Reading, UK, 30 June 2009 - DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualisation, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that together with DataCore's trained and accredited partner, Vcentral, they have installed SANmelody™ as the storage area network (SAN) virtual infrastructure at FUJIFILM UK.

"Consolidation was becoming increasingly necessary to stem the pressure on the team having to backup, manage and ultimately move redundant servers." stated Manish Amriwala, Network and Desktop support team manager, FUJIFILM UK. "We needed a dedicated SAN and virtualised servers that would accommodate our growth and transition us from the restrictions of disk space provided by Direct Attached Storage."

After considering the results of a full cost of ownership report provided by Vcentral which predicted that FUJIFILM UK could have an effective, robust virtualised environment using only 2/3rd of the hardware whilst also providing a watertight Disaster Recovery solution, FUJIFILM UK adopted three DataCore SANmelody 2.0 Fibre Channel SANs running on HP ML370 G5 machines with 12 x 146Gb SAS disks on each machine. Two SANmelody servers act as identical mirrors in active mode; and one being located in a separate DR site 5 miles from the main datacentre connected using a 10Mb LAN Extension link. In this configuration, SANmelody robustly supports the four VMware servers and twelve virtual servers and applications running on the network and provides a full Disaster Recovery solution.

Rollout commenced since March 2008 and within 2 months all major applications were transferred onto the 12 virtual servers. The network carries 3,4 TB or 1.7TB mirrored of data with a further 50% expansion remaining available. Installation was a seamless and relatively painless process notes Manish, "Within just 2-3 hours we had an operational business continuity and disaster recovery solution up and running. Now maintenance and allocating storage is much easier - using SANmelody in a mirrored configuration, patches and new applications and servers can be easily uploaded; as one SANmelody box can be taken down without any interruption to business applications as the other SANmelody takes over"

Plus there have been notable financial benefits in terms of cost savings managing the new virtualised datacentre environment. The team have equated the reduction of costs for the entire virtualisation campaign to being that of around £50,000 - £80,00 per annum in terms of reduction of man days for management and maintenance.

"What FUJIFILM UK together with Vcentral have installed is a highly resilient, cost-effective, stable onsite SAN solution that has allowed for full disaster recovery - and they are reaping the benefits of a hardware agnostic, flexible and "portable" software solution." commented Keith Joseph, Regional Manager, DataCore Software.

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About Vcentral:
Vcentral specialise in the design and delivery of innovative business solutions which help organisations streamline processes, optimise existing assets and save money. By providing vendor independent advice and expertise in all areas of virtualisation, from desktops and their applications, to servers and storage, Vcentral tailor solutions to meet the individual requirements and budgets of today's enterprise. Working with Vcentral our customers are finding new ways of empowering technology for high profile projects such as business continuity and desktop management, to improve business agility and reduce cost of ownership. For more information visit us at http://www.vcentral.co.uk/.

About DataCore Software:
DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualisation SAN software, fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of hardware independence. DataCore lowers the cost and complexity of IT by making storage efficient, fast, flexible, fail-safe and virtual. DataCore's portable storage server software simplifies and automates capacity expansion and centralises storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare operating systems as well as hypervisors from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and other suppliers. DataCore is privately held and its corporate headquarters are in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, call +1 877. 780.5111 or visit www.datacore.com.
DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANmelody are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Corporate Contacts:
Sharon Munday
Account Director, KPR Global
(Representing DataCore Software)
Tel: +44 (0) 1189 745418
Mob: +44 (0) 7787 566382
smunday@kprglobal.com

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