Many imaging and fixed content
applications need the security of unalterable storage. Whether the
requirement is the myriad of government regulations or internal
corporate governance practices, data needs to be safe from manipulation.
In addition the capability to store the data in a protected state,
the Express Stor Compliance Edition provides a robust feature set
that assists in collecting data from source systems on the network
and creating archive versions of the data on optical media. Optional
support allows the use of jukeboxes and duplication equipment to
automate the archive process.
NAS solutions offer the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of
all storage technologies. The ease of installation and simple, yet
high function, user interface saves money and time throughout the
product life cycle. MDI's unique enhancements differentiate the
Express Stor in flexibility and reliability. The performance of
an Express Stor NAS is approximately 20% greater than a comparably
configured file server because the operating system is streamlined
to support files services as opposed to general purpose applications.
Express Stor Compliance Edition features true Write Once storage
on high powered RAID storage. In collaboration with Point Software,
MDI has created a fully integrated WORM file system within the Express
Stor. Solutions are available in base usable capacities from 500GB
to 9TBs. A broad range of products provide solutions for departmental
to enterprise data centers with most models offering expansion to
several times the base capacity.
MDI Express Stor solutions are designed to be the focal point for
the data protection strategy for an application or an entire organization.
In addition to the Write once feature of the Compliance Edition,
MDI appliances can also provide iSCSI support enabling the system
to be a Unified Storage Solution, supporting both NAS and IP-SAN
functionality. Fully compatible and tested with a wide variety of
backup and replication options, Express Stor can be configured to
bring ease of use and simplicity of data management to many storage
environments.
