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HIGH AVAILABILITY SAN APPLIANCE
FOR APPLE XSERVE RAID
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Vmirror™ is a family of high-availability SAN appliances tailored specifically for use with Apple's Xserve, Xserve RAID, Apple-compatible storage systems, and Xsan software. Used with an Apple SAN, Vmirror creates a cost-effective, high-availability storage solution comparable to mid-range enterprise storage systems - with simple administration and 1/3 the cost. Even better, Vmirror delivers instantaneous failover in the event of a component or RAID outage, ensuring services from video and IT applications continue uninterrupted.
Whether you're
supporting multi-user access to a large database or
streaming high-definition video data, operations continue
while host systems make a seamless, transparent shift with
nointerruption of service.
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Applications
Large and small
organizations alike in broadcast, advertising, and publishing use
Vmirror to protect and guarantee access to their data. Today, NFL
Films, Korea Broadcasting, Associated Press, the Richards Group,
Transcontinental, the New York Times, and local television stations
use Vmirror for post-production, broadcast, and business-critical
file server applications.
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Key Benefits
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Continuous, uninterruptible data access. VMirror is an easy way to add continuous,
high-availability data access, data protection and enterprise-grade
redundancy to an Apple SAN.
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Performance acceleration. Vmirror's 700MB/second throughput, streaming
performance enhancements, and embedded hardware mirroring deliver
uninterruptible operations, for both IT and video applications.
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Centralized administration. All administration is centralized on the Vmirror
appliance.
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Heterogeneous host support. Vmirror supports from 32 to 96 host systems (4Gbit)
and 8 RAID systems with no additional software, host agents, or
specialized drivers. Supported host operating systems include OSX,
Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and VMware.
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Affordability. A complete, high-availability SAN solution is available 1/3 or less
than the price of iSCSI and mid-range storage solutions.
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