StoneFly Announces New OEM Strategy for StoneFusion Intelligent Network Storage Platform at QLogic Fusion 2006 Worldwide Partner Conference.DALLAS -- Also Introduces Support for MPIO MPIO Multipath Input/Output MPIO Multi-Play Internet Audio MPIO Multi Path Input Output Features in Microsoft iSCSI Initiator to Deliver New Levels of IP SAN Fault Tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. StoneFly stonefly, any insect of the order Plecoptera. North American species, of which there are more than 200, are yellowish, greenish, or brownish in the adult stage and have transparent wings, usually two pairs, but seldom fly. (TM), Inc., a leading supplier of integrated IP storage area network (SAN) systems and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF DNF - disjunctive normal form ), today announced a new strategy to provide OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. partners with access to the award-winning StoneFly StoneFusion(R) Intelligent Network Storage Platform (NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. ), the company's IP-based block-level provisioning software that centralizes storage management, control and monitoring of logical storage volumes for iSCSI SANs. StoneFly also introduced key enhancements to StoneFusion NSP in a new release that provides support for Multi-Path I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output (MPIO) features in Microsoft's iSCSI Initiator Versions 2.0 and 2.01 to deliver new levels of IP SAN fault tolerance. StoneFusion NSP reduces the total cost of ownership for IP SANs by lowering management costs and increasing storage utilization. Delivering block-level storage intelligence to the IP networking core, StoneFusion NSP allows increased storage utilization through storage consolidation, feature-rich managed storage capabilities, rapid deployment of new storage and SAN-based backup capabilities. When combined with storage network infrastructure solutions such as QLogic SANblade(TM) switches, StoneFusion NSP can bridge Fibre Channel SANs to IP SANs, providing added scalability for larger storage deployments. Until now, StoneFusion has only been available as an integrated part of StoneFly IP SAN systems. 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. Mo Tahmasebi, 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. of DNF, StoneFusion NSP now supports a variety of hardware platforms and embedded systems, making it ideal for OEMs and other partners interested in creating their own robust, highly customized IP SAN solutions. "StoneFusion has played an integral role in StoneFly's pioneering efforts in the iSCSI storage arena, delivering years of unparalleled stability and performance to our IP SAN product lines," said Tahmasebi. "By making StoneFusion available to OEMs and other partners, we are facilