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Fri, October 16, 2009
Thu, October 15, 2009 Symantec: Symantec FileStore Delivers Record Results in SPECsfs(R) Test
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - October 15, 2009) - Symantec Corp. (
"We're extremely pleased with the industry leading results and the unparalleled price-performance advantages of Symantec FileStore," said Jeff Reed, vice president of clustered storage at Symantec. "The SPECsfs benchmark demonstrates that FileStore software delivers the high performance today's enterprises need for their cloud storage environments without locking them into an expensive, proprietary hardware infrastructure."
FileStore is a new solution from Symantec that enables organizations to build scalable, high-performance file-based storage services for their enterprise, including private and public clouds. FileStore is designed to scale from entry-level configurations in affordable increments to meet an IT organization's specific needs and budget, and a single FileStore system can support up to 16 storage nodes and more than 2PB of total storage. Organizations can add or remove storage and FileStore nodes dynamically without taking systems offline.
FileStore is currently deployed within Symantec as the file-based storage architecture used to support the company's cloud services, which is the largest SaaS storage environment in the world, with more than 40PB of online storage for more than nine million active users. In addition, FileStore integrates natively with Symantec's leading security and information management solutions, including Symantec NetBackup and Symantec Endpoint Protection. Because these services are run on FileStore nodes, additional server and storage resources for backup and security are not needed; this, in turn, reduces performance bottlenecks while enhancing security and simplifying operations.
About the Benchmark
SPECsfs2008 measures the throughput and response time of NFS and CIFS servers based on workloads that represent the activity of large-scale servers in real customer environments. Results are presented on a graph showing a series of 10 or more load points with operations per second on the X axis and latency on the Y axis. Peak operations per second and a calculation of the overall response time for the entire run are used to summarize results.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on [ www.spec.org ] as of October 15, 2009. The performance comparison referenced above is based on the speed and request-handling capabilities of file servers utilizing the NFSv3 protocols. For the latest SPECsfs® benchmark results, visit [ www.spec.org/sfs2008 ].
Additional Resources
- [ Click to Tweet ]: @Symantec delivers cloud architecture and cost structures to enterprise and public storage environments. [ http://bit.ly/stpZT ]
- See additional Symantec FileStore materials in our [ online press kit ]
- Access the FileStore presentation on [ Slideshare.net ]
- Listen to songs about the cloud on our [ Blip.fm playlist ]
- See the locations of Symantec's data centers on [ Google Maps ]
- Download an [ infographic ] about the leading providers of cloud storage
- Visit links to Symantec cloud computing [ advisory guide ] or [ podcasts ]
About Storage from Symantec
Symantec helps organizations secure and manage their information-driven world with [ storage management ], [ email archiving ], [ backup & recovery ] solutions.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at [ www.symantec.com ].
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