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DataCore Software and emBoot Announce Cost-effective iSCSI Disaster Recovery and Diskless Operation over LANs
Enables diskless servers and rapid emergency recovery from the IP-SAN for server farms, grids, blades, and VMware-based virtual infrastructures
iSCSI Boot from a SAN [Solution Brief PDF]
Fast iSCSI Boot Capability [Animated PowerPoint Show]
DataCore Software and emBoot Inc. have announced an affordable solution that enables administrators to use DataCore's SANmelody™ and SANsymphony™ software platforms and emBoot's netBoot/i software to allow Windows servers to remotely boot off an iSCSI IP-SAN using any standard Ethernet network interface card – eliminating the requirement for local, internal disk drives. Businesses simplify their ability to quickly re-purpose their systems and gain cost savings by enabling true diskless operation and added business continuity with a simple and fast recovery approach for local boot disk failures. Users can rapidly recover their systems from disasters by booting from an emergency OS image located on the SANmelody- or SANsymphony-powered IP-SAN. By using the DataCore and netBoot/i combination, users and network administrators finally can take advantage of standard LAN connections to improve uptime and lower their cost of Windows-based SANs, server farms, utility computing grids, and disaster recovery deployments.
"DataCore Software and emBoot are working together to improve the overall customer experience and to eliminate the recovery time for system disk failures and the cost burden of having boot drives on each system,” said Carl Foggin, Director of Business Development for emBoot. “Together we allow companies to implement lower-cost server provisioning and consolidation strategies and increase their overall system uptime."
Machines can now be easily re-purposed (provisioned) by booting from different operating system boot volumes as needed. Virtual servers and their guest operating systems are also able to boot directly from a DataCore-powered SAN. The netBoot/i solution has been tested to work on VMware™ Workstation, GSX and ESX servers, as well as on Microsoft™ Virtual PC and Virtual Server.
With the combination of DataCore's storage services, 'auto provisioning virtual capacity' and simple user interface, server deployments, disaster recovery and storage management become much simpler and a lot faster. Administrators simply create a snapshot of a single netBoot/i boot volume and copy the volume to multiple iSCSI targets, enabling servers and their storage to be operational in minutes rather than hours. This efficiency, when combined with reduced hardware from not needing to deploy multiple high cost HBAs and diskless operation, enables organizations to leverage shared storage with less complexity and lower costs.
"Our technologies work hand-in-hand to open the door for companies to simplify large- scale, virtual and blade server implementations, speed up system deployments and reduce the cost to protect corporate data and rapidly recover failed systems," said George Teixeira, CEO and President of DataCore Software. “Best of all, you get the benefits without adding cost and hassles since it works over Ethernet connects and existing LANs."
For more information on netBoot/i solutions, to request evaluation software, read F.A.Q.s or to obtain purchasing details please visit: http://www.emboot.com/products_netboot_solutions_overview.htm.
A DataCore solution brief on booting from an iSCSI SAN, plus other white papers are available at: http://www.datacore.com/products/prod_SANmel_whitepapers.asp.
About emBoot Inc.
emBoot provides network boot products that significantly reduce the cost and complexity of administrating servers, desktops, POS terminals and embedded systems. Worldwide, millions of networked devices boot using emBoot products. For more information, please visit www.emBoot.com.
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage. DataCore's disk server software easily adds capacity expansion and centralized storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, VMware, MacOS, and NetWare systems. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, visit www.datacore.com.
DataCore, the DataCore logo, SANsymphony, SANmelody, SANmaestro and Powered by DataCore are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Corporate Contacts:
DataCore Software
Bettye Grant
Tel: 954-377-6000
Fax: 954-938-7953
publicrelations@datacore.com
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Stuart Smith
Red Nine PR
954-514-0937
ssmith@redninePR.com
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emBoot Inc.
Carl Foggin
Phone: +1.905.629.0200
Email: info@emboot.com
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