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Dot Hill Offers Heterogeneous Virtualization Solution for OEMs

Dot Hill Systems has announced its Intelligent Storage Networking (iSN) Version 2.3 storage virtualization software for OEMs and integrators. As note din the company's news release, the latest version of the heterogeneous storage management software, iSN 2.3, consolidates and virtualizes storage across different vendors and, via advanced storage features such as snapshots, thin provisioning, storage tiering, migration and replication, enables unified storage solutions for both NAS and SAN configurations which can simplify the IT environment.

"The iSN 2.3 manages diverse storage systems as a single unified pool of storage, helping IT managers avoid vendor 'lock-in', reduce costs, increase storage management capabilities and reduce management complexity. By virtualizing physical resources and managing storage based on logical volumes, storage administrators can use iSN to eliminate "islands" of storage and utilize resources more efficiently.

"The solution empowers OEMs to address multiple storage challenges such as cross-platform functionality, cost containment, business simplification, system availability and disaster recovery, while providing flexibility and scalability to support and effectively manage future data growth. Dot Hill iSN technology provides a foundation for a new class of midrange and enterprise storage systems -- for example, private or public cloud storage solutions to complement virtual server investments."