ADAPTEC AND CROSSTOR PARTNER TO ENABLE ETHERNET-ATTACHED SOLUTIONS THAT INCORPORATE STORAGE OVER IP TECHNOLOGY.Adaptec, Inc. and CrosStor Software, Inc. has announced a strategic relationship to create external storage solutions that combine the simplicity and manageability of NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular (network-attached storage See NAS. ) with the performance of SANs (storage area networks). As partners, CrosStor and Adaptec are jointly developing the enabling technology based on Adaptec's EtherStorage hardware and CrosStor's storage-centric software. The CrosStor and Adaptec collaboration will result in external storage solutions that communicate at both the file level (NAS) and block level (SAN) over standard Ethernet networks, thereby driving the convergence of NAS and SAN. CrosStor will contribute its expertise as the storage industry's leading enterprise-class, network-attached storage software provider to OEMs to develop the storage-centric software. Adaptec will leverage its two years of development of storage over IP technology to provide the EtherStorage products used in these solutions. Adaptec and CrosStor will work together to make these solutions available to their broad existing base of OEMs and channel partners. Adaptec's EtherStorage enables SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. block-based storage traffic to be efficiently and reliably transferred over existing IP and Ethernet-based networks, and is the result of more than two years of research and development at Adaptec on future storage fabric architectures. Because EtherStorage leverages the existing Ethernet infrastructure and provides storage levels of performance, it is a major step forward in bringing the benefits of SANs to a broader market. Adaptec is developing the key enabling components, EtherStorage host bus adapters See host adapter. and bridges, which it plans to sell to its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and channel customers. Adaptec is committed to providing the best storage fabric products for a wide range of customer environments and is bringing to market Fibre Channel, EtherStorage, and Infiniband-based solutions to meet customers' diverse needs. CrosStor's NAS software is a complete, programmable operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. With CrosStor NAS, OEMs can quickly turn any hardware storage system into a high-performance, feature-rich, multi-protocol file server for both UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. clients, easily supporting from hundreds of gigabytes to multiple terabytes of storage. CrosStor NAS shortens development cycles through its thin, storage-centric architecture, high-performance, high-availability file system and range of storage management software options. Its modularity and extensibility facilitate integration of customized hardware and software so that OEMs can focus internal resources on innovative, value-added functions that distinguish their NAS solutions from those of competitors. CrosStor NAS is powerful enough to support high-performance NAS systems sharing terabytes of data over a SAN, yet has an operating system that is thin and efficient enough for OEMs developing embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. storage appliances. |
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