DataCore stretches size of virtual disks to 1 Petabyte DataCore Software is stretching the size of its virtual disks from 2 Terabytes (TBs) to 1 Petabyte (PB).
Demand has also been strong from applications seeking to update and analyze very large datasets that in the foreseeable future will grow well past the 2 TB cap. The pace of DataCore’s noteworthy innovations is indicative of its uniquely extensible software architecture. Unbridled by hardware, DataCore rapidly adapts its storage virtualization products to harness the power of bigger, faster, and cheaper equipment within weeks of the technology becoming generally available. That puts customers in the best position to take advantage of future hardware advancements. The new software release is available immediately. source: http://virtualization.com/news/2009/12/23/datacore-stretches-size-of-virtual-disks-to-1-petabyte/For more info contact interAct: tel: +32 (0)3 870 60 20 datacore@interact.be |
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The huge virtual disk requirement arises from two industry trends. As regards the physical storage pool, clients are eager to group multiple disk drives, each exceeding 1 TB, into Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) sets. With this release, DataCore storage virtualization nodes can control pools consisting of numerous RAID sets, each well over the previous 2 TB maximum.
