Enterprise Storage Solutions

�Pre-launch tests of the new generation of our software indicated that it was limited by the performance of our production SAN. Alliance Technologies had the expertise to understand our storage problem and were able to configure and supply us with a high performance fiber channel storage unit in a very short time frame so that we could successfully complete our development tests on time.�

Development Manager, Business Intelligence Software Company, Toronto, Ontario

Overview

High performance centralized storage is the cornerstone of a robust IT infrastructure, whether virtualized or not.

Do you need to add storage capacity?
Do you have concerns over the robustness or limitations of your current infrastructure?
Can your current system be used as part of a virtualized infrastructure?
Are you able to replicate from your storage to provide for Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery needs?
Is the high cost of expanding an existing SAN or NAS prohibitive?
Are you seeing dramatically increasing maintenance costs after year three?
Are you running out of power or floor space in your server room?
Is the performance and available capacity of your SAN or NAS guaranteed by your storage vendor?

With innovative, next generation storage products from Pillar Data Systems, Compellent, F4 Labs and Dell EqualLogic, Alliance Technologies can provide the right storage solution to meet your unique requirements.

Contact us to discuss how we can provide you with the capacity and performance you need while reducing your TCO and storage management overhead.

Pillar Data Systems

Pillar Data Systems takes a unique approach to networked storage and storage management - One that dramatically increases the flexibility of your storage assets, significantly reduces the cost and complexity of managing your storage environment, and delivers one point of control and one storage pool. Pillar Axiom is the first and only True Application-Aware storage system.

Pillar Axiom storage systems are integrated, automated, and cost-effective:

Highly available, scalable storage systems that seamlessly unite SAN and NAS environments and combine fibre channel and SATA drives into a single storage pool
Systems that enable multiple tiers of storage on one storage platform
The highest disk utilization rates in the industry
Systems that deliver Dynamic Performance priority levels and enable thin provisioning

Pillar Data Systems - Getting Greater Value from Your Virtualized Data Center

Data centers reduce costs and improve agility when they consolidate and virtualize their infrastructure. Combining VMware with the Pillar Axiom^™ allows you to fully utilize the capacity and computing power of your existing physical servers. The resulting virtual infrastructure results in server consolidation, power and space savings, high server availability, and affordable disaster recovery.

The Pillar Axiom�s ability to consolidate network storage for SAN and NAS within the same storage enclosure makes it the ideal storage solution for any data center. But it is the Axiom�s ability to be provisioned in the same way that you provision virtualized severs that makes it the ideal storage solution in VMware virtualized environments.

Available Hardware Configurations

The Pillar Axiom 500/600MC

Mission-critical, mirrored storage solution.

Up to 1.6PB raw capacity
Web 2.0 class computing
SAN, NAS, or both
FC, SATA, or both
50% less energy use
High availability, scalability & performance
Self-guided maintenance

The Pillar Axiom 500/600

Robust, business-class storage solution

Up to 832 TB raw capacity
SAN, NAS, or both
FC, SATA, or both
50% less energy use
High availability, scalability & performance
Self-guided maintenance

The Pillar Axiom 300

Scalable, start-up storage solution.

Up to 12 TB raw capacity
SAN, NAS, or both
50% less energy use
High availability
Self-guided maintenance

Contact us today to learn more about how a centralized storage solution from Pillar Data Systems can transform your organization�s infrastructure.

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Compellent - Storage Center SAN

The Only Storage Solution That Manages Data Inside the Volume

Compellent�s Storage Center is an enterprise class storage area network (SAN) that significantly lowers capital expenditures, reduces storage management and administration time, provides continuous data availability and enables storage virtualization. Storage Center�s industry-standard hardware and sophisticated software manage data at the block-level, maximizing utilization, automating tiered storage, simplifying replication and speeding data recovery.

Why the Storage Center SAN is Different

Unique architecture manages data inside the volume
Scalable hardware eliminates the need for a forklift upgrade
Powerful software optimizes utilization, automates replication and speeds data recovery
Core system technology provides essential storage features that are traditionally considered add-ons
Single interface manages entire solution

How You Benefit from Compellent

Radically reduce storage costs and extend the life of your equipment
Cut storage management time by 50 percent
Provide continuous data availability
Automatically reduce power and cooling costs by more than 90 percent

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Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Solutions

Whether you're looking to consolidate servers to lower operational costs, replicate for data protection, or upgrade your Network Attached Storage (NAS) to a full featured iSCSI SAN, Alliance Technologies offers the affordable EqualLogic data storage solutions from Dell with enterprise-strength performance and reliability plus easy installation, management, and growth.

Storage Consolidation

The Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN brings storage consolidation benefits to all your data - it's affordable, based on standard protocols, reduces operational costs, and is easy to deploy.

Virtual Infrastructure

EqualLogic virtualized storage solutions are a perfect fit for virtualized server deployments. PS Series iSCSI SANs fully integrate with the leading server virtualization solutions to enable cost effective shared storage to fully realize all the benefits of moving to a virtual infrastructure.

Backup and Restore

The PS Series iSCSI storage arrays include all of the functionality, at no extra charge, to enable comprehensive and affordable backup and restore solutions. Advanced snapshot, clone, and replication features work seamlessly with leading backup vendors to ensure that your data is protected and easily recoverable.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

EqualLogic PS Series SANs enable IT administrators with the technology and tools to build out affordable and easily manageable business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. With the built-in snapshot, replica, clone, and replication features of the PS Series, along with partnerships with industry leading technology partners, Dell simplifies the planning, deployment, and maintenance of an IT infrastructure that ensures that your business is fully protected and always operational.