D-Link introduces storage arrays for enterprises
Pivot3 this week introduced a new storage appliance for video surveillance that supports 64-bit operating systems, VMware Fault Tolerant and integrated management.
The vSTAC Watch now supports 64-bit Windows Server products. In addition it supports Pivot3 VM Failover for high-availability and uses the Dell Integrated Remote Access Controller (DiRAC) to enable remote management.
The vSTAC Watch runs third-party video management software (VMS) and allows video capture and playback. Appliances can be stacked for scalability or load-balancing. In addition, the vSTAC Watch includes solid state drives (SSD) to speed performance for data-intensive video streaming environments.
Pivot3 VM Failover provides a self-healing restart for hosted VMS software within a vSTAC. It also supports Microsoft cluster environments and VMware HA.
The vSTAC Watch is complementary to the industry-leading Pivot3 CloudBank and DataBank appliances.
In other news, D-Link bolstered its storage portfolio with the addition of two storage arrays designed for enterprise-size businesses. The DSN-4000 Series consists of the DSN-4100 and DSN-4200 storage arrays, which scale to 32TB in a single array. When expansion units are added, the maximum capacity is 160TB.
The DSN-4000 Series are iSCSI arrays that use 2TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) III drives. The DSN-4200 connects to the network with eight 1Gigabit Ethernet ports; the DSN-4100 has four 1G Ethernet ports. Both appliances are stackable and 3U in height. They replace the previous generation DSN-3200-10 and DSN-2100-10, which used SATA II drives.The DSN-4200 costs $7,500 and the DSN-4100 costs $6,500.
