Reducing Bandwidth Utilization by Potentially 99 Percent
SEATTLE, Jan. 28 /-/ -- Isilon(R) Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN), the leader in clustered storage, today announced a partnership with Riverbed Technology, the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS). This alliance, through the Riverbed Technology Alliance (RTA) program, allows Isilon to enable enterprise customers to create next- generation, virtualized data centers using the latest innovations in storage and networking.
Utilizing Isilon's X-Series clustered storage systems in combination with Riverbed Steelhead(R) appliances for wide-area data services, enterprise customers can perform data replication tasks up to 67 times faster while reducing bandwidth utilization by potentially 99 percent. This combined solution enables enterprises to accelerate workflows, reduce data loss and dramatically cut costs, providing state-of-the-art networking and storage infrastructure that - when combined with advancements in high-performance computing - create the foundation for the next-generation data center.
"Through our RTA program, customers are able to take advantage of best-of- breed technologies that are core components of the next-generation data center," said Eric Wolford, Senior vice president of marketing and business development, Riverbed. "Enterprises using Riverbed's Steelhead appliances in combination with Isilon's X-Series are now able to dramatically speed access to critical business information, enabling customers to maximize their data center resources."
"With the introduction of the X-Series, Isilon has further raised the bar in data access by increasing performance up to 60 percent over its previous products," said Brett Goodwin, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development, Isilon Systems. "With the integration of Isilon's X-Series with Riverbed's Steelhead appliances, enterprises can finally eliminate the bottleneck of traditional storage and file transfer systems, thereby realizing the full potential of their next-generation data center."
Riverbed Steelhead appliances integrate seamlessly with Isilon's X-Series clustered storage systems and Isilon's SyncIQ(R) asynchronous data replication software, enabling enterprises to eliminate the performance bottlenecks of traditional storage systems and realize the following benefits:
-- Eliminate data redundancy by consolidating business information into a
single, shared pool of Isilon clustered storage.
-- Decrease WAN consumption by up to 99 percent and enable high-speed
concurrent data access across multiple users and applications.
-- Improve data protection by accelerating backup operations and reducing
data restoration times from days to minutes, dramatically shortening
windows of risk for data loss.
Product and Technology Information
For more information on combining Isilon's X-Series clustered storage systems with Riverbed's Steelhead Appliances, please visit http://www.isilon.com to read a joint white paper from Isilon and Riverbed.
About Isilon Systems
Isilon Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data, enabling enterprises to transform data into information - and information into breakthroughs. Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems combines Isilon's OneFS(R) operating system software with the latest advances in industry-standard hardware to deliver modular, pay-as-you-grow, enterprise- class storage systems. Isilon's clustered storage solutions speed access to critical business information while dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of storing it. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com.
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