PowerFile's hybrid storage appliances fit well within any enterprise that has incorporated a tiered storage strategy. Our systems complement and enhance your investment in primary storage technologies from EMC, NetApp, IBM, HP, and many others. By offloading fixed content to a hybrid storage tier, you can reduce backup windows and increase performance on your high-end production systems – without sacrificing online access or reliability.
The table below compares the hybrid tier to other tiers within the storage infrastructure.
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Tier 1
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Tier 2
|
Hybrid Tier
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| Cost |
$$$$$
|
$$$
|
$
|
| Media Life |
3 years |
3 years
|
50 years
|
| Access Time |
Milliseconds
|
Seconds
|
Seconds
|
| Access Frequency |
Constant
|
Hourly/Daily
|
Weekly/Monthly
|
| Type of Content |
Dynamic
|
Dynamic
|
Fixed
|
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