ADIC Solutions Support Cisco MDS 9000 Switch Family.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002 Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leading supplier of Intelligent Storage solutions to the open system marketplace, announced today its support for the Cisco MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there 9000 Family of Multilayer Intelligent Storage Switches. The new Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides support for multiple storage network protocols, offering technology that can help end-users expand the use of storage networking to a broader range of environments and more effectively combine physically distant storage resources into a unified system. All of ADIC's storage solutions -- automated libraries, SAN appliances, and storage management software -- are designed to provide managed storage for these environments. "Cisco is committed to advancing the state of storage networking by developing innovative products for our customers that will enable storage networking consolidation, increasing the availability of data and giving IT organizations the tools to allow them to manage their storage resources more effectively," said Bill Erdman, director of Storage Technology Alliances at Cisco. "Working with companies such as ADIC, we are bringing a broad range of tangible gains to the IT community, including multi-protocol support, intelligent network services, intelligent storage services, and unified management. These are absolute requirements as we work to increase SAN functionality and allow the technology to solve the rapidly increased demand for storage that is facing every enterprise." "Cisco is advancing storage networking as a whole, along with the new iSCSI and FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) A protocol for tunneling Fibre Channel data across an IP network. Fibre Channel was designed for local storage area networks (SANs), but FCIP extends the distance to remote locations via any IP network. See Fibre Channel, iFCP and IP storage. protocols that Cisco, ADIC, and other leading storage suppliers are turning into products for the storage market," said Paul Rutherford
(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 . ADIC's StorNext Management Suite storage management software, our multi-protocol SAN appliances, and our Scalar scalar, quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number), in contrast to vectors and tensors; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra. Many physical quantities have scalar values, e.g. intelligent storage networking libraries are all designed to take direct advantage of these new technologies." ADIC and Cisco, along with other leading storage solutions suppliers, are cooperating on technology development, interoperability testing, solutions qualification, and marketing of the new storage networking technologies. Last year, ADIC worked with Cisco and Adaptec to demonstrate the industry's first file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. application for iSCSI storage networks, using ADIC's StorNext Management Suite file system. ADIC will continue to drive these interoperability and solution testing programs with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family as well. About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC(R) is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(a) The Company's storage management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard 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) . For more information, visit www.adic.com. (a) Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Market Shares and Forecasts for Tape Automation Systems, F. Yale, August 2002. IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. , SDLT (Super DLT) See DLT. , LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. , 8mm or AIT drives. ADIC, StorNext, and AMASS (Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software for Unix from Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (www.quantum.com). Originally developed by ADIC, AMASS makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage and Total Data Life Management are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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