Storfirst 6 Delivering Native Integration for NetApp Ontap and Dell EMC Isilon

Seven10 Storage Software, LLC announced Storfirst 6, available for preview as a free, pre-licensed software download that delivers unparalleled data migration to and from NetApp, Inc.‘ ONTAP and Dell EMC, part of Dell Technologies‘ Centera, Atmos, ECS, and Isilon storage platforms.

This release enables users to take user data and application-based workloads and migrate them to a variety of storage platforms including flash, scale-out NAS, cloud, object stores or tiered storage environments using company’s Storfirst automated SmartSync software-driven data migration.

“The rate in which new storage platforms are being developed and marketed that offer more flexibility, scale and efficiency than ever before is compelling IT administrators to invest in technology that abstracts them from this constant changing landscape,” said Bobby Moulton, CEO, Seven10. “With Storfirst 6 directly integrating into platforms as widely implemented as NetApp’s ONTAP and Dell EMC’s Isilon, we enable users to extend these investments while clearing the path for fearless adoption of new technologies like flash, scale-out NAS, cloud and object storage. Storfirst provides IT administrators proven, highly automated migration enabling easy adoption of new technology that is both painless and non-disruptive.“

To meet the challenges posed by accelerated storage innovation and adoption, Storfirst 6 users can migrate mission critical business content to next generation storage investments while minimizing business disruption and risk. It empowers users to execute migrations, once considered by Gartner, Inc. to be too complex and too risky, by automating the process with the following features:

• API integration of platforms from Dell EMC and NetApp allow for real-time updates of file changes that are automatically and instantaneously migrated to new storage targets, reducing cutover times.

• Automatic provisioning of existing storage resources allows users to automate the creation of destination resources, eliminating any time-consuming manual efforts.

• Scheduling feature simplifies the project by providing IT managers with an intuitive user experience where jobs can be throttled based on network utilization without having to kick off tasks manually.

• Intelligent filters provide the ultimate in configuration flexibility and savings with the ability to ‘spring clean’ any redundant or unwanted data as organizations moves from old storage to new.

“Evolving to smarter, faster, energy efficient, and more reliable storage platforms is inevitable in the modern data center,” said Peter Godman, co-founder and CTO, Qumulo, Inc. “Through the combination of Seven10 and Qumulo Core Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS, IT and systems administrators can now use Storfirst to easily migrate data from inefficient last generation NAS technologies into Qumulo’s Data-Aware Scale-out NAS platforms while taking advantage of the unparalleled scalability, reliability and robustness of Qumulo Core. Together, we’re ensuring that our customers’ can move to generation next storage without the heartburn of traditional PS-lead data migration efforts.“

Storfirst 6 is available, with features that are specifically designed to help customers migrate to and/or from NetApp ONTAP or Dell EMC Centera, Atmos, ECS, and Isilon.