BIOLOGY

Addressing the industry's demand for high-performance and high-availability storage solutions for mission-critical applications, Dot Hill Systems Corp., a market leader in enterprise-quality entry-level storage solutions, and FalconStor Software, a leading developer of network storage software solutions, today announced that the Dot Hill SANnet II line of storage systems has been certified with FalconStor's IPStor Enterprise Edition and VirtualTape Library (VTL) software. These certifications help ensure that customers can obtain comprehensive data protection for storage area network (SAN) solutions by deploying the companies' products together to address rapid recovery needs and shrinking backup windows, as well as the simplification and scalability of the entire backup and recovery process. "FalconStor is working with Dot Hill, via the certifications, to present greater benefits to customers by promoting superior interoperability in the storage solutions we each bring to the marketplace, with an emphasis on business continuity and high data availability," said Bernie Wu, vice president of business development at FalconStor. "Today's announcement further supports our commitment to high-value, customer-focused, enterprise-wide storage solutions by FalconStor technology with world-class hardware." With uptime tested and proven at 99.9998+ percent, SANnet II delivers the highest level of availability. SANnet II gives customers a rugged, scalable external storage solution with high-speed FC connections, a compact 2U enclosure, NEBS Level 3 certification, and AC or DC power options. "By certifying our products with leaders like FalconStor, Dot Hill can continue to alleviate challenges that our customers face and allow us to provide faster and more efficient ways to store and recover data within their storage networks," said Mike Heumann, vice president of marketing for Dot Hill. "Our relationship with FalconStor is another example of how Dot Hill aims to make it as easy as possible for its customers to fulfill their storage needs."