Cirrus Data Awarded Third Patent for Speeding Data Center Migrations

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Cirrus Data Awarded Third Patent for Speeding Data Center Migrations

Cirrus Data Awarded Third Patent for Speeding Data Center Migrations

Aug 28, 2015

NEW YORK – August 27, 2015 – Cirrus Data Solutions, a provider of data migration appliances that reduce costs for storage networks (SANs), today announced it has been awarded its 3rd patent to date for its revolutionary Transparent Datapath Intercept technology. TDI eliminates the complexity and interruption to business when deploying storage management applications.

TDI allows data centers to conduct all types of data migration schemes – from local storage refresh, local to remote, legacy to cloud, and other storage practices – without the need to halt operations or make configuration changes to any servers, switches or storage.

In essence, TDI allows Cirrus Data appliances, which can perform data migration and caching, to be added on-the-fly in a live production environment in a matter of minutes without having to make wholesale changes to the data center environment.

The new patent in effect for TDI was issued by the US Patent Office (#9,077,752) for host-side interception, defined as “Systems, apparatus, and methods for identifying stored data that may be accessed by a host entity and providing data management services.”

This Cirrus Data patent extends the coverage of the TDI invention to host-side intercept, with all the protocols covered in the previous patents. In addition, this patent also covers the configuration where vSAN, or Virtual Fabric capable switches, can be used for increasing the fan-in/fan-out ratio. This increases the efficiency of the Nexus to allow one-to-many intercept, meaning a single nexus can be used to intercept multiple links.

With the host-side intercept, and the one-to-many configuration, a single pair of Cirrus Data appliances with few Nexus can be used to intercept a large environment with many storage links.

Frequently the number of storage paths provided by these links is not present for performance reasons, but rather appear due to simplified redundancy configuration. By consolidating the paths transparently, the system can be intercepted by reducing the over redundant paths without performance degradation and without introducing risk.

Cirrus Data products include Data Migration Server (DMS), a simple in-line solution that addresses large-scale migration projects under tight deadlines. DMS eliminates both the need for downtime and the load placed on virtual machines associated with migrating from their legacy locations and can be throttled so that there is no effect on production.

“All of our products take full advantage of TDI, which allows database administrators and  service providers the ability to quickly install and remove our appliances in a live production environment with zero installation downtime,” says Wayne Lam, CEO of Cirrus Data.

About Cirrus Data Solutions Inc.

Based in Syosset, NY, Cirrus Data was founded August 2011 by a team of data storage experts each with over 20 years of experience and specializing in supplying plug-and-play SAN-based data storage solutions requiring zero changes to existing infrastructure.

Its software appliances are sold/licensed through a network of partners including Cognizant, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM and Datalink. For more information visit https://www.cirrusdata.com/ or email info@cirrusdata.com.

Cirrus Data Solutions, Data Caching Server and Transparent Data Interception are trademarks of Cirrus Data Solutions, Inc. in the US and other countries.  All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

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Cirrus Data Solutions Inc. (CDS) is a leader in the block data mobility technology and services market for global enterprises. The company distributes its solutions through systems integrators, managed service providers, channel resellers, and partners, including HPE, IBM, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Hitachi, NetApp, Pure Storage, Infinidat, AEBS, AHEAD, CDW, ConvergeOne, Logicalis, SHI, Park Place, Presidio, ePlus, Insight, Computacenter, Sirius, WWT and many others. Cirrus works closely with Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), including Accenture, HCL, Kyndryl, TCS, Capgemini, and others. The company’s flagship data mobility-as-a-service offering, Cirrus Migrate Cloud, is available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, and Oracle Cloud Marketplace. CDS is headquartered in Syosset, New York, with support centers in Dublin, Ireland, and Nanjing, China, with sales and support offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Denver, London, Melbourne, Munich, and Tampa. For more information, visit CDS online at www.cirrusdata.com.

Cirrus Data Solutions Inc. (CDS) is a leader in the block data mobility technology and services market for global enterprises. The company distributes its solutions through systems integrators, managed service providers, channel resellers, and partners, including HPE, IBM, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Hitachi, NetApp, Pure Storage, Infinidat, AEBS, AHEAD, CDW, ConvergeOne, Logicalis, SHI, Park Place, Presidio, ePlus, Insight, Computacenter, Sirius, WWT and many others. Cirrus works closely with Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), including Accenture, HCL, Kyndryl, TCS, Capgemini, and others. The company’s flagship data mobility-as-a-service offering, Cirrus Migrate Cloud, is available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, and Oracle Cloud Marketplace. CDS is headquartered in Syosset, New York, with support centers in Dublin, Ireland, and Nanjing, China, with sales and support offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Denver, London, Melbourne, Munich, and Tampa. For more information, visit CDS online at www.cirrusdata.com.

Cirrus Data Solutions Inc. (CDS) is a leader in the block data mobility technology and services market for global enterprises. The company distributes its solutions through systems integrators, managed service providers, channel resellers, and partners, including HPE, IBM, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Hitachi, NetApp, Pure Storage, Infinidat, AEBS, AHEAD, CDW, ConvergeOne, Logicalis, SHI, Park Place, Presidio, ePlus, Insight, Computacenter, Sirius, WWT and many others. Cirrus works closely with Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), including Accenture, HCL, Kyndryl, TCS, Capgemini, and others. The company’s flagship data mobility-as-a-service offering, Cirrus Migrate Cloud, is available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, and Oracle Cloud Marketplace. CDS is headquartered in Syosset, New York, with support centers in Dublin, Ireland, and Nanjing, China, with sales and support offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Denver, London, Melbourne, Munich, and Tampa. For more information, visit CDS online at www.cirrusdata.com.