Nexsan Assureon for Healthcare Introduction

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1 Nexsan Assureon for Healthcare Introduction RADirect, Inc 900 Corporate Drive Mahwah, NJ Toll-Free: 866/ Fax: 201/ URL:

2 The majority of medical information growth today are images and patient files. The content of these files don t change and need to archived Radiology, - fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, computed tomography, endoscopy, mammography and radiography A healthcare facility or organization can have millions of image files that need to be stored, protected and available for years to aid in the treatment of patients, research and education and industry regulatory compliance. These files have significant value, are assets and need to be instantaneously searchable and retrievable Demand to have a Live Medical Image Archive

3 Hospitals Mount Sinai Ceders-Sinai Cleveland Clinic Mass General St. Jude MD Anderson Vanderbilt University Healthcare Solution Providers GE Healthcare Siemens Quest Diagnostics McKesson Organizations that have recently Teamed with Nexsan Research and Institutions National Institution of Health Salk Institute Thomson UCLA Genetics Lab Insurance Companies Kaiser Permanente BlueCross / /Blue Shield Metropolitan Life Pharmaceutical Companies Abbott Labs Merck Aventis Bayer Roche

4 The Ideal Live Archive An ideal healthcare information archive is the digital equivalent of a common file cabinet. You store images and other medical and patient information directly into the live archive. You can find and retrieve recent and historical information instantly using different types of search and retrieval criteria like patient name, ailment, treatment. You can see the history of who else has reviewed the information for second opinions or reviews. It s disk / RAID based for speed, reliability and expandability. All files put into the live archive are: Organized Protected Cataloged Have a backup copy made Become available and useable Life-cycle managed

5 Nexsan Introduces The Ideal Archiving Solution for Medical Images ITPRO Editor s s Choice Jan 07 Storage Magazine Security Product of the Year June 06 Computer Technology Review Editor s s Choice Nov 05

6 Nexsan Assureon is the ideal Live Archive (CAS) Solution Assureon is for Live Image Archive Attached to the IP network You archive files directly into Assureon using NFS, CIFS or a data push software like a PACS or Assureon FSW. Files are automatically indexed, cataloged and are made fully searchable and retrievable. Once a file is stored, it can t be tampered with or damaged it s completely protected any changes to files are stored as new objects. Simple policy based file management automates file backup, local and remote replication, disaster recovery and file disposition. It s all part of the Assureon

7 Where does Assureon Live Archive sit in the network Save File Copy File File Link No Copy nor Link Clients can store files directly to Assureon Assureon is just a shared folder on the network Servers can store files directly to Assureon

8 When files are inside Assureon Files are safeguarded against: Accidental or deliberate deletion Viruses, worms and tampering Inserting false files, date or time Hardware failure (disks, servers, etc) Disaster (fire, flood, etc) Obsolete or duplicate files are deleted or migrated Everything done with the files has an audit trail File caretaking is fully automated There are even built in tools to migrate files off Assureon.

9 Assureon CAS and Live Archive Features Full File Protection Services File Immutability = Files can not be changed once stored - like WORM Authentication = Confirms a file has not been changed Content Protection= Keeps multiple files with the same name if content has changed Backup = Keeps two copies of the file to protection against system / site failure. Automated Retention and Deletion Management File Serialization = Confirms no files are missing De-duplication = Confirms no files have been duplicated Retention Policy Mgt. = Stores files by attributes / by group for a defined period Single Point Deletion = Deletes all copies regardless of location Self Auditing and Healing = Automatic file management and repair

10 Assureon Advanced CAS and Live Archive Features File Search and Restore (only on Assueron SA and Assureon System) Content Indexing = File content key words and other attributes are stored in a fast search Assureon DB Meta Data Indexing = File meta data are stored in a fast search Assureon DB Advanced Search = Files can be instantaneously retrieved and restored using multiple attributes Advanced Encryption and ILM (only on Assureon System) Encryption = Files can only be read using a special key ILM = Automatically migrates encrypted files to other storage like MO or Tape Crypto Key Scrubbing = deletes the key so the file can never be read regardless of location Disk, MO, Tape...

11 Assureon Advanced CAS and Live Archive Features Assureon File System Watcher -FSW (only on Assureon System) Automatically copies files from a Windows client or Windows server to Assureon System Captures files when they are closed or based on a scheduler FSW can leave a copy of the file, a link to the file, or nothing on the FSW host after a copy has been sent to Assureon FSW can monitor various folders and directories, each with different policies Optional API and driver interfaces are available

12 Assureon Replication Provides Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Secondary Site Local IP LAN Primary Site Replicate between Assureon solutions across a wide area network for remote disaster recovery Remote IP WAN Replicate between Assureon solutions across campus for local disaster recovery Replicate between Assureon solutions within the data center for high availability Remote Site

13 Assureon Takes care of itself So you do have to. Assureon is highly Intelligent and self managing With a single GUI interface you can remotely configure Assureon agents, search for files, examine transaction logs, determine deposition, copy files to remote systems. All day to day archive processes are completely automated. Assueron can continuously take in data at a rate of 20 MB/second. Deploys elegant system integrity and hardware redundancy for self healing and continuous operation. User interfaces are comprehensive and straight-forward.

14 Assureon SA User Experience Each end user has two shortcuts For storing on the Assureon For searching on the Assureon End users saves files to Assureon Files are saved manually Files are can be saved automatically End users can search the archive End users can retrieve files from archive and use them.

15 Assureon Admin. Consol Advanced Search Assureon has the ability to search the meta data and content of 20 million files Not possible with Windows or even the Google search appliance... Search by keywords, author, phrases, departments, file types and other attributes, date, date range and more All configuration and management options are available from one interface.

16 Examples of Assureon High Capacity Models Item Assureon System - GX2-30 Assureon System - GX4-33 Assureon System - GX4-34 NFS and CIFS Included Included Included File Content Protection Services (CAS) Included Included Included Automated Retention and Deletion Included Included Included Fast File Search and Restore Included Included Included "U" Height 8U 20U 24U Useable Storage Capacity per Systems 16TB 32TB 64TB Local or Remote Repication Option Option Option Local Cluster Option Option Option Encryption and Key Mgt. Included Included Included ILM - Migrate files to different media Included Included Included Scale Capacity within the Same System Yes Yes Yes Scale Perfomrance within the Same System Yes Yes Yes

17 Nexsan Today Company Established in 1999 Privately held Headquartered CA, USA Factories and support in CA, USA and Derby, UK RD near Oxford, UK and Montreal, Quebec US & European presence Nexsan Today Over 19,000 systems installed Over 5,000 satisfied customers Extensive Global Fortune 500 install base Proven OEM customer base Established, Tested and Proven Global Support Leading developer of secure storage, archive and ILM software Nexsan owns all of it s IP Sales worldwide

18 Nexsan Historical Overview 6/01: Introduced Enterprise class ATA storage 12/02: ATAboy2 wins Product of the Year 4/04: Global shipments exceed 1.5 PB per month 1/05: Introduced first extreme density SATA solution Industry Leading Secure Archive Solutions 11/01: Shipped first high density ATA RAID array 11/03: ATABeast shipping in volume and available worldwide 7/04: Revenues increased 100% from FY03 to FY04 9/05: Introduced world-class ILM Industry Recognition

19 Assureon Introduction Thank You RADirect, Inc 900 Corporate Drive Mahwah, NJ Toll-Free: 866/ Fax: 201/ URL: