Sepaton, a provider of enterprise-class disk-based data protection solutions, has introduced Version 5.4 of its software for a secure multi-tenancy and cloud optimised data protection appliance.
The new release of version 5.4 is based on innovative Storage Pool technology and DeltaStor deduplication, that allows cloud providers and enterprises with private cloud infrastructures to cost effectively protect data for multiple customers or business units on a single S2100-ES2 data protection appliance.
The DeltaView Manager and ContentAware Analytics provide management and detailed reporting to allow a single administrator to manage multiple storage pools in a single Sepaton system.
The Version 5.4 Feature enhancements include Hitachi Data Systems AMS2100 Support that introduces support for the AMS2100 disk arrays and provides 99.999% data availability with no single point of failure, dual battery backup, RAID-6 support and multiple hot spares.
In addition, the array includes 1TB and 2TB disk options for tiering flexibility; expanded backup application supports NBU 7.0 (with support for OST as Windows/Linux certifications are complete), TSM 6.2, and NetWorker 7.5.2 & 7.6.
The enhanced checkpointing feature enables replication to automatically restart in the case of transmission failures resulting in faster and more efficient replication. The new release also includes pause and resume functionality, allowing the administrator to optimise network traffic.
Further, the secure erasure is a licensed option for Sepaton systems introduced in VTL 5.4 which provides for guaranteed erasure of information on virtual tape cartridges. While the DeltaView Manager is a central management suite, providing customers with the most sophisticated 24×7 pro-active platform monitoring, and advanced diagnostics and reporting capabilities integrated into a separate management node.
Fidelma Russo, chief operating officer at Sepaton, said: "Sepaton’s multi-tenancy and ContentAware Analytics capability is an important milestone in our progress towards complete Data Protection Lifecycle Management (DPLM) for the cloud. By allowing for dynamic performance optimisation and data segmentation via storage pools, Sepaton’s multi-tenancy technology provides the basis for future innovation.
"Over time, we anticipate implementing additional functionality such as WORM or encryption which will be applied on a pool basis. Our integrated multi-tenancy model is highly differentiated compared to the small single system design of our competitors and we are the only vendor who provides this functionality today."
The Sepaton is shipping S2100-ES2 Series 1900/2900 with multi-tenancy, while the Version 5.4 software is available as a no charge software upgrade for Sepaton customers.
