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EMC Expands Open Systems Product Line, Partners with Database Software Providers

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EMC Corporation, a leading independent provider of intelligent information storage solutions, has expanded its product line for the open systems market and partnered with three of the world's leading database software providers to deliver high-performance and highly available storage solutions to open systems users. The company has announced new models of its highly successful Symmetrix Integrated Cached Disk Array (ICDA) systems that attach to all major UNIX CPU platforms. The partnerships aim to address the business needs of large-scale UNIX database users who require high-performance, highly available, and scalable storage solutions.

Key Takeaways:

  • EMC has expanded its product line for the open systems market by introducing new models of its Symmetrix ICDA systems that attach to all major UNIX CPU platforms.
  • The company has partnered with Oracle Corp., Sybase Inc., and Informix Corp. to deliver high-performance and highly available storage solutions to open systems users.
  • Customers using these leading database applications are reporting much higher performance when running on EMC ICDA systems.
  • EMC's Symmetrix 3000 ICDA systems support industry-leading connectivity of up to 32 UNIX servers per system, more than one terabyte of capacity, and up to 4 GB of cache memory.
  • The Symmetrix 3000 systems are currently shipping, and EMC's Remote Data Facility (SRDF) will provide open systems users with a business continuance solution by enabling remote, real-time mirroring of data.
  • First Union Corp., the nation's ninth-largest bank holding company, is utilizing Symmetrix ICDA Systems for open applications to enhance the performance of its Oracle database.
  • The company has also introduced Centriplex 2000 enhancements, including a new graphical user interface and SNMP management agent, which will be generally available on June 30.
  • EMC's Epoch Data Manager (EDM) provides fast database and file system backup across the open systems enterprise and is currently shipping.
  • EMC's EEB (Epoch Enterprise Backup) for Solaris is the open systems market's first mainframe-class backup and recovery software product and is currently shipping.

Statistics:

  • The Symmetrix 3000 ICDA systems support up to 32 UNIX servers per system.
  • The systems have more than one terabyte of capacity.
  • The systems support up to 4 GB of cache memory.
  • The EDM provides fast database and file system backup across the open systems enterprise.
  • The EEB (Epoch Enterprise Backup) for Solaris is currently shipping.

Sources:

  • EMC Corporation press release, "EMC Expands Open Systems Product Line, Partners with Database Software Providers", Wednesday, [date not specified].
  • International Data Corporation (IDC), "EMC's New Storage Products and Partnerships Show Understanding of Open Systems Market", [date not specified].
  • First Union Corp., press release, "First Union Utilizes Symmetrix ICDA Systems for Open Applications", [date not specified].
  • Epoch Inc., press release, "Epoch Enterprise Backup for Solaris Now Available", [date not specified].

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