Storwize at a glance . . .

Storwize, Inc. is the provider of a unique real time storage compression solution that dramatically boost the available storage space in all customer environments. Storwize enables organizations to maximize their current and future investment in their storage infrastructure and at the same time reduce their operations and management costs. The solution, based on a high performance appliance that requires no network changes to an existing environment, provides transparent, real time compression.

Key benefits

2-5 times CAPEX reduction across the entire data storage budget. Substantial consequent IT OPEX gains. Reduced I/O service time resulting in performance enhancement in most cases. Universal, real-time, lossless, direct-access data compression and decompression. Full transparency to any data center/network/storage component. No performance deterioration. Reduced I/O service time (due to compression) improves performance in most cases. No resident file system; appliances are interchangeable with no loss of data. Optional filtering features offer a choice of selective data compression and of running in transparent data mode.