M-System Flashes 3Com With Local Storage Solution.M-Systems M-Systems was a Nasdaq-listed Israeli producer of flash storage memory founded in 1989, best known for its DiskOnChip 2000 line of products for embedded computers. The company was acquired by SanDisk in 2006[1]. Flash Disk Pioneers, Ltd. will provide the local storage solution for 3Com's CoreBuilder 9000 family of chassis-based LAN switches A network device that cross-connects clients, servers and network devices. Also known as a "frame switch," stand-alone LAN switches are common in all Ethernet networks. A four-port switch is also typically built into a wired or wireless router for homes and small business (see wireless . With M-Systems' flash disk, the family of chassis-based solution will be equipped with, for the first time, flashed-based local storage. This new feature will be used in future enhancements to the product such as local storage of software-based network services. "To enhance [it], we needed a solid-state sol·id-state adj. Based on or consisting chiefly or exclusively of semiconducting materials, components, and related devices. solid-state Adjective local storage solution with high MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) The average time a component works without failure. It is the number of failures divided by the hours under observation. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures (Mean Time Between Failures)," said Gadi Gadi (gā`dī), in the Bible, father of Menahem, king of Israel. Solomon director of product management at the 3Com Network Convergence Design Center. "With its support and reliability, M-Systems provided us with the local storage solution that we needed to be able to provide our customers with a product." "This project is a step in our relationship with 3Com," said Aryeh Mergi, executive vice president of marketing and sales at M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers, Ltd. "We are leased that 3Com recognizes the benefits of developing products for their customers with a flash-based local storage solution. We plan to continue to provide 3Com with product and support with the goal of becoming 3Com's flash-based local storage provider." |
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