Why EMC Centera?

• Speed
  
  The EMC Centera is an on-line data storage device that uses hard disks as its storage medium, which guarantees immediate access to your fixed content data files such as scanned document images, computer report files, e-mail messages, and other digital assets that require fast access.
  
  
• Ease of Management
  
  The EMC Centera requires very little management and administration because it is hard disk based and is addressed through API function calls at the application level. There is no sophisticated management software to learn and continually upgrade.
  
  
• Integration with Existing Applications
  
  The EMC Centera is addressable through API function calls built into many information and content management applications, making it a true plug-and-play data storage solution offering many TB of secure, scalable on-line storage.
  
  
• Regulatory Compliance
  
  The EMC Centera is a recognized and accepted data storage device that meets regulatory requirements for SEC 17a-4, Sarbanes-Oxley, FDA, HIPAA, NASD 3010, Department of Defense, and many others.
  
  
• Record Destruction
  
  The EMC Centera Compliance Edition allows for the destruction of an electronic record based on an expiration date, eliminating the potential risk that organizations face by storing information past its required retention period.
  
  
• Business Continuity
  
  The EMC Centera provides a level of redundancy such that if any component should fail, the redundant component resumes operation with no system downtime. A Centera can also be mirrored to a remote Centera at another location, providing even greater business continuity and disaster prevention.
  
  
• Simple Upgrades
  
  The EMC Centera can be upgraded to higher total storage capacities without system downtime and is performed in a non-disruptive fashion, whether adding storage modules to an existing Centera, or adding new Centera devices to an existing architecture.
  
  
• Eliminate Media Migration
  
  The EMC Centera uses industry standard hard disks as its data storage medium so future migrations of information to other media types, such as CD to DVD or DLT tape to AIT tape, is eliminated, saving significant time and money typically associated with a migration effort.