StorHouse Features and Benefits

• Virtualizes (abstracts) the storage hierarchy, which can include industry-leading RAID, MAID, tape, and optical

• Scales to petabytes of managed data to accommodate enterprise-wide system growth

• Provides direct, record- and row-level access to data from all StorHouse-managed media, including tape

• Manages removable volumes and MAID to minimize volume access delays and reduce library and drive operations that would otherwise lead to failures

• Uses a disk performance buffer that enables fast access to the most frequently accessed data and provides extremely fast ingest rates

• Supports data duplexing to separate libraries and media types for high availability, data protection, and load balancing

• Provides automated backup, recovery, retention, and replication between StorHouse systems for disaster recovery support

• Manages data migration up and down a hierarchy of storage while providing full data access

• Supports Call Home error detection and reporting, logging, and remote access to enable 24x7x365 proactive customer support and maintenance

• Supports transparent connectivity with Oracle®, SQL Server 7.0, and IBM DB2 UDB

• Provides an IP interface available to most platforms, including z/OS

• Optimizes media usage, response time, and storage costs for each application

• Provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for performance monitoring and system and database administration

• Runs on Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX platforms

StorHouse integrates storage and data management into one complete solution to deliver available access, reliable service, unlimited storage capacity, and enhanced business value.

Reduces total cost of ownership. StorHouse is the most cost-effective solution on the market today in terms of price versus performance. It lowers IT expenses by reducing storage infrastructure costs and automating many burdensome system and database administration tasks. You store more and spend less while accessing deep, valuable information on demand.

Protects investments in current IT hardware and software. StorHouse complements rather than replaces your current IT systems. It integrates smoothly with merchant databases, such as Oracle, IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB), and Microsoft Sequel Server 7.0. Plus it can share a variety of pre-installed automated tape libraries with other applications.

Provides a built-in technology growth path. StorHouse insulates applications from technology changes by accepting new storage devices dynamically as they become available. With StorHouse, enterprise applications will always benefit from the best and most current storage technologies.

Enables new customer insight and business model development. StorHouse increases the value of existing IT applications and enables the deployment of new ones that were previously deemed cost-prohibitive. This means you can make better decisions based on (1) access to more online data and (2) innovative ways of using that data to promote current and new business objectives.