Enhanced 9176 Disk System Facilitates Heterogeneous Host Support.StorageTek has expanded its storage solution offerings with an enhanced version of its 9176 disk storage system. The enhancement provides heterogeneous host support to enable customers to experience significant cost savings through consolidation of storage resources. Bringing value through its SAN-ready features, it also supports Solaris, NT, Windows 2000, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Linux, IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , and Netware operating s stems. The 9176 can provide more than 14TB of online storage within a single disk system. Capacity can also be added without disruption. In addition, the 9176 can configure up to 16 storage partitions to support ownership and allocation of capacity within the same system. "The 9176 disk system's architecture and functionality enable MCSI's customers to economically replace older storage across different systems and consolidate these into higher performing, heterogeneous SAN-ready technology," says Lodi Lodi, city, Italy Lodi (lô`dē), city (1991 pop. 42,250), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, near Milan. It is an important dairy and light industrial center. Vercelli, president of Midrange Computer Solutions Inc. "With the benefits of heterogeneous host support, the 9176 will enable MCSI MCSI Multiple Capture Single Image MCSI Mining Consulting Services, Inc. mcSi Microcrystalline Silicon MCSI Motorola Cellular Services, Inc. MCSI Multi-Channel Communications Sciences Inc. MCSI Multi-Media Chunk Stream Identifier customers to share its disk resources across multiple host operating systems, to help control storage costs, and to satisfy end-user demands across heterogeneous platforms." The enhancement is available to customers immediately. |
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