SANRAD provides easy, live data migration without disrupting IT operations.
SANRAD’s unique open architecture enables companies to migrate data from any
storage array to any other storage array in real time while keeping business
applications running. Because no additional licenses are required, companies
gain huge cost savings.
The Problem
Data migration has historically been a painful, laborious process.
With data growth at unprecedented levels, there is a continuous need
to add new storage, replace old storage, or to consolidate storage from
many disparate systems. However with proprietary architectures, data
migration is complex, expensive, and disruptive:
- Storage arrays, whether they are FC or iSCSI, are proprietary.
Moving data from one vendor’s to another vendor’s storage can be challenging.
Data must first be moved to a medium such as tape and then restored to the new
storage array, thereby forcing applications to be taken offline.
- Even storage array models from the same vendor may be incompatible,
requiring the same kind of planning and scheduling of downtime as
arrays from different vendors.
- Though software-based data migration products exist to alleviate
this problem, they are expensive and consume server resources.
The Solution
Because SANRAD V-Switches are storage-independent, data migration
is smooth and instantaneous. SANRAD’s support of any storage allows
you to migrate data between different storage systems without taking
your applications offline.
- Utilizing SANRAD’s unique replication technology, customers can
migrate data between heterogeneous storage systems non-disruptively.
Data migration occurs without the need to offload the data to tape and
then restore the data back to a new or different system. There is no
application disruption and therefore no interruption to the business.
- SANRAD provides complete storage flexibility with the ability to
leverage existing storage investments and add any vendor’s storage in the future.
- Because no additional software is required, SANRAD’s solution is
far less expensive than traditional offerings.
