KOM Networks and EqualLogic partner to deliver an iSCSI archiving solution

The combined solution allowed the customer to simplify the deployment and operation of consolidated storage and take advantage of compliance enabling features such as data authenticity and security.

"KOMworx Hard Disk Archiving solution in combination with EqualLogic iSCSI SAN solution is an innovative collaboration to bring the best of storage technology to the small and medium business market," said Babar Khan, Director of Marketing, KOM Networks. "By adding the KOMworx e-WORM capability to the EqualLogic SAN Solution, customers now have the means to archive data on hard disk in an unalterable format over SANs and achieve compliance."

KOM Networks e-WORM solution transparently archives files to high-performance RAID arrays and other hard disks for long-term data retention. "With KOMworx, customers can simply integrate EqualLogic iSCSI solution into their existing environment with no user modification or system downtime," said Chris Jones, Regional Manager, KOM Networks Middle East. "The e-WORM solution is designed to complement EqualLogic's iSCSI SAN solution, and is fully compatible with Windows Server platforms and Microsoft's storage technologies.

"EqualLogic has created a SAN solution that takes minutes to install instead of hours and allows IT administrators across all vertical industries to take advantage of easy-to-manage, enterprise-class consolidated storage," said Rob Higby, director of product marketing for EqualLogic. "Our iSCSI SAN combined with KOM Networks e-WORM solution, which permanently archives fixed content data on hard disks in an un-alterable format, helps customers not only archive data but also address ever-changing compliance requirements."

KOMworx e-WORM is also embedded in KOM Networks latest product, KOMworx Archive Appliance. The Archive Appliance features the advanced hard disk archiving (e-WORM) and storage management capabilities of KOMworx software, with the reliability of HP ProLiant servers and the power and simplicity of Windows Storage Server 2003 R2. EqualLogic's iSCSI SAN solution is fully supported by the new KOMworx Archive Appliance.

"Customers want a broad choice of Windows-based storage technologies, and KOM Networks' e-WORM combined with EqualLogic iSCSI SAN solutions fit the bill by providing a Windows-based hard disk archiving solution that leverages existing resources and enables compliance," said Dr. Claude Lorenson, group product manager, Storage Technologies at Microsoft Corporation.