Pillar Data Systems

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What Analysts Say: "Pillar Data Systems’ Axiom is one of the first storage companies that make it easy for users to take advantage of the physics and dropping cost of disk drives. By intelligently placing data needing higher performance at the outer portion of disk drives and lower performing data at the drive’s inner area, users can introduce economical and efficient ways to tier and manage their data without deep pockets or advanced degrees. The Axiom’s architecture illustrates how smart organizations can manage their data more easily now and into the future." - Jerome M Wendt, Lead Analyst & President, Datacenter Infrastructure Group Inc.

What's New:

Support for Fibre Channel
Pillar has extended the configuration options of the Axiom system, making it more ideally suited for high performance, highly available storage infrastructures. Pillar’s new enterprise configuration includes:

Double the raw capacity: more than 380 TB in a single system
Fibre Channel (FC) drive support, providing a new “premium” level of performance
Higher reliability makes the new FC Brick storage enclosure ideally suited for mission critical applications
SMI-S support
Most flexible array on the market today

Improved AxiomONE storage management software

Over 100% improvement in NAS performance
Non-disruptive code upgrades providing even higher availability
Faster NDMP backup and user interface
Fibre Channel SAN support
Transparent QoS change; change a LUN or a file from one QoS level to another without disruption
Greater data integrity and compliance-ready architecture with Pillar’s AxiomONE SecureWORMfs

Simpler Storage Consolidation
In the past, storage buyers had to choose between the performance of SAN storage systems and the cost-effectiveness of NAS. Pillar eliminates this tradeoff.

The Pillar Axiom is designed to seamlessly accommodate both SAN and NAS, giving both complete access to a shared storage pool. With Pillar's modular system, you can...

Deploy a NAS-only system
Deploy a SAN-only system
Combine native SAN and NAS on one platform

Multiple Tiers, One Platform
In the Pillar Axiom system, all tiers of data can reside on a single platform, with a single management interface, under a single software license.

Premium — highest performance and availability (available when using Fibre Channel drives)

Tier 1 — high performance and availability levels for mission-critical applications

Tier 2 — increased performance and high availability for mid-performance applications

Tier 3 — adequate performance and availability to support business-utility applications such as file sharing

Archive — cost-effective archive with compliance option

Tiered Storage at the Disk Level

Storage is configured with premium*, high, medium, low, and archive priorities, automatically applying resources in the system to fit individual application needs and maximize asset utilization.

Data is laid out by its performance priority. High-priority data is written to a narrow band on the outermost tracks for increased performance and optimized seek times, while data with lower performance requirements is laid out on the inner tracks.

* Premium level available when using Fibre Channel drives

Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

Pillar Axiom systems are designed from the ground up for around-the-clock data access and easy repair, while industry-standard components reduce replacement costs.

All components have duplicate, active backups to eliminate any single point of potential hardware failure, with automatic failover and recovery
All components are hot-swappable, allowing on-the-fly replacement
Battery-backed RAM ensures data integrity in the event of a power failure

For brochures, case studies, and other information about the Pillar Axiom 500, click here.

For more information please call Alliance Technologies at 416-385-3255 or e-mail: sales@alltec.com

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