Dell, Microsoft launch ‘unified storage’ Dell PowerVault NX1950

• Dell and Microsoft have joined forces to debut the first integrated hardware and software system based on Microsoft’s Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, the latest addition to Microsoft’s family of storage-specific operating systems.
• The resulting product is the Dell PowerVault NX1950, which is a hybrid, or unified storage, system that supports both file- and block-level I/O. Prices start at less than $20,000.
• The PowerVault NX1950 with Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 does pack a lot of storage management software and capacity into a small price point. The system can be used to store files and blocks of application data, operates in CIFS and NFS environments, and features a redundant architecture, multi-node cluster configurations, file- and block-level snapshots, and local and remote replication.

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