A Scalable Data Storage Strategy for Regulatory
Compliance - page 2
Using StorHouse
For Fixed Content Files The StorHouse
file system interface enables non-relational, fixed content applications
to benefit from the StorHouse storage hierarchy. With this interface,
healthcare applications can use StorHouse to store and retrieve a virtually
unlimited number of files (for example, electronic images) without the
resource dominating requirements of traditional data storage solutions
such as hierarchical storage management (HSM) systems.
The StorHouse file
system interface works as follows. StorHouse presents itself to a client
host as a remote volume, or drive. Applications use this drive, or virtual
file system, as the storage location for fixed content data. The virtual
file system is simply a mount point or shared drive. To an application,
it looks like any other available disk or drive.
Applications store and access files on StorHouse through standard file
I/O methods supported by their platform's operating system (for example,
NFS, NTFS, and CIFS). This results in a transparent, seamless solution
that can be rapidly deployed into production with easy-to-use tools. Figure
2, for example, illustrates StorHouse's user-friendly interface.
Figure
2 - StorHouse Administration Interface
Summary
StorHouse is a trusted technology solution that healthcare companies can
use to overcome the data storage and management challenges resulting from
government legislation and legal requirements. StorHouse's built-in technology
growth path ensures that healthcare companies can always satisfy enterprise
information requirements efficiently and economically.
