EMC unveils new Celerra unified storage systems
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 00:16 IST
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Bangalore: EMC Corporation, a player in information infrastructure solutions, has announced a new lineup of EMC Celerra unified storage systems, the NS-120, NS-480 and NS-960 and NS-G8 Gateway. Celerra NS line, with integrated NAS (network attached storage), iSCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity, provides more overall value than any system of its kind, claimed a press release received by media. In 2008, revenues from the Celerra NS line outpaced the market, growing more than 40 percent, by providing customers with a scalable and simplified solution. The new multi-protocol EMC Celerra NS models combine new software innovations, including file system deduplication, file-level retention, compliance capabilities reliability and advanced capabilities of EMC CLARiiON CX4 storage systems to provide up to 22 percent lower total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to other systems in the market. These new features expand upon existing built-in capabilities, including advanced IP storage replication, automated volume management for optimized storage tiering and thin provisioning. "Our EMC Celerra systems support some of the most critical applications for our university and staff, including 3,000 Exchange clients as well as I/O intensive research applications, the internet presence of more than 250 institutes and the home directories of 35,000 students and staff members," said Uli Betzler, Senior Storage Architect, KIT. Steve Scully, Research Manager, Enterprise Storage Systems at IDC, said, "In this environment, IT managers are looking to get the most value out of their limited budgets and for technology that will help their bottom lines. Unified storage is clearly an area where customers are getting this value as well as increasing the operational efficiency of their environments. By consolidating VMware, Windows, Linux and Unix environments onto a single Celerra NS system, IT managers gain a tremendous amount of flexibility and the ability to deploy and update the latest storage technologies across all application environments as needs dictate." Rich Napolitano, Senior Vice President, EMC Storage Division, said, "Customers have asked us to help them remove cost and complexity from their IT environments. EMC has a history of incorporating features and flexibility into its Celerra systems that others in the industry either can't or view as stand-alone products. The new Celerra systems continue this tradition and integrate numerous innovative new capabilities, at no additional charge, into a single, easy-to-use system."

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