Storage Device Compatibility

You can pool any of the popular disk subsystems, disk arrays and disk drives under DataCore storage virtualization software, mixing and matching at will

The physical storage resources under the control of the DataCore software may consist of internal drives, direct-attached arrays and SAN-attached disk subsystems connected to the DataCore nodes (standard Windows servers). The storage virtualization software automatically bridges between the native disk interface of the device to the SAN protocol through which the hosts connect. For example, capacity from a direct-attached SAS disk array will be presented to the hosts as virtual disks accessible via iSCSI and/or Fibre Channel . The software supports heterogeneous mix of storage devices potentially consisting of dissimilar models and brands, each with different disk interfaces, capacities, RAID levels, densities, rotational speeds and performance characteristics.

Because the DataCore software runs on top of the Windows Server operating system, it can manage any block storage device supported by a Windows driver. Essentially, the DataCore node appears to be a standard host connected to the disks.

Note: Only block storage devices are supported in the physical pool. The DataCore software does not provide file system services. However, file servers and NAS heads/gateways may get their disks from the virtual storage pool controlled by the DataCore software.