ADIC Announces Pathlight 5000 -- New Management and Connectivity Appliance for Storage Networks; Provides Flexible Connection between Compute and Storage Resources.Business/High Tech Editors REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002 High Performance 2 Gb Fibre Channel Interface Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq: ADIC) announced today the introduction of its next-generation storage network appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , the Pathlight(TM) 5000, designed to provide managed connectivity in dynamic, mixed computing environments. The ADIC(R) Pathlight 5000 provides flexible, secure, high performance connections between servers and storage resources, linking independent devices with dissimilar protocols and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. into a single, centrally managed system. The Pathlight 5000 is the first SAN appliance specifically designed to support today's grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal deployment models. Its combination of features includes auto-selecting 1 Gb or 2 Gb link speed, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management tools for single-point control, and the capacity to provide flexible mapping for up to 2048 storage addresses (LUNs) with built-in access security. "Storage networks have created a new set of solution deployment models that can save data center managers time and money by giving them much more flexibility and efficiency," said Bill Britts, ADIC Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "The Pathlight 5000 is a key enabler for unlocking those possibilities. A common application combines high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. with high value by letting users link inexpensive, disk-less compute resources, regardless of protocol or 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. , to a secure, centralized Fibre array." "At Terraspring, we are helping change the economics of data centers by giving IT managers a common pool of compute and storage resources which they can re-provision in minutes from a single interface," said Patrick Tickle, Vice President of Product Management, Terraspring. "The ADIC Pathlight technology is part of our solution, giving us a flexible foundation which lets us automatically connect any server to any storage with several different protocols while maintaining iron-clad security." The Pathlight 5000 enables a wide variety of storage network devices, including servers, disk and tape systems, to operate together within a managed environment. It connects devices that use different protocols, lets dissimilar operating systems share the same SAN, provides dynamic mapping between servers and disk volumes, and controls access to storage resources within a SAN to provide full security. IT architects use the Pathlight 5000 to combine heterogeneous devices into a single, centrally managed environment in order to obtain the highest possible value and utility from their data center resources. Management of the Pathlight 5000 is provided by the ADIC Management Console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ) which enables local and remote management of all the Pathlight 5000s and connected paths, hosts, and devices from a single view. The AMC's clear graphical interface See GUI. allows administrators to observe all connected devices, monitor their connectivity status, and quickly change the links between them. Its integrated notification tool reports events via SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. and its own email alert system. The ADIC Management Console MIB (1) (Management Information Base) The hierarchical database used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to describe the particular device being monitored. MIB objects are identified using ASN.1 syntax. See SNMP, RMON, OID and ASN.1. allows third-party management tools to take advantage of Pathlight 5000 capabilities. The Pathlight 5000 features interoperability with leading SAN hardware and software products and environments. It is available now through qualified ADIC channel partners and OEMs. About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq: ADIC) is a leading storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace, offering a broad range of Intelligent Storage(TM) products designed to enhance organizations' abilities to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC products include automated storage systems, specialized storage management software, and multiple-protocol storage networking (SAN/NAS) connectivity and management tools. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. ADIC is a registered trademark and Pathlight and Intelligent Storage are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this announcement should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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