AMI launches high-tech data storage device

Chennai, July 27: Leading data storage solutions provider American Megatrends Inc (AMI) today launched its high-tech storage device 'StorTrends iTX2.7 IP SAN' here.

The new device supported dual dialect (NAS + IP-SAN) technology, provided both block file capability for customers to utilise various applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL server and other Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), company CEO Jayaram Krishnan told newspersons here.

''StorTrends iTX2.7 software provides true enterprise-level features at a pricing limit that is within the range of small and medium sized businesses,'' he added.

Mr Krishnan said the storage capacity of the device started from one Terra Byte (TB) to 256 TB. ''The eight TB device would cost about US Dollar 20,000.'' Detailing about the product, he said synchronous replication enabled data to be stored on multiple StorTrend appliances at multiple sites for better availability and disaster recovery capability.

''Thin provisioning enables the administrator to create and manage storage volumes without restrictions,'' he said, adding that the provisioned volume size could be significantly larger than the current physical storage capacity.

The storage unit also incorporated SAS drives as well as SATA drives. A sophisticated algorithm in the device maintained critical often-used data in both SAS and STS drives, he said.

UNI