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NAS news: Boom continues Storage Magazine, April 6, 2005 The numbers are in for the NAS market and, if you're a NAS vendor,
2004 looked pretty good. Last year, the number of NAS units shipped
was up by 25% over 2003. Even more impressive was the number of
terabytes shipped--almost double (99%) year over year.
Rainfinity's NAS virtualization courts ILM: New applications bring pattern analysis to NAS solutions InfoWorld - March 24, 2005 As mentioned before, one of RainStorage's unique capabilities is
that it preserves access during file movements, which means that
storage optimization activities -- a basic pillar of ILM (information
lifecycle management) -- should have little or no impact on users'
productivity. Because of this, RainStorage could become yet another
thread in the gigantic ILM fabric...
Rainfinity Unveils New Application Suite to Support EMC NAS Environments CommsDesign - March 15, 2005 Rainfinity, the first company to optimize storage management with
its Network File Virtualization(TM) (NFV) platform, broadened its
portfolio of offerings with the announcement of RainStorage 4.5.
The new offering can be used to analyze, and optimize networked
storage across EMC's network attached storage (NAS) family of products
including EMC Celerra, EMC Celerra NS Series, and EMC NetWin Windows-based
file servers.
RainStorage IP-Based Storage Performance and Management Platform Datamation - March 15, 2005 Rainfinity, the first company to optimize storage management with
its Network File Virtualization(TM) (NFV) platform, broadened its
portfolio of offerings with the announcement of RainStorage 4.5.
The new offering can be used to analyze, and optimize networked
storage across EMC's network attached storage (NAS) family of products
including EMC Celerra, EMC Celerra NS Series, and EMC NetWin Windows-based
file servers.
EMC sells Rainfinity The Inquirer - March 15, 2005 EMC says Rainfinity's RainStorage 4.5 network file virtualization
product is now available through its Select Program. EMC salespeople
and reseller partners will both sell RainStorage 4.5, which works
with the vendor’s NAS products such as Celerra, NS Series
gateways and NetWin Windows-based file servers. Rainfinity says
RainStorage virtualizes IP-based storage, NAS and file servers,
and provides full read/write access to file-based data.
Rainfinity's RainStorage Available through EMC Select Program InfoWorld - March 15, 2005 Rainfinity today announced that it has joined the EMC Select Program,
and its RainStorage 4.5 product is now available through this program.
Customers can now purchase Rainfinity's RainStorage, the industry-leading
Network File Virtualization(TM) platform, from EMC sales representatives
and channel partners through the EMC Select Program.
Computerwire, March 14th, 2005 Rainfinity Inc has signed a deal which will see EMC Corp resell
its NAS virtualization and migration appliance, opening up the start-up's
channel to market and giving its technology an OEM endorsement.
EMC will resell Rainfinity's RainStorage appliance-based NAS virtualization
system, as part of the EMC Select reselling program. "This
is going to be the year of NAS virtualization, " said Rainfinity
marketing vice president Jack Norris.
SearchStorage.com - March 14, 2005 EMC Corp. announced that Rainfinity's RainStorage 4.5 network file
virtualization product is now available through the EMC Select Program.
Users can buy RainStorage from EMC sales representatives and channel
partners. RainStorage 4.5 will be used with EMC's NAS products,
such as EMC Celerra, EMC Celerra NS Series gateways and EMC NetWin
Windows-based file servers. RainStorage reportedly virtualizes IP-based
storage, NAS and file servers, and provides full read/write access
to file-based data that is being relocated.
DSstar - March 11, 2005 Unless you're a bird, chances are the subject of migration is considered
a large pain. Ask any IT manager. Most likely you'll hear about
how migration is a lot more than flapping wings and heading south.
eWeek - January 10, 2005 Data migration is a big headache for IT managers because it is
time-consuming and typically requires a lot of downtime. Using the
RainStorage 4.0 appliance in tests at eWEEK Labs, however, we could
easily migrate shares between file servers and NAS devices without
downtime.
Computer Technology Review - November 2004 One of the most promising developments is Network File Virtualization
that enables unstructured data management without disrupting end-user
or application access.
SearchStorage.com - October 18, 2004 Rainfinity Inc. today announced that it has ported its file virtualization
software to Network Appliance Inc.'s NearStore system. The software
integrates into the NetApp device to provide capacity, performance
and tiered-storage management capabilities. Rainfinity's tiered-storage
application module allows administrators to pool online and nearline
storage. The modules transparently offload infrequently accessed
data within an online storage tier to nearline storage systems --
in this case to the NearStore product line. NearStore is a disk-based
storage system that combines the Data ONTAP operating system with
ATA disk drives for lower cost archival, backup/recovery, disaster
recovery and compliance.
