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Rubrik: Produkte/Server IBM: IBM Storage Server steigert Leistung und Kapazität von Speichernetzwerken Neuer "TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage Server" mit Turbo Option (05.09.03) - IBM kündigte ihren "TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage Server" mit einer neuen Turbo Option an, die höhere Leistung, zusätzliche Kapazitäten bis zu 10 Terabyte und einen verbesserten Plattform-Support für eine Reihe von Unix- und Intel-Plattformen bieten soll.
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Mit der Turbo Option ist der Storage Server für Kunden vorgesehen, die eine externe Server-Lösung für Arbeitsgruppen-Server benötigen. Neben Branchen mit hohen Anforderungen an Kapazität und Leistung, wie beispielsweise denBiowissenschaften, eignet sich der FAStT600 mit der Turbo Option für Kunden, die ihr existierendes Storage Netzwerk zu geringen Kosten und mit wenig Aufwand aufrüsten wollen. Die Turbo Option bietet Unternehmen einen Einstiegs- bis Midrange-Storage Server, der auch ansteigenden Storage-Mengen gewachsen ist. Durch die "Pay as you grow"-Konfiguration können die Unternehmen flexibel auf sich ändernde Anfor-derungen reagieren. Mit der Zwei-Gigabit-pro-Sekunde-Fibre-Channel-Technologie kann das System auf mehr als 16 Terabyte und 112 Laufwerke aufgestockt werden und bietet somit optimale Voraussetzungen für wachsende E-Business-Anwendungen und datenintensive Bilddateien. Weitere Details entnehmen Sie bitte der englischen
Originalmeldung: IBM Turbo-Charges Storage Networks New IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage Server with Turbo Option Boosts
Performance and Capacity IBM
unleashed a turbo option that offers customers enterprise-class storage
features, including greater capacity, speed, performance and broader host
system support than non-turbo enabled "IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage
Servers". The IBM
TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage Server has been supercharged with a new turbo
option designed to offer increased throughput performance, greater maximum
capacity (up to 10 additional terabytes) and enhanced platform support for a
wide variety of UNIX and Intel platforms, making it one of the industry's
most advanced storage servers for the mid-range. This new system enhancement
is well suited for customers requiring an external server solution for
workgroup and departmental servers. The new FAStT600 with turbo option is
also targeted to the Life Sciences industry where capacity and performance is
critical to areas such as drug discovery and development, where there is a
need to store and easily access enormous amounts of data. One early
customer that has chosen to upgrade to the FAStT600 with turbo option is the
University of North Carolina. "As a top university challenged with an
ever expanding amount of data to manage and store, scalability and
performance are of critical importance to us," said Jeff Rabon, IT
System Administrator for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
"The new turbo option for our FAStT600 will allow us to upgrade our
existing storage network in a way that's both low-cost and easy to
manage." The
FAStT600 with turbo option offers customers an entry-to-midrange level
storage server that can scale as storage needs expand. This "pay as you
grow" configuration can help customers meet unexpected growth needs.
Powered by two gigabit per second Fibre Channel technology, the system can
scale to more than sixteen terabytes and 112 drives to support growing
storage requirements created by e-business applications and data-intensive
image files for customers. "IBM
is seeing a strong demand for powerful products from our customers,"
said Roland Hagan, vice president of storage marketing, IBM Systems Group.
"We have continued our mission to deliver customers quick and cost
effective storage solutions for their data management needs that helps them
protect their investment in current technology." The fully
configured FAStT600 storage server with turbo option will be available as a
significant upgrade to current FAStT600 users, which has been the fastest
growing new product in the company's disk portfolio this year since its
introduction in April. The
server is designed to allow customers to more than double their speed and
capacity and quadruple partition limitations over the current FAStT600. The
FAStT600 with turbo option will feature IBM's FlashCopy and VolumeCopy
capabilities to help protect businesses in the event of a disaster. IBM's
FlashCopy software provides an advanced, fast replication facility that can
help reduce application outages caused by backups and permit access to source
data and the copy almost immediately in the event of an unplanned outage.
IBM's new VolumeCopy software features a duplication facility that can permit
access to duplicate data almost immediately in the event of an outage. The
new VolumeCopy software is also available as a priced upgrade for the
FAStT700 and 900. The turbo
option for FAStT600 will be generally available on September 12, 2003. The
option will be priced starting at $26,570 for a customer-installable upgrade
and starting at $36,569 for a fully configured storage server. TotalStorage
Proven IBM is also announcing 31 new additions to the IBM TotalStorage Proven program, including solutions that interoperate with FAStT. The TotalStorage Proven program helps identify storage solutions and configurations for customers that have been pre-tested for interoperability helping to support faster and more reliable installations for customers. Some of the latest companies to successfully test solutions with the TotalStorage FAStT line include Actuate, Business Objects, Cisco Systems, deCODE, Verint's Loronix Video Solution and Polyserve. (ma) IBM Deutschland GmbH eServer, Storage, Linux Kontakt:
Hans Rehm Tel. (0711) 785-4148, Fax (0711) 785-1078 E-Mail: hansrehm@de.ibm.com Kontakt: Kirsten Drechsler Tel. (0711) 785-4827 E-Mail: drechsler@de.ibm.com Web: www.de.ibm.com |
