The document is a datasheet for SANsymphony-V storage virtualization software. It forms a transparent virtualization layer across different storage devices to maximize availability, performance, and utilization. It provides features like data protection, provisioning, caching, replication, and migration that operate uniformly over various storage brands. The software solves challenges introduced by server virtualization, cloud computing, and other IT initiatives.

1. DATASHEET
SANsymphony™-V
Storage Virtualization Software
Infrastructure-wide features work across
unlike and incompatible storage devices
SANsymphony-V software solves difficult storage-related challenges introduced
by server and desktop virtualization, cloud computing, general expansion,
business continuity, and disaster recovery initiatives. It forms an active,
transparent virtualization layer across disk storage devices to maximize the
availability, performance and utilization of data centers large and small.
• Makes business continuity
Solution Highlights
and disaster recovery The integrated set of centrally-managed data protection, provisioning,
practical for virtual servers, caching, replication and migration functions operates uniformly over
virtual desktops and different models and brands, assimilating current and future equipment
general IT consolidation non-disruptively. You’ll find that SANsymphony-V cost-effectively speeds
up applications, delivers uninterrupted data access and extends the life
• Eliminates storage-related
of your tiered storage investments, while giving you peace of mind.
disruptions due to
inevitable maintenance,
reconfiguration, upgrades,
expansion and failures
Features at-a-Glance
• Speeds up application
performance by removing
disk I/O bottlenecks
• Maximizes use of
available disk capacity
• Centralizes and automates
storage administration
despite variations
in equipment

2. Compatibility
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• Internal disk drives
Storage Manufacturers Host Operating Disk Packaging Supported
All of the popular disk manufacturers • Microsoft Windows Server • External JBODs
Supported Systems Supported
are supported including: 2008 R2, 2003 and 2000
• External storage systems
• Dell • Microsoft Windows 7 and XP
• Solid State Disks
• EMC • Apple MacOS X
• Fujitsu-Siemens • Unix
• Fusion-IO • HP-UX Direct-attached and
Disk Interfaces Supported
SAN-based connections
• Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) • IBM AIX
• SAS
• HP • Sun Solaris
• SATA
• IBM • RedHat Linux
• iSCSI
• LSI • SUSE Linux
• Fibre Channel & FCoE
• NetApp
• Oracle (Sun)
• VMware ESX, vSphere
Hypervisors Supported
• Promise • Synchronous mirroring between
Network Compatibility
• Microsoft Hyper-V on nodes over iSCSI and FC connections
• Seagate Windows Server 2008 R2
• Asynchronous remote replication
• XioTech • Citrix XenServer over IP LANs, MANs and WANs
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Prerequisites
Main
Datacenter
BUILDING 1 BUILDING 2
Virtual
Desktops
Disaster Recovery Site
Virtual
Servers
iSCSI, FCoE,
SHARED FIBRE CHANNEL SAN
VIRTUAL DISKS
Caching Caching
Synchronous Asynchronous
Mirroring Replication
STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION LAYER
Up to
100 Km
AUTO-TIERING ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE DEVICES
For additional information, SATA, SAS, SSD, ISCSI, FC, ETC.
please visit: www.datacore.com
or e-mail: info@datacore.com
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