Byte and Switch - October 18, 2004 SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rainfinity today announced RainStorage 3.0,
the latest iteration of its highly successful RainStorage solution.
RainStorage uniquely combines network file virtualization(TM) with
specific application modules to enable tiered storage management,
performance optimization, capacity management, file server consolidation,
and disaster recovery capabilities. This safe, scalable, easy-to-deploy,
standards-based platform eliminates performance bottlenecks and
capacity issues while enabling continuous end-user and application
access.
eWeek - October 11, 2004 To ease storage management woes associated with capacity overflow,
NetApp and Rainfinity Inc. next week will announce that NetApp's
NearStore product line will support Rainfinity's new storage application
modules. The modules enable administrators to identify, analyze
and resolve bottlenecks within a storage environment without affecting
application usage, said officials at Rainfinity, in San Jose, Calif.
Rainfinity's RainWall will help you ramp up the reliability and efficiency of your Microsoft ISA Server Are there any ISA Servers in your shop? Concerned about your ISA
Server being a single point of failure? Wish that you could easily
scale your ISA Server deployment to handle more requests? If so,
then a load balancing solution such as Rainfinity's RainWall for
Microsoft ISA Server may be just what the IT doctor ordered.
Rainfinity Named As Finalist For Storage World Conference Most Valuable Product Award RainStorage with GridSwitch Recognized for Storage Compliance and
Retention
ILM: Panacea or Proprietary Poison Network Computing Enter GridSwitch, an appliance that is plugged into a set of ports
on your existing switch and brought online when you need to do a
cross-platform migration of your data. A virtual LAN is established
between the network-attached storage platforms and persists until
you shut it off. Files are moved across this VLAN, while the appliance
handles any requests from clients for file access, redirecting them
to the new platform if that's where the files are.
Building blocks for information life-cycle management InfoStor There is no silver bullet for information life-cycle management
yet, but users can begin to build an ILM foundation with existing
products.
Enterprise Systems - August 2004 Consolidation is seen as a top priority by most IT directors, but
understanding of storage consolidation as it relates to file servers
is low. In the first in a two-part discussion, we explore the benefits
and obstacles of server consolidation projects, and explore the
impact on users.
Consolidating NAS pays off Storage Magazine, March 2004 Agere Systems Inc., an integrated circuit manufacturer based in
Allentown, PA, embarked on its current NAS strategy in early 2003
with the goal of consolidating about 20 Unix file servers while
providing 30TB to 40TB of storage capacity. It installed Network
Appliance Inc. (NetApp) filers and used tools from Rainfinity to
move data from its old filers to the new NAS boxes.
Enterprise Systems - March 11, 2004 Networked storage is nothing new, of course—though you might
be amazed by the amount of confusion that persists about it in the
wild. I was reminded about this recently in a phone call with Jack
Norris, Vice President of Marketing for Rainfinity in San Jose,
CA. His company is pushing an interesting product to "facilitate
transparent data movement across IP networks" (see below) and he
reports that some prospective customers are very confused.
SearchStorage.com - March 5, 2004 Rainfinity has added a feature to RainStorage called GridSwitch,
which acts as a layer-2 switch with file system intelligence to
perform transparent data movement.
Techworld - March 4, 2004 Rainfinity has added automation capabilities to its RainStorage
NAS management appliance, allowing it to plug into SRM (storage
resource management) tools. 
Rainfinity Pours on ILM Capability Byte and Switch - March 1, 2004 Rainfinity today announced it is extending the transparent data movement capabilities of its flagship RainStorage solution to address the increasing customer demand for file system information lifecycle management (ILM). Read the Full Story (HTML)  A busy two weeks in storage Network World Fusion - March 1, 2004 Rainfinity announced GridSwitch software last week, which runs on its RainStorage appliance and introduces information lifecycle management capabilities into the storage network. Read the Full Story (HTML) 
Rainfinity Pitches NAS Mover to Software Sellers Daily IT News, Comment and Analysis ~ Issue 4868, March 1 2004 Rainfinity Inc is attempting to open up the market for the NAS data moving appliance it launched last summer by offering API access to software makers that it hopes will use the device as a data moving engine in ILM systems. Read the Full Story (HTML) 
 The building blocks of information life-cycle management January 5, 2004 By treating information life-cycle management as a series of building blocks, companies can improve their storage environment right away, says Jehoshua Bruck, co-founder of Rainfinity and a computer scientist at Cal-Tech. Read the Full Story (HTML) Jehoshua Bruck
Rainfinity Wins Microsoft ‘Security Soluton Of The Year’ At Annual Certified Partner Awards October, 2003 Rainfinity today announced it has been selected as the recipient
of the “Security Solution of the Year” award at the
sixth annual Microsoft Certified Partner Awards in New Orleans last
week. Rainfinity was selected among five leading worldwide solution
providers in the security category by a panel of judges consisting
of international and field partner representatives, Microsoft executives,
product group managers, and partner program managers. Judges for
the prestigious award program reviewed more than 1000 entries submitted
for 16 different categories.
