.

It’s a file storage management software solution that speeds the transition to hardware and new technologies by up to 50% when compared with manual processes. The solution increases unstructured file data mobility and mitigates risk during migrations by automating processes prone to human error. It leverages patented technology that integrates discovery, a policy-based rules engine, and CIFS and NFS data movers to limit business disruptions caused by storage migrations. It also uses a project-based approach to ensure that all CIFS shares, NFS exports, security permissions, and file attributes are migrated.

Features include:

• Phased Migrations: Create phased migration policies that move file data stored in CIFS shared folders or NFS exports. Use templates and the phased migration policy wizard to create phased migration policies manually on-demand, or streamline and automate phased migration policy creation using built-in policy generation capabilities that migration projects and archival migration policies provide. Schedule policies to run in phases and during off hours using a schedule that meets business requirements.

• Archival Migrations: Create archival migration policies that scan storage resources on a scheduled basis and identify folders that contain file data that should be migrated to less-expensive secondary storage. Configure archival migration policies to either automatically generate phased migration policies that can then be used to migrate the file data, or configure archival migration policies to generate a list of migration candidates that can be reviewed and validated prior to generating the phased migration policies that will move the data.

• DFS Namespace Management: Simplify DFS namespace management using StorageX DFS namespace management capabilities that integrate with migration project and data movement capabilities right from within a single console. Using a DFS namespace as a part of a file data migration and management strategy simplifies the management of CIFS user and group shared folders. During data migrations, you can configure policies that not only migrate data, but also allow you to redirect users to data stored in new locations, reducing cutover windows and user disruptions.

• Migration Projects: Create migration projects and model different migration scenarios using the migration project design wizard. When you finalize and execute your design, it automatically creates, or provisions, target items on destination file storage resources, such as volumes, CIFS shared folders, NFS exports, and quotas. It also generates phased migration policies for the project that migrate file data, share and export settings, and file attributes and permissions from sources to destinations based on the migration project schedule you define.

“Managing file data growth has been an ongoing challenge for organizations of size,” said Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst, StorageIO Group. “StorageX has a good history of being accepted by users applying its advanced capabilities for managing the growth and migration of file data. The technology is easy to use and scalable to meet data management challenges, including movement across different storage solutions in heterogeneous environments.”

“Storage professionals struggle to cost-effectively manage their existing structure. Past experience with prior migrations that took too long, cost too much, and worst of all, caused outages, means that many CIOs and storage teams are hesitant to migrate to advanced hardware and new technologies. Business units also fear disruption,” said Piyush Mehta, CEO, Data Dynamics. “StorageX 7.0 helps alleviate migration risks and control migration costs through the use of migration project automation and policy-based data movement. This approach reduces cutover windows, helps storage teams restructure and optimize their file data during tech refresh cycles, reduces overall project timelines, and helps avoid costly outages and roll-backs.”

Version 7.0 is available and priced starting at $500 per migrated terabyte.