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StorHouse/SM

Providing scalable, reliable storage and access management for the lifetime of enterprise-wide data

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StorHouse/SM, the cornerstone of FileTek's StorHouse® family of products, is comprehensive storage and access management software specifically designed to administer massive amounts of structured and unstructured fixed content, historical data, and their associated backups. The software manages storage allocations and administration for all StorHouse data, regardless of the archive method (relational, file system, API, etc.).

StorHouse/SM uniquely virtualizes and abstracts an automatically managed, multi-layered hierarchy of storage devices that can include always-spinning SCSI and SATA RAID, MAID, and tape in automated libraries to provide a single view of storage to client applications. Because of this virtualization, users never need to be concerned about where data resides.

Figure 1 illustrates the StorHouse/SM architecture.

Figure 1: StorHouse Architecture

FileTek designed StorHouse/SM to satisfy different enterprise requirements for storage, performance, cost, information lifecycle management (ILM), and regulatory compliance. The software provides file and media management features and unrivaled data accessibility and availability.

Managing StorHouse Media
StorHouse/SM includes specialized Volume Allocation and Control (VSACTM) software for managing all layers of the virtual hierarchy. VSAC supports user-configurable volume sets, or pools of storage resources, that group data according to specific access and aging patterns. Volume sets define storage allocation parameters, including device and media types. They can be:

• Migrated, or moved, to different layers in the virtual hierarchy to more closely align the value of data with the cost of storage

• Deleted as a group to minimize administration overhead

• Physically exported to another StorHouse system or to off-site storage for disaster preparedness.

During operation, VSAC tracks available space, chooses appropriate volumes, and automatically allocates or de-allocates the required physical storage to satisfy different application requirements. The software manages storage allocations transparently to insulate applications from the devices they use.

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