Data migration blues InfoStor August, 2003 One common problem with NAS is migrating data from one filer to
another when a new filer is brought online. How do you avoid downtime?
For clustered solutions, this can be a problem because they do not
scale well. For example, if there are 10 different filers with 10
different mount points, an IT administrator must go to each client
and add all 10 mount points. While it can be laborious for the administrator,
it is also a management problem for users who have to remember which
drive has the requested data. In addition, recognizing a new mount
means filers must be shut down.
Rainfinity bolsters data movement appliance Network World Fusion - July 30, 2003 Start-up Rainfinity this week refreshed its appliance that makes the movement and migration of data between storage devices easier. Called RainStorage, the appliance moves data across the network
between network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
Rainfinity Gets Reinforced Byte & Switch - July 29, 2003 Network security startup Rainfinity is digging its talons deeper
into the storage market with the launch of the second version of
its NAS management appliance.
Rainfinity Airs Appliance to Manage NAS Cleanly InternetNews.com - July 29, 2003 In its salad days, Rainfinity attempted to navigate through a younger, evolving computing market with its Reliable Array of Independent Nodes (RAIN) technology, which was commercialized in the security space. RAIN is a patented clustering technology that was conceived and
developed by a team of Caltech scientists who are among the company's
founders. Though it was first developed for NASA, RAIN ultimately
was doled out to the likes of Symantec and HP, which used it in
security products.
A New Appliance To Manage Storage Appliances Information Week - July 28, 2003 Companies buy network-attached storage because its simple. A NAS
box plugs into an IP-based network and runs like a server, with
much less administration. But add a dozen appliances, with different
file systems, and things are no longer simple.
Rainfinity launches RainStorage 2.0, which adds support for Windows eWeek - July 28, 2003 Clustering Specialist RainFinity Inc. this week will launch RainStorage 2.0, which adds support for Windows, said officials, in San Jose, Calif. Prior versions of the Linux appliance, which is used to limit downtime
for NAS (network-attached storage), worked only with Unix-based
Network File System. The new version works with Common Internet
File System.
The Storage Efficiency Balancing Act InfoWorld - July, 2003 On a daily basis, storage administrators face a seemingly impossible
balancing act: providing end-users with uninterrupted access to
data, while reducing costs. They are also expected to handle the
proliferation of storage, while simultaneously increasing efficiencies
and decreasing end-user downtime. The reality is that neither of
these scenarios is working. Instead, IT departments are being forced
to make difficult trade-offs that are not helping their organizations
achieve what they really want: maximum return on investment (ROI)
from their storage solutions.
Move data without pain InfoWorld - June 20, 2003 Rainfinity's RainStorage appliance is designed for a very specific
purpose: moving data. It allows the admin to transfer files from
one server or NAS to another while maintaining both availability
and ownership/permissions.
The case for network Smarts Storage Magazine, June 2003 Rainfinity, sells a data migration appliance called RainStorage
which allows NAS administrators to do the unthinkable: move data
between NAS devices during the day, without disrupting end users,
says Jack Norris, Rainfinity vice president of marketing. How does
it work? The RainStorage appliance simply sits out-of-band on a
VPN until an administrator initiates a data migration, at which
point it moves in-band, managing copy functions, and transparently
redirecting end-user file requests. When the data movement is done,
RainStorage moves back out-of-band until the next time an administrator
wants to migrate data.
Windows and .NET Magazine - May 16, 2003 Rainfinity's RainConnect provides load balancing and failover redundancy
on networks with two or more ISP connections. You can deploy the
software on a standalone server or on top of ISA Server.
ISA Server.org Software Review - May 6, 2003 "RainWall is a cost effective solution. You get more for less!
That doesn't happen too often. Read more to find out why RainWall
received an ISAServer.org Rating of 5 stars."
