#Lenovo ’s new #DX8200D software-defined storage ( #SDS ) appliance with #DataCore’ s #SANsymphony is interesting technologically but also underscores the workings of the Lenovo Data Center Group’s ( #DCG ) partner strategy. In essence, Lenovo designed the DX8200D to exploit the capabilities of existing SAN arrays by virtualizing and pooling heterogeneous storage assets. Lenovo calls the new solution a “pre-integrated turnkey appliance” and noted that its centralized interface supports data protection, replication, de-duplication, compression, and other enterprise storage capabilities at a much lower price point and with less complexity than traditional solutions. As such, Lenovo customers can use the DX8200D to efficiently scale their storage infrastructures, increase the life/ ease the replacement of existing assets and simplify the transition to SDS. Based on Lenovo’s System x3650 M5 server, the DX8200D is designed to deliver exceptional response times, availability and utilization. Lenovo and DataCore also said they will work together to pre-test appliances in order to reduce deployment risks and increase time-to-value. Who are the target customers for the DX8200D? Mainly medium to large enterprises with existing heterogeneous storage infrastructures. Organizations in education, healthcare, industrial and the public sector should find the solution particularly valuable. Along with its SDS capabilities, the DX8200D is a good choice for accelerating analytics, CRM, ERP and transactional workloads, as well as for supporting business continuity and disaster recovery processes.
http://techspective.net/2017/03/28/lenovo-datacore-partnering-make-sds-simple-affordable/
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