I had a fascinating conversation with a company that offers a really cool take on using what you've got: RevStor with its SANware system.
"Administrators can also log on to any node and monitor and control system performance and configuration."

"...perhaps it's time to start rethinking which information and functional architectures are suitable, and RevStor is just one example, albeit a particularly interesting one, of how lateral thinking might redefine what we do and save money in the process."

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Corporate desktops average single-digit CPU utilization and less than 20% storage utilization. Can this unused capacity be put to work for the data center? Revstor says “yes!”
"It uses storage and a fast LAN you already have to create a self-managing backup cluster infrastructure."

"...it is an affordable choice for companies...without busting their budgets"

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Thanks to Sandra Guy of the Sun-Times for this great article.

"I think RevStor has a good bead on the trend of using general-purpose computing infrastructure for robust enterprise storage."

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A great article by Judy Mottl of internetnews.com.

"Bigger enterprises can tap these tools as well, as they have larger network resources, and the more nodes the better when it comes to better performance and reliability," said Reichman. "It can help reduce storage costs as it can take demand and pressure off those more expensive SANs, as long as you use these products for non-mission critical storage."

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Searchstorage.com has done an article on RevStor and SANware with emphasis on user stories.

He [Lee] said in his tests of moving a 1 GB file between two servers using a dedicated 100 Mbps Ethernet connection versus uploading the same 1 GB file to the RevStor network, the RevStor process was "appreciably faster."

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In an article published in this week's eWeek magazine, RevStor was named one of the top 10 technology disruptors for 2008.

"... a breakthrough in accessibility, security and asset utilization."

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The focus of this article is RevStor. Underlining the need for RevStor and SANware are a host of other companies entering the grid/dispersed storage arena.
"...its [RevStor's] approach is extra secure, because file data is chopped up..."

"...files are extremely secure not just from theft or loss but from corruption."

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Deni Connors has written a very nice article about RevStor and SANware.

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RevStor was mentioned on Friday in InfoWorld by Mario Apicella. The article talks about dispersed storage and holds up RevStor as one of the primary players in the distributed storage market.
"You will be surprised to find out how effective disk drives can be when used efficiently."

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Backup is a critical part of any business, but the landscape and needs for backup has changed significantly over the last few years.

RevStor has developed the S³ methodology to help companies approach backup from a comprehensive viewpoint.

Thanks to John Parkinson for his great article in CIO Insight.

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In just under a month, RevStor has signed 4 resellers in the Chicago area and one reseller in Atlanta. "We're very happy with the response we've seen from the reseller community." said Mary Smith, Chief Strategy Officer. "I think resellers are excited about the product, but also like the high margin and recurring revenue stream from selling SANware."

SANware, RevStor's first product was release toward the end of January, 2007. Currently RevStor has over 10 Terabytes under management and the number continues to grow each week.

If you are interested in becoming a reseller please contact Mary Smith, CSO. To download the product for a free evaluation visit our downloads page.

Russ Felker, president and founder of RevStor was interviewed in the latest edition of the Globus Consortium Journal, a publication put out by the group responsible for the Globus Toolkit, a grid computing toolkit out of Argonne National Laboratories.

Thanks to everyone at Globus from RevStor

You can read the full text of the interview here.

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