ComputerWeekly - April 29, 2003 A Manchester-based service provider claims to have achieved a first-year
return on investment of 60% for one of its clients by using traffic
load-balancing tools to aggregate multiple DSL (fast data over phone
lines) connections. This has provided large amounts of bandwidth
for a much lower price than equivalent leased-line services.
eWeek - April 14, 2003 Rainfinity's RainStorage appliance allows IT managers to easily
migrate data away from overworked NAS devices and onto new and underused
ones. RainStorage appliance greatly increases the manageability
and availability of NAS systems. The appliance also makes NAS resource
management easy for managers, and, more important, it makes upgrades
and migrations seamless for users.  Mainframe Market Monitor, Oct. 2002 Rainfinity rolls out storage appliance for NAS data migration (View Article)
Enterprise Storage Forum Rainfinity today entered the storage management market with RainStorage,
the first plug-and-play appliance to offer uninterrupted data access
while moving data between network attached storage (NAS) devices.
InformationWeek A company called Rainfinity has a storage switch that could make
a NAS infrastructure simpler.
August 2002 A tool that allows enterprises to combine multiple Internet Service
Provider (ISP) connections from different providers to manage the
speed of internet access. It provides load balancing and distributes
traffic among ISPs to ensure continuous internet access.
Internet World, July 2002 The healthcare giant rids a security and uptime headache by utlizing Rainfinity's Rainwall firewall-Failover Technology. (View Article)
Network World - June 17, 2002 Rainfinity last week unveiled updates to two products that they
say will give customers an easy, cost-effective way to protect against
network outages, not only within a data center, but also across
remote locations.
eWeek - June 10, 2002 Rainfinity today sought to bring high availability for network
connections out of the data center and into the hands of small business
users, warehouses, remote offices and partner locations in the latest
releases of its RainWall and RainConnect traffic-shaping tools.
Computing Magazine - May 30, 2002 Network software developer Rainfinity has released a new version of its' RainWall product, aimed at companies looking to maintain continuity of service to the Internet. RainWall 3, which Rainfinity claims is the first product to combine
online firewall-based security with internet connectivity continuity
management, is aimed at large companies that host their own internet
services in-house, or those that need to maintain internet links
to field workers or branch offices.
CIO Magazine - April 15, 2002 Features Harvard Medical School, who uses RainWall software to give its network firewall high-availability performance. (View the full article - PDF)
Fortune Magazine - Monday, March 18, 2002 By Julie Schlosser - You're ordering something from a Website, entering all the necessary data on the screen--name, address, credit card number, and on and on. Just as you're ready to check out, your browser and the Website lose touch. Is your order complete? Will you be charged? Rainfinity makes software to forestall such messes, or at least reduce the agitation they make you feel. (View the full article)
Syllabus Magazine - January, 2002 Like most professional schools, Harvard Medical School’s
relationships extend far beyond its ivy-covered buildings. With
hundreds of medical, dental, and doctoral students, and 15,000 faculty,
medical residents, and fellows spread across 18 affiliated hospitals
and institutions, Harvard has a vested interest in maintaining a
working network that links all of its affiliates.
Accountancy Age - November 1, 2001 Europe's e-businesses don't know whether their customers' online transactions are successful. An Aspect Consulting study for fail-over software developer Rainfinity, found that out of the 100 organisations surveyed, most were too focused on getting customers onto a site and not putting enough effort into keeping them there. Only 53% of European e-businesses tried to monitor the success or failure of online transactions and 60% of these rely on the customer to alert the firm to a failure.
Network News - October 31, 2001 By James Middleton - VNUNET - European e-businesses have no idea
whether their customers' online transactions have been successful
or not, leaving users out in the cold when a problem occurs, research
has revealed. A study of 100 organisations commissioned by fail-over software
developed Rainfinity and carried out by Aspect Consulting, found
the majority were focusing too much on getting customers onto a
site but were not putting enough effort into keeping them there.
