NEC Added SDS Option to HYDRAstor Storage Platform

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) announced a addition to its HYDRAstor storage platform, a Virtual Appliance designed to allow for rapid provisioning of backup storage into virtualized environments and provide off-site backup capabilities for small sites and branches.

Virtualization simplifies IT system platform by consolidating servers and storage systems and separates software lifecycle from hardware lifecycle which frees IT managers from complex compatibility work. Adding virtual appliances of backup storage into the picture helps organizations by eliminating separate hardware management and providing business agility.

The HYDRAstor VA can be deployed into virtual environment and adds ded-upe storage capability and WAN-optimized replication feature for off-site backup.

Benefits include:

• Universal de-dupe storage for small environment (1TB up to 16TB)

• Deployment anywhere in virtual environment (VMware, Hyper-V)

• DR Solution for small sites/branches with WAN-optimized replication

• Fits in cloud service platform

“Market dynamics and ever increasing demands of today’s data centric industries are finding their way to organizations of all types and size and our virtual appliance solution meets these needs with a simple price structure while delivering an enterprise feature set and performance,” said Hide Senta, VP, strategic business, NEC.