Crosswalk Unveils New iGrid(TM) 7100 Intelligent Storage Grid System and Enhancements to the iGrid Product Family.New Enhancements Deliver Increased Throughput, Functionality and Flexibility WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Crosswalk[R], Inc., the innovator of intelligent storage grid systems that transparently scale performance, access to data, capacity and resiliency The ability to recover from a failure. The term may be applied to hardware, software or data. , today announced the availability of a new product family and significant iGrid enhancements. The new iGrid 7100 Series Intelligent Storage Grid System -- as well as a new version of the iGrid 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. (iGridOS), support for InfiniBand[TM] and support for four gigabit per second Fibre Channel -- are all centered around boosting storage throughput, functionality and flexibility for customers. "We've been listening intently to our customers and the marketplace since we first launched the iGrid Intelligent Storage Grid System Series 5100 product family, and these new enhancements reflect a growing need for even greater performance and flexibility," said Jack McDonnell, Crosswalk's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We invented Intelligent Storage Grid Systems, and now we've set the bar even higher." The first of the four enhancements being announced today is the availability of the iGrid Model 7110 node, the first product in the new iGrid 7100 Series. The 7110 doubles the cache of the iGrid 5110 to 32 gigabytes and includes up to 12 gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. front-end ports for a 50 percent increase in connectivity to networks, servers and compute To perform mathematical operations or general computer processing. For an explanation of "The 3 C's," or how the computer processes data, see computer. nodes. In addition, the 7110 leverages dual-core 64-bit processors instead of the single-core processors in the iGrid 5110, enabling up to a 50 percent increase in performance as compared to the 5110. The second enhancement to the iGrid Intelligent Storage Grid System is the availability of version 2.0 of iGridOS, the iGrid operating system. Backward-compatible with existing iGrid Model 5110 nodes, and included with all new iGrid nodes, iGridOS offers improved performance, new statistical reporting features and advanced policy-based management See policy management. functionality. On an Intelligent Storage Grid System consisting of four 5110 iGrid nodes, version 2.0 has demonstrated sustained write performance of over 1.47 gigabytes per second and read performance of over 1.40 gigabytes per second. Mike Karp, senior analyst at Enterprise Management Associates, added, "High performance computing computing - computer and storage-intensive commercial environments require a solution that goes beyond traditional storage architectures. Crosswalk's iGrid scales linearly in every dimension and should meet the most demanding requirements of environments with hundreds of servers and massive amounts of storage. It is a true scale-out architecture." To further boost performance, Crosswalk is also shipping 5110 and 7110 nodes with InfiniBand host channel adapters (HCAs) to enable users to optionally increase throughput by 100 percent. Crosswalk's support for IP over InfiniBand is unique in the industry in that it provides the same load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and failover Invoking a secondary system to take over when the primary system fails. Up-to-date copies of all required data and applications are maintained on the secondary system in order to respond immediately if the primary system becomes unusable. Also called "fallover." See replication. functionality available with iGrid and gigabit Ethernet, enabling users to leverage existing infrastructures while achieving the advanced performance only possible with InfiniBand. The flexibility to adapt to rapidly changing customer demands is also evident in Crosswalk's just-announced support for four gigabit per second Fibre Channel host bus adapters See host adapter. (HBAs), switches and disk arrays. About Crosswalk, Inc. Crosswalk[R] delivers an innovative storage architecture that integrates the simplicity of network-attached storage See NAS. with the performance advantages of parallel file systems to create the first storage grid that can support both high performance computing and enterprise datacenter environments. The iGrid[TM] Intelligent Storage Grid System provides a single shared view of storage, thereby eliminating the complexity associated with managing traditional storage architectures. Performance, access to data, and storage capacity can scale in a non-disruptive fashion regardless of the number of applications, servers, or storage devices it supports. For more information, visit www.crosswalkinc.com. |
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