EMC SANXtender (SANx) provides transparent application access to data on the SAN. With support for leading fiber channel hardware, EMC SANXtender provides tight integration with EMC DiskXtender for intelligent, automated management of SAN-stored data, including archived e-mail; and automatic detection of intelligent SAN switches and routers enterprise flexibility for diverse media types - extending SAN to Optical, WORM, DVD and CD, as well as disc and tape.

With EMC SANXtender, you can:

Offload storage traffic from the LAN

Maximize server performance

Ensure effective utilization of existing SAN resource
    through intelligent load-balancing of switches and
    routers

Reduce the total cost of ownership of SAN-stored data

Accelerate backup and recovery processes

Ease the transition from LAN/server-based storage to
    SAN storage through phased SAN deployment from the
    network, to the web and to the desktop

Features and Benefits

Serverless Data Movement
EMC SANXtender offloads data traffic from the LAN by providing serverless data movement from device to device within the SAN. Serverless data movement also minimizes server overhead, which allows each server to serve more clients with higher throughput. Servers can retrieve SAN data with minimal LAN impact, by passing low volume metadata via the LAN and high-volume data via the SAN. EMC SANXtender allows applications to directly access data from SAN devices.

Reduces Backup Windows and Recovery Times
In conjunction with Oracle's RMAN feature, DXDB enables backups at disc speed, while dramatically decreasing recovery times (in many cases from days to hours).

Tight Integration with EMC DiskXtender
EMC SANXtender brings all of the benefits of EMC DiskXtender to a SAN environment, including infinite storage capacity, enterprise scalability and reduced cost of data management. EMC DiskXtender combined with EMC SANXtender provides flexible movement rules, automated scheduling and device administration for SAN environments and enables easy and transparent retrieval of data from any storage device.

Automatic Detection and Intelligent Utilization of SAN Resources
EMC SANXtender eases administration by automatically discovering intelligent routers and switches added to the SAN. EMC SANXtender also intelligently manages load balancing between devices in multi-switch or multi-router environments, to ensure effective utilization of resources and to maximize SAN performance.

Support for Storage Virtualization and Virtual Volumes
EMC SANXtender supports partitioned, segmented and striped volumes. Applications and users access data at SAN speed, without wasting application I/O on "finding" the data within the SAN. EMC SANXtender has been designed to take advantage of full SAN virtualization as it is developed, allowing the SAN to act as a virtual storage pool for the entire enterprise.

Support for Diverse Media and Device Types
Only SANx allows you to harness the power of the SAN for devices and media beyond disc and tape. This helps leverage your existing investment in storage devices and media, and allows you to use the most cost-effective storage media to meet the unique needs of your organization - Disc, Optical, WORM, Tape, DVD-RAM or CD-ROM.