VMsources Group Distributor of Dot Hill AssuredSAN Pro

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has signed a reseller agreement with VMsources Group, Inc., a solution provider in infrastructure virtualization services.

VMsources is deploying AssuredSAN Pro 5000 real-time tiering solutions to address the storage requirements of VMware environments.

VMsources specializes in designing custom vSphere environments to suit clients’ needs. It addresses these environments by delivering tiered SAN solutions that perform better, cost less and provide plenty of capacity. The company uses VMware Certified Professional consultants to provide insights into storage and network solutions for clients throughout the U.S.

“We have been implementing Dot Hill AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series solutions with great success at a number of local school districts, universities and financial services companies, as well as in our own data center,” said Andrew Schaeffer, president, VMsources. “With real-time, autonomic tiering for dynamic workloads, such as those found in VMware environments, an easy-to-use interface and the ability to mix different drive types, the AssuredSAN Pro 5000 allows us to provide superior solutions and service for our customers.“

“With a heavy focus on consulting and training, we expect VMsources will help us keep momentum going for our AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series, and broaden our customer base in VMware environments,” said Brad Painter, VP of channel sales, Dot Hill. “Given VMsources has AssuredSAN Pro 5000 units installed onsite at their data center, the company is well equipped to provide remote replication services for its customer base, ensuring enhanced data protection and DR.“

Smith Affiliated Capital, an investment advisory firm and VMsources customer, has implemented the AssuredSAN Pro.

“Dot Hill’s AssuredSAN Pro 5000’s RealStor software manages our data in real time, and has improved storage performance and network responsiveness,“ said John K. Smith, COO, Smith Affiliated Capital. “We can’t afford any down time in our business, and thanks to the remote replication capabilities supported by Dot Hill and VMsources, our data is secure and available 24-7.“

Through its connections partner program and AssuredSAN solutions, the company enables the base of resellers to build storage businesses by solving problems for their customers-managing storage growth, creating responsive virtual infrastructures, reducing operating expenses, and deploying applications. The partner program has been selected as a 5-star winner in the CRN partner program guide for five consecutive years.

AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series Provides Storage for VMware Environments
The series features RealStor software that responds to dynamically changing data without human intervention or policy settings. It takes tiered storage in a hybrid array to a level beyond other tiered storage systems that rely on off-hours batch migration, and into an era of autonomic, real-time tiering.

The AssuredSAN Pro 5000 series offers advantages over SSDs used in a read-cache configuration. With RealStor autonomic tiering, ‘hot’ data is moved into the SSD tier to enable fast access. This contrasts with most read-cache implementations that rely on a simplistic algorithm to optimize read-performance and lack intelligence to migrate cold data to more cost-effective storage tiers. The software detects priorities within the data set and delivers faster I/O.