EMC DiskXtender
EMC DiskXtender software leads the industry in automated file system archiving. DiskXtender delivers a policy-based, file system-centric solution for migrating inactive data off higher-cost storage to lower-cost disk, tape, or optical devices. With DiskXtender, you'll be able to implement a tiered storage solution, mapping data to the appropriate storage tier according to its value to the business. Implementing file system archiving with DiskXtender will reduce storage costs, improve backup and recovery processes, satisfy compliance needs, and optimize service level fulfillment.
EMC DiskXtender for Windows
EMC DiskXtender for Windows is an automated file archiving solution for mid-size Windows environments. By mapping information to the most cost-effective storage – disk, optical, tape, and EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS), DiskXtender for Windows enables organizations to achieve data retention and compliance goals while maintaining service level agreements (SLAs). You'll reduce primary storage acquisition costs, management overhead, and backup and recovery times.
- Policy engine: Automatically move data from primary storage to the most appropriate secondary storage based on migration policies, simultaneously writing to four devices.
- Index and search: Locate documents for legal discovery and compliance reporting by searching for keywords and phrases across DiskXtender-managed archives.
- Transparent data access: Ensure that both end users and applications can seamlessly access files regardless of storage location.
- EMC Centera-enabler: Automatically store fixed content data onto Centera CAS.
- Centera default retention period: Leverage tight integration with Centera to prevent file modification or deletion once files are created on Microsoft® Windows systems.
- Complement data protection strategies: Reduce backup windows and replicated data by automatically offloading inactive data from primary storage.
- Integration with EMC ApplicationXtender and EMC EmailXtender: Align storage with key business processes by matching data value with disk, tape, or optical resources.
- Expanded Microsoft® Windows support: Receive support for Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, Small Business, and Storage) and Microsoft® Windows 2000 (Server and Advanced Server).
- Ultradensity optical support: Leverage the new 30GB standard for professional optical storage.
EMC DiskXtender for NAS
EMC DiskXtender for NAS delivers a powerful, highly scalable data management solution for huge volumes of NAS data – ranging from terabytes to petabytes – in Microsoft® Windows and UNIX environments. Based on administrator-defined policies, DiskXtender for NAS automatically migrates inactive files from NAS systems to secondary storage devices and restores archived files when requested. By moving inactive or archived files from the primary NAS system, your organization can achieve a lower total cost of storage and shorten backup and recovery requirements.
- Step-by-step GUI: Simplifies policy-setting and job scheduling and provides system monitoring and reporting.
- Policy engine: Automatically moves selected files from the primary NAS system to secondary storage based on file name, size, type, last access, or other attributes for file selection.
- Transparent data access: Ensures NAS applications and end users can seamlessly access files regardless of the migrated location.
- Broad secondary storage support: Automatically moves data to a wide range of secondary storage devices including fiber channel disk, ATA disk, Centera content-addressed storage, and tape or optical devices.
