Performance Storage
Amcom Cloud Performance Storage delivers all the benefits of SAN storage, but with a new level of flexibility and scalability for your business at a lower cost.
Performance Storage gives you a scalable solution for all your SAN needs and allows you to choose the level of performance required for each application.
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| Improved efficiency | - Use automation features to optimise storage allocation with less effort and fewer resources
- Scale your storage up or down at short notice
- Never run out of capacity
- Eliminate storage inefficiencies
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| More flexibility | - Choose between four tiered levels of performance, from fast access for specific applications to cost-effective, high density storage for static content
- Define your storage volumes
- Block Attached Volumes or Network File Attached Volumes
- Add snapshots and replication for a complete solution
- Select high-speed IP (NFS, iSCSI and CIFS) or dark fibre connectivity
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| No risk | - Industry-recognised technology, including Virtual SANs on Fibre Channel fabric, Virtual LANs and MPLS for IP Network security
- Exceptional reliability with redundant, hot-swappable components, including disk drives, processors, I/O interfaces, power supplies, batteries, fans and control processors
- Fault-tolerant RAID technology and redundant data paths ensure that there is no single point of failure, virtually eliminating the likelihood of unplanned downtime
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| Reduced costs | - Enjoy the economies of scale that we pass on to you via a predictable, payment-by-consumption model
- Only pay for the storage you use
- Transfer your capital expenditure to operational expenditure immediately and save
- Eliminate the need for expensive in-house hardware, SAN infrastructure and costly upgrades
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| Easy management via 24/7 self-service portal | - Quick and easy functionality to:
- Create volumes by tier
- Set one-off snapshots and snapshots over time to local and remote volumes
- Enable replication between data centres
- Clone volumes
- Enables automatic movement of data while it’s in use, which means no downtime
- Automatically measures and reports storage capacity usage
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| Advanced features & functionality | - Snapshot point-in-time copy technology protects your data with no performance impact and with minimal consumption of storage space, both on remote volumes and on local volumes
- Supports high-load transactional data and static content
- Transparent, virtual copy of your data that can be used for essential operations such as testing and bug-fixing, platform and upgrade checks, multiple simulations against large data sets, remote office testing and staging, and provisioning of server and desktop images
- Enterprise-class business continuity, thanks to tightly integrated clustering solutions and disaster recovery support
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