Brocade, HDS partner to offer simplified file management
ConvergenceAsia staff
08/01/2008

Data centre networking solutions company Brocade has announced a reseller agreement with Hitachi Data Systems whereby Hitachi Data Systems will resell the Brocade StorageX file virtualisation and management software solution.

Through the agreement, Brocade StorageX will offer Hitachi Data Systems customers a solution for file data replication and migration, as well as centralised management of multiple namespaces.

"The addition of Brocade StorageX to the Hitachi Data Systems portfolio extends the Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade relationship into mission-critical file management solutions," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade Vice President of Worldwide Marketing.

With Brocade StorageX, Hitachi Data Systems will be able to expand its portfolio and offer a full end-to-end NAS solution with the ability to virtualise heterogeneous file systems and present a single, consolidated view of all enterprise files. Hitachi Data Systems customers implementing Brocade StorageX will be able to experience benefits such as:

- Centralised management of files via policies that run across a global namespace

- Improved disaster recovery and business continuity via IP replication and transparent failover in the event of a disaster or a planned outage

- Storage consolidation via file migration that simplifies upgrades of the storage infrastructure

- Transparent and non-disruptive data management and movement that requires far less administrative time and effort

Hitachi Data Systems will also partner with Brocade to utilise Brocade StorageX for services designed to help customers who need assistance with heterogeneous file migrations, data mobility, and non-disruptive migration of existing data to the Hitachi portfolio of high performance NAS platforms.

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