Computer Dynamics of Japan OEM of Dot Hill

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has signed an OEM agreement with Nippon Computer Dynamics Co., Ltd, a storage solution provider in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, Computer Dynamics will sell solutions based on Dot Hill’s iSN storage virtualization software and the company’s line of 3000 Series storage arrays.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Computer Dynamics delivers storage solutions including RAID arrays, switches and tape libraries. For more than 28 years, Computer Dynamics has been providing cutting-edge storage and storage networking products to many industry sectors in Japan, including education, government, broadcasting, manufacturing, finance, and oil & gas.

"Given the price/performance leadership of the 3000 Series and the company’s richly featured storage virtualization software, Dot Hill was the logical storage partner for Computer Dynamics," said Hiro Sakamoto, president, Computer Dynamics. "Dot Hill allows us to deliver highly scalable, high performance SAN storage and a broad range of advanced management and virtualization features to our diverse customer base."

"With more than two decades of storage expertise and an extensive footprint in the Japanese market, Computer Dynamics is well equipped to leverage Dot Hill innovation to address the storage challenges of its IT customers," said Garrett Wein, vice president worldwide OEM sales, Dot Hill Systems. "Dot Hill storage virtualization allows Computer Dynamics to deliver unified storage management and disaster recovery solutions for mixed storage environments and provides cross-platform features regardless of storage vendor platform or vintage. With the ability to manage storage as a single pool through its virtualization and DR capabilities, Dot Hill iSN makes it easier for IT managers to standardize storage management and processes."

Based on a powerful, flexible virtualization engine, Dot Hill iSN solutions offer a set of features such as thin provisioning, snapshots, replication, migration and storage tiering. Dot Hill iSN can provision both Fibre Channel, NAS and iSCSI protocols and present file and block services simultaneously while scaling up to 6 petabytes (6PB) of storage capacity. Dot Hill iSN software can be loaded onto standard x86 hardware servers and is readily integrated into existing environments and is highly configurable to meet OEMs’ diverse requirements, enabling partners to create and market their own unique branded solutions.

Dot Hill’s next-generation 3000 Series of RAID arrays offers support for 8Gb Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), 10Gb iSCSI SANs, and dual interface 8Gb Fibre Channel/1Gb iSCSI SANs, along with optional Dot Hill AssuredRemote data management software for remote replication, AssuredCopy volume copy technology which enables the creation of independent data volume copies for additional data protection, and Dot Hill’s AssuredSnap snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity.

Dot Hill 3000 Series storage arrays are customized by partners and customers to meet varying performance, capacity, and other specific business requirements. Dot Hill storage arrays are equipped with energy-saving features including Dot Hill’s patented EcoStor ‘green’ battery-free alternative for cache memory, drive spin-down and DC power options. Dot Hill storage solutions scale to support up to 144 SAS, near-line SAS, SSD and SATA disk drives, totaling up to 192 terabytes of capacity based on today’s 2 TB disk drive capacities, and feature a 2U 12 or 24-drive rack-mount footprint.