(Read more about the findings)
The Raincore API for Clusters of Networking Elements IEEE Internet Computing, September-October, 2001 "The Raincore API for Clusters of Networking Elements" by Charles Fan of Rainfinity and Jehoshua Bruck of the California Institute of Technology. Read the Full Story (PDF) 
The verdict is in! 5 stars for Rainfinity's RainWall Software. Product review by Bemi Dwan. With obvious advantages for a busy 24/7 e-commerce site, RainWall allows mission-critical firewall and VPNs to grow, maintaining high levels of performance and availability. Available for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 and Symantec Enterprise Firewalls, running on Solaris, Linux or NT. (View Article)
Double-Barreled Protection Rainfinity in SC Magazine (included in article, "VPNs Overcoming Remaining Hurdles" by Illena Armstrong) Virtual private networks are becoming increasingly critical links in the enterprise network infrastructure, so much so that greater focus is now being placed on the availability and capacity of these systems. Enterprises are discovering that the encryption technology VPNs use to protect their data stream also greatly increases the load on the server's CPU, and can cut gateway throughput capacity by as much as an order of magnitude. (View Article) 
Building a More Reliable Website Entails Redundancy A Caltech professor is using space technology to serve up "redundant" and reliable websites. By Dylan Tweney June 28, 2001 While websites have made a lot of progress in this area during the past five years, there are still a few critical areas where sites are not yet reliable enough. A Caltech professor and entrepreneur named Shuki Bruck wants to change that, using technology originally designed for space missions to bring redundancy -- and reliability -- to your company's website... (View Article) 
No weak security links by Heather Harrold April 20, 2001 When an enterprise opens its internal systems to its suppliers, it creates the potential for substantial operational efficiencies across the supply chain. But it also raises the online stakes, creating the need for high-availability systems that are secure from unauthorized users... (View Article) 
Deal Watch Rainfinity Receives $30 Million in Venture Capital Financing by Paul Bonanos February 9, 2001 Rainfinity, the provider of continuous availability software for business transactions over the Internet, announced today that it has completed its second round of institutional funding in the amount of $30 million. Carlyle Venture Partners led the round with additional funding from Intel Capital and INVESCO Private Capital. Existing investors, including Alloy Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and Spinner Asset Management, also participated. (View Article) 
NASA publication talks about Rainfinity delivering Rocket Science to the Internet November 13, 2000 As more people move onto the information highway, computer networks must balance the open, free-access of the Internet with security and manageability concerns. A new software product, derived from research conducted at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under contract with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is the first fully distributed gateway clustering solution for the Internet. (View Article) 
Rainfinity Lets Firewalls Share The Load By Christine Zimmerman November 13, 2000 At a public utility, there is no room for failure. Accordingly, the Public Service Co. of New Mexico bought several firewalls to ensure its network would have redundancy. But systems engineer Michael Payne didn't feel the gas and electrical utility was getting its money's worth… Payne turned to Rainfinity for firewall load balancing. (View Article)
A Forecast for Better Firewall Performance August 24, 2000 Rainfinity thinks it has found a better way to address the three "-abilities" of the internet age: scalability, reliability and flexibility. The goal: to widen network bottlenecks and reduce single points of failure through simplicity. According to William Hurley, an analyst at The Yankee Group, "It simplifies the process and requires so little input from the IT staff." Read the Full Story (PDF) 
Latest Network Management Products June 20, 2000 REDUCE NETWORK COMPLEXITY AND COST by combining security and traffic management into a single-layer, Internet front end, eliminating the need for dedicated devices. RainFront eliminates the need to purchase and replicate separate dedicated devices by consolidating multiple layers of firewalls, load-balancing traffic management devices and other dedicated point solutions into a single, easy-to- manage layer. The creation of this single horizontal layer increases manageability and simplifies the infrastructure architecture. Read the Full Story (PDF) 
Network World Focus: RainWall extended to VPNs By Tim Greene June 13, 2000 The newest entrant in the VPN game is a company that makes software to balance the load between firewalls at busy sites. Rainfinity's new version of RainWall software also balances the load between separate copies of IP VPN software. The benefits to customers include making sure that any one VPN device at any given site doesn't become overwhelmed during heavy use. A copy of RainWall is installed on each VPN device and monitors how much use each gets. RainWall reroutes sessions to other appropriate VPN gateways as any one nears its limit. The RainWall software also lets a VPN connection continue operating when one of the VPN servers fails. All the VPN servers that are linked at a given site operate under a single IP address, making it easier for network administrators to monitor them. The new RainWall software is a good way to improve efficiency at sites where VPN traffic has increased enough to warrant more than one VPN gateway. It also will let network managers perform more time-consuming screening of traffic to increase security, but without slowing down access to a particular VPN site.
NASA-funded software aids reliability December 22, 1999 Following in the footsteps of Tang and Teflon, the latest technology to be commercialized from the space program is software that lets network professionals distribute Internet gateway applications such as firewalls across a cluster of processors to boost reliability. Called the Redundant Array of Independent Nodes, or RAIN, the software was developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In a late '90s spin on the classic NASA technology transfer story, the RAIN developers this month secured $15 million in venture capital funding to bring the software to enterprise customers. (View Article) |
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