DataCore Software
Encyclopedia
DataCore Software is an independent software vendor specializing in storage virtualization
, storage management, and storage networking
. Founded in 1998, the privately-held firm operates global sales, support and service from headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale
, Florida
along with worldwide subsidiaries and distribution partners. The company's main software product is its SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor
.
and Flagship Ventures in January, 1999. DataCore received $30 million of venture capital investment on May, 2008 from Insight Ventures and Updata Partners.
and virtualization software enables datacenters to use existing equipment and conventional storage devices to achieve the robust and responsive shared storage environment necessary to support highly dynamic virtual IT environments. SANsymphony-V software solves difficult storage-related challenges introduced by server and desktop virtualization
, cloud computing
and more general expansion, business continuity
, and disaster recovery
initiatives. It forms an active, transparent virtualization layer across disk storage devices to maximize the availability, performance and utilization of data centers of all sizes. The integrated set of centrally-managed data protection, provisioning
, caching
, replication
and migration
functions operates uniformly over different models and brands, assimilating current and future equipment non-disruptively. SANsymphony-V speeds up applications, delivers uninterrupted data access and extends the life of tiered storage investments.
Storage Virtualization
Storage virtualization or storage virtualisation is a concept and term used within computer science. Specifically, storage systems may use virtualization concepts as a tool to enable better functionality and more advanced features within the storage system.Broadly speaking, a 'storage system' is...
, storage management, and storage networking
Storage area network
A storage area network is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. SANs are primarily used to make storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers so that the devices appear like locally attached devices...
. Founded in 1998, the privately-held firm operates global sales, support and service from headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
along with worldwide subsidiaries and distribution partners. The company's main software product is its SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor
Storage hypervisor
In computing, a storage hypervisor is a portable software program that runs on a physical hardware platform, on a virtual machine, inside a hypervisor OS or in all three places. It may co-reside with virtual machine supervisors or have exclusive control of its platform...
.
History
DataCore was founded on February 4, 1998 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The original team of 12 employees had previously designed and pioneered high-end storage subsystems at Encore Computer. The company was formed with the vision of building portable storage virtualization software to manage and control storage resources and insulate users and applications from storage-related disruptions. The original team worked without pay throughout 1998 before receiving nearly 8 million dollars from angel investors and venture capital firms NEANew Enterprise Associates
New Enterprise Associates is a global investment firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments. With approximately $11 billion in committed capital, NEA is among the largest venture firms. The firm invests in three broad industry sectors: information technology, healthcare, and...
and Flagship Ventures in January, 1999. DataCore received $30 million of venture capital investment on May, 2008 from Insight Ventures and Updata Partners.
SANsymphony-V Release 8.0 [January 31, 2011]
After two years in development, DataCore released SANsymphony-V on January 31, 2011. SANsymphony-V storage hypervisorStorage hypervisor
In computing, a storage hypervisor is a portable software program that runs on a physical hardware platform, on a virtual machine, inside a hypervisor OS or in all three places. It may co-reside with virtual machine supervisors or have exclusive control of its platform...
and virtualization software enables datacenters to use existing equipment and conventional storage devices to achieve the robust and responsive shared storage environment necessary to support highly dynamic virtual IT environments. SANsymphony-V software solves difficult storage-related challenges introduced by server and desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization , as a concept, separates a personal computer desktop environment from a physical machine using the client–server model of computing....
, cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
and more general expansion, business continuity
Business continuity
Business continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions. These activities include many daily chores such as project management,...
, and disaster recovery
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
initiatives. It forms an active, transparent virtualization layer across disk storage devices to maximize the availability, performance and utilization of data centers of all sizes. The integrated set of centrally-managed data protection, provisioning
Provisioning
In telecommunication, provisioning is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide services to its users. In NS/EP telecommunications services, "provisioning" equates to "initiation" and includes altering the state of an existing priority service or capability.In a...
, caching
Cache
In computer engineering, a cache is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere...
, replication
Replication (computer science)
Replication is the process of sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility. It could be data replication if the same data is stored on multiple storage devices, or...
and migration
Data migration
Data migration is the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems. Data migration is usually performed programmatically to achieve an automated migration, freeing up human resources from tedious tasks...
functions operates uniformly over different models and brands, assimilating current and future equipment non-disruptively. SANsymphony-V speeds up applications, delivers uninterrupted data access and extends the life of tiered storage investments.