SGI to display new storage offerings at Storage Expo in London.Worldwide Computer Products News-14 October 2009-SGI to display new storage offerings at Storage Expo in London(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com Storage specialists SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. (Nasdaq:SGI) introduced Wednesday two new storage offerings, both of which are to be on display on the SGI booth at Storage Expo 2009 in London. Both of the offerings are part of the SGI InfiniteStorage Total Control Suite, a set of modular software See modular programming. and hardware tools designed to allow a high degree of customisation using standard components. InfiniteStorage 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 is a high-performance NAS hardware platform designed to meet the needs of shared data environments Automation services that support the implementation and maintenance of data resources that are used by two or more combat support applications. Services provided include: identification of common data, physical data modeling, database segmentation, development of data access and with a feature set covering virtualisation, data management and data protection. Its Cluster Namespace A collection of names for a particular purpose. Typically, each name is unique. For example, tables in a relational database must all have unique names. A Windows workgroup that uses the original NetBIOS naming system requires a different "made-up" name for each computer and printer in capability enables broad scalability and compatibility in heterogeneous environments, dynamic read caching and dynamic data rebalancing Rebalancing The process of realigning the weightings of one's portfolio of assets. Notes: For example, if your portfolio's proportion of stock has grown too large for your intended assets weightings and risk tolerance, you might rebalance by selling some stock and putting . InfiniteStorage NAS is designed for maximum scalability with external shared storage features for compatibility with legacy systems and maximum control to administrators in shared environments. LiveSAN is a block-level storage virtualisation suite that enables complete control over any SAN environment. LiveSAN virtualises all of the available blocks of existing storage across the enterprise to utilise all available space and lessen stranded storage. Pricing details for the solutions were not disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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