On Storage

Data storage protection and recovery firm "Data storage Corporation" has announced that it partnered with network storage provider "BlueArc". This partnership will provide backup and disaster recovery data storage to customers.

Data Storage Corp opened its new center in Westbury, New York. BlueArc provides capacity and scalability for data storage. BlueArc develops and sells clustered NAS systems for managing digital contents, data storage and file-based data. The company has established itself in the field of branded products in the digital media.

Through this association, customers will be benefited by having access to highly efficient backup and recovery solutions for virtualized environments.

Along with high performance backup and disaster recovery options, the companies will also provide high availability for hosted applications.

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Today, the storage server is no longer a stand alone file server, but instead storage devices are abstracted from the server. IT pros are now required to make important decisions about which storage to choose for a particular task, and to help with that process it is necessary to understand the high-level differences between block level storage and file level storage. Block level storage is common on Storage Area Networks (SAN), where it presents itself to servers using industry standard Fiber Channel and iSCSI connectivity mechanisms.

In its most basic form, block level storage is like a hard drive in a server except that it happens to be installed in a remote chassis that is connected to the server. While block level storage is extremely flexible, nothing beats the simplicity of file level storage when all that is needed is a place to dump raw files. These file level devices, usually Network Attached Storage (NAS), provide a lot of space at a lower cost than block level storage.

HP is working hard on its new EVE line of storage arrays and will officially showcase the storage arrays next month. It is expected that the new EVE storage will feature important upgrades and new naming method which will makes solution providers' tasks easier. HP's Marketing President said that the company's new EVE storage line with perform a lot better and have a greater management efficiency.

HP has been increasing its storage capabilities during the last five years, and in addition to EVA, it also has 3Par and LeftHand storage products. It was earlier believed that with the acquisition of other storage companies, EVA storage systems would be phased out, but clearly HP is still keeping all its options open.

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