PoINT Storage Manager V5.0 Available

PoINT Software & Systems GmbH has released version 5.0 of PoINT Storage Manager.

This release includes novelties by which companies can face the challenges of data growth, administration of inactive data and long-term storage. From now on also authorized users are able to archive data independently. Furthermore it extended the list of supported storage systems. Version 5.0 supports also the OS Windows Server 2012 R2 and contains an integration of Blu-ray Disc libraries by PoINT Jukebox Manager.

For facing the growth of unstructured storage concepts are necessary to keep investments for storage extensions and for additional backup licenses respectively capacities at a minimum. Normally up to 80% of data is unstructured, whereof nearly 70% do not need to be accessible directly. Inactive data stresses increasingly the primary storage capacity and the backup of primary storage cannot be carried out without problems due to the huge data volumes.

A file-tiering- and archiving software is a solution for companies to purge inactive data from expensive primary storage to secondary storage for archival, but retain transparent data access. This applies the file tiering approach consequently and thus creates more free capacity on the primary storage as well as savings in additional backup costs.

The software has integrated additional functions addressing the main market requirements of the storage sector. The policy-based file archiving function had been extended by a user driven archiving functionality by which authorized users can purge and archive files independently. For this purpose it offers a web client which is available network-wide and can be used without a decided software installation.

Furthermore it has extended the list of supported storage systems. For the integration of object store systems, which are becoming more and more important in the market, connectors for Caringo CAStor and HDS HCP (Hitachi Content Platform) are available. Additionally Blu-ray Disc libraries can be integrated for long-term storage and archiving by the established PoINT Jukebox Manager. Also the OS Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported by the new version. For ensuring the server failover the Microsoft Cluster Manager is implied.