SANRAD provides storage virtualization optimized to complement
any server virtualization environment. SANRAD’s unique open solution
simplifies the task of managing virtual servers, easily integrates
any storage system into a virtual storage pool, and delivers
non-disruptive storage and disaster recovery services. Learn more about server virtualization.
The Problem
Many companies are deploying server virtualization to save power,
cooling and management costs, improve asset utilization, and
increase flexibility and responsiveness. Enterprises can reap
the full benefits from their virtualization projects only by
implementing the combination of server and storage virtualization
together. Server virtualization provides significant benefits,
but it introduces new storage challenges. Putting a large virtual
load on a smaller number of physical servers increases operational
complexity and heightens the need for smooth backup and disaster recovery:
- Ensuring high availability at the server application level is not enough.
If the data in the storage environment is not equally protected in an integrated
virtualization solution, the servers may recover, but will not have access
to the data they need.
- Migrating data from legacy physical servers to a virtual storage
environment is a complex task that often requires applications to be taken offline.
- Leveraging existing storage hardware in a virtual environment is
difficult because storage systems from different vendors are proprietary and incompatible.
- With multiple virtual servers residing on a single physical infrastructure,
data security and access control become key challenges.
- The growth of virtual servers creates new demands on storage
resources and requires full flexibility to grow and manage a dynamic virtual storage environment.
The Solution
SANRAD provides an open, scalable storage virtualization solution optimized
for virtual server environments. SANRAD V-Switches connect to any storage,
giving IT managers the flexibility to choose any existing or future storage
to create a virtual storage pool.
Tuned for virtual environments, SANRAD’s unique solution delivers uninterrupted
virtual machine access to data even during complete system outages, regardless
of the physical location of the virtual server.
SANRAD’s solution performs easy data migration, protection, and virtualization
of storage volumes. This provides completely autonomous recovery of virtual servers
with no need for IT intervention. Data is protected and managed in real-time,
while applications remain in continuous production to service the needs of end users.
- Simple live migration from the storage that was connected to legacy
physical servers to the new consolidated storage network. The data migration
from DAS, FC SAN or iSCSI occurs with zero service interruption.
- Open heterogeneous interconnectivity to storage systems and servers to maximize
existing storage resources in the virtual server environment.
The storage network can be expanded with any brand of storage.
- Optimized storage networking and storage configuration tuned to virtual machines.
Complete flexibility to tier storage in virtual server environments.
- High-availability solution without disrupting operations.
Active/Active clustering with automatic failover, failback and
multipathing provides uninterrupted access to data even during system outage.
When virtual servers are moved or reinstated in a new location (e.g. via VMotion),
uninterrupted data access is assured.
- Ability to create thousands of flexible storage volumes within the storage
pool to improve storage utilization and reduce storage costs.
Complete flexibility in the allocation of virtual storage LUNs to virtual machines.
- Storage security with Access Control Lists and iSCSI login authentication (CHAP, SRP).
Only authorized virtual machines can access their respective designated storage even when
all virtual machines are on the same physical server.
- Remote replication and disaster recovery. SANRAD Global Data Replication (GDR)
of virtual machine stores provides unlimited data replication and site recovery
between V-Switches located at facilities connected by any local, metropolitan
or wide area IP network.
- Local inter-campus/inter-datacenter synchronous data replication with autonomous virtual machine recovery.
