MaXXan unveils MXV320 switch: for business continuity, storage consolidation and NAS/SAN convergence.MaXXan Systems, Inc., has announced the general availability of its MXV320 intelligent application switch. MaXXan's approach is to integrate applications into scalable storage networks, so users don't need to build storage solutions from a multitude of vendors. This approach is intended to reduce the total cost of ownership. The MXV320 is based on MaXXan's SANe (Storage Applications Network Engine) architecture that defines a platform form for the delivery and management of storage applications from the SAN fabric itself. Consisting of intelligent switch ports, a programmable switching fabric, and integrated server blades, the architecture is intended to deliver a flexible environment for deploying fabric-based storage applications. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a statement issued by MaXXan earlier this month, today's first-generation SAN switches provide only plumbing and require a complex collection of servers, appliances, switches and gateways in order to deliver the required storage applications. This complexity makes the storage environment more expensive to deploy and more difficult to manage, resulting in a lower ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for customers. The MaXXan MXV320 dramatically simplifies storage networks by integrating a highly scalable director-class switch with mission-critical storage applications. "Moving intelligence to the network solves real problems for IT, both monetary and operational. Suppliers of traditional Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
"MaXXan is the first company to completely re-architect the SAN infrastructure from a storage application and storage management perspective. This translates into a solution that gives IT managers the tools to simplify and centralize the management of business-critical applications, making them more productive and improving their bottom line." MaXXan is partnering with vendors such as FalconStor. Software applications include remote and local replication, snapshots, synchronous and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. mirroring, NAS (1) See network access server. (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 , virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , backup, capacity-on-demand, as well as MaXXan's SANCruiser centralized network management software. www.maxxan.com |
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