The path to a successful storage archive solution should not start with a Root Cause Analysis.\u00a0\u00a0 Looking back and pointing fingers is often the easiest path to take, but reviewing your storage strategy and current infrastructure may reveal a very easy and affordable data protection strategy.\u00a0 Archiving to tape is a great solution but it is not a 100% solution; \u00a0tapes get lost, data gets corrupted and often there is an expensive time lapse between a discovery of data loss and its recovery.\u00a0 Keeping all of your data on tier (1) arrays is expensive and does not make sense for rarely accessed data.\u00a0 Thanks to our customers\u2019 requests for an affordable end to end solution, Zerowait now has a complete storage solution for customers who love their Filers and are looking to get rid of their tape headaches.<\/p>\n
Many of our NetApp customers would like to use NetApp equipment as their tier (2) storage, since it allows them to use the same interface and tools on their tier (1) storage, minimizing management issues, but the cost of new systems is too high to make this work. For these customers Zerowait provides readily available off-lease NetApp systems with transferable licenses<\/a> to build affordable tier (2) \u00a0storage solutions. Many customers locate these systems in remote back-up sites, and our customers snap mirror updates between their Tier (1) NetApp systems and off lease NetApp \u00a0tier (2) systems to achieve a reliable archive strategy.<\/p>\n The next tier for many\u00a0 customers has been\u00a0 tape, but quite a few of our customers have decided that they are tired of the warehousing\u00a0 headaches and rush delivery costs\u00a0 of their tape archives and want to reduce their tape\u00a0 costs and frustrations. They are replacing all or most of their tape with Zerowait\u2019s SimplStor<\/a> for tier (3) archival storage.\u00a0 Using NetApp\u2019s tools, \u00a0our customers can mirror their data between NetApp filers in multiple locations and then copy the data to a SimplStor tier (3) archive using standard software tools.\u00a0 SimplStor costs about the same as tape, but provides instant access when there is the requirement for a quick restoration of data.<\/p>\n Zerowait\u2018s customers around the world are able to satisfy their requirements for an affordable high reliability storage strategy.\u00a0\u00a0 Our customers have embraced\u00a0 a\u00a0 strategy\u00a0 of data tiering strategy using\u00a0 new\u00a0 NetApp equipment for tier\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 highly accessed data, \u00a0off lease Filers for\u00a0 tier (2)\u00a0 and\u00a0 remote mirrors,\u00a0 and SimplStor for tier (3) archival storage requirements. If you have chosen NetApp for your tier (1) storage, why not use transferable licensed NetApp equipment your tier (2) storage?\u00a0 It is an obvious cost effective solution.\u00a0 Our customers in the Animation, Science and Petrochemical business helped us design SimplStor and now are our biggest customers for the product.\u00a0 They knew they needed a reliable tier (3) solution and they recognized that Zerowait could provide the enterprise support they required.\u00a0 Thanks to our customers\u2018 ideas Zerowait now provides high reliability hardware, service and support for all three tiers of enterprise data. \u00a0Please contact us<\/a> if you want to discuss how Zerowait can provide your organization outstanding Quality of Service at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The path to a successful storage archive solution should not start with a Root Cause Analysis.\u00a0\u00a0 Looking back and pointing fingers is often the easiest path to take, but reviewing your storage strategy and current infrastructure may reveal a very … Continue reading