| Brocade
Announces 8Gbps FC Switches & HBAs |
SAN
JOSE, Calif. - May 13, 2008 - Brocade today announced a series of 8Gbps
fibre channel switches and HBAs.
The new switches provide
from 8 to 80 ports and offer power savings of approximately 40% compared to
previous models. ...Brocade
profile
PLX Technology's PCIe Switches Used on Sun's SPARC Motherboards
SUNNYVALE, Calif -
May 5, 2008 - PLX Technology, Inc. today announced that multiple PLX
PEX 8548 PCIe switches for high-performance PCIe fanout and slot expansion have
been designed to support the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
servers.
The PEX 8548 is a highly flexible 48-lane PCIe switch. 2
PLX ExpressLane PEX 8548 PCIe switches each interface to a Sun UltraSPARC T2
Plus processor through a x8 PCIe link integrated directly into processor
silicon, which provides fanout to onboard devices and up to 6 x8 PCIe slots for
I/O expansion.
Unique key attributes include a remarkable low latency of 110ns, an
energy-saving low power requirement of only 4.9W (typical), flexible port
configurations (x1, x2, x4, x8, x16), true peer-to-peer communication, and
native Hot-Plug ports ensuring RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability).
"As the market leader in advanced PCIe interconnect solutions,
PLX has delivered the high-performance PCI Express technology requirements of
key customers like Sun," said David Raun, VP of marketing and business
development at PLX Technology. "Sun demands very high-speed connectivity
and quality of service, and we are pleased that they find PLX products are
exceeding all expectations."
Editor's comments:- PCIe provides a low cost way to many high
performance upgrade options such as
PCIe SSDs.
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NAS, DAS
or SAN? - Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your Organization -
article by Xtore
It's over 5 years since we published the
Storage Architecture
Guide a classic reference written by the world's first network storage
company Auspex. The new overview article from Xtore places the main storage
connection strategies in a current context. Here's an extract.
"Another
important consideration for a medium sized business or large enterprise is
heterogeneous data sharing. With DAS, each server is running its own operating
platform, so there is no common storage in an environment that may include a mix
of Windows, Mac and Linux workstations. NAS systems can integrate into any
environment and serve files across all operating platforms. On the network, a
NAS system appears like a native file server to each of its different clients.
That means that files are saved on the NAS system, as well as retrieved from the
NAS system, in their native file formats. NAS is also based on industry standard
network protocols such as TCP/IP, FC and CIFS. " ... read the article,
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