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StarWind Software Releases Major Update to Unbreakable StarWind iSCSI Storage Solution |
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Friday, 21 January 2011 |
StarWind Software Releases Major Update to Unbreakable StarWind iSCSI Storage Solution
New StarWind 5.5 provides built-in heartbeat feature, fast synchronization option and improved performance
Burlington, Mass. – December 1, 2010 - StarWind Software Inc.,
a global leader in storage virtualization and a pioneer in iSCSI
storage, today announced the release of StarWind 5.5, an iSCSI platform
which turns any industry-standard x86 or x64 Windows server into a
fail-safe, fault-tolerant storage device that will be continuously
available even in the event of failure.
With this new release, StarWind is adding the new Heartbeat feature to
its storage management software portfolio to guarantee synchronization
channel stability by controlling synchronization channel loss situation
without an additional network card being implemented. This new feature
solves a single point of failure problem and prevents an isolation mode
by choosing which node stays online serving the client’s requests and
which node is alive but must stop serving until full recovery of
synchronization channel. StarWind new version 5.5 key features include
fast synchronization option for devices with write-back cache mode. This
ensures that after restoring the state of one node failure, data
synchronization will be performed much faster compared to the usual full
synchronization mechanism. Thus recovery process will take less time
than ever before.
“We continue to improve our solution to ensure that StarWind’s customers
get the best value for their money. With this particular release
StarWind made one more step to overtake the leadership in SMB storage
market.“ said StarWind’s CEO Artem Berman.
About StarWind Software Inc.
StarWind Software is a global leader in Storage Virtualization and iSCSI
storage for small and midsize companies. StarWind's flagship product is
a storage virtualization software platform that turns any
industry-standard Windows Server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe iSCSI
SAN. It is designed for use as networked storage for VMware, Hyper-V,
Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint and other
server applications configured in server clusters. StarWind Software is
focused on providing small and midsize companies with affordable high
availability technology which was previously only available in high-end
storage products. The advanced, enterprise-class features include
Synchronous Mirroring with Automated Failover and Failback, Remote
Replication across a WAN, CDP and Snapshots, Thin Provisioning and
Virtual Tape Array (VTA). Since 2003, StarWind has pioneered the iSCSI
industry and has been the solution of choice for over 30,000 global
users in over 100 countries, from small and midsize companies, to
governments, and Fortune 1000 companies. For additional information
regarding StarWind Software, please visit http://www.StarWindSoftware.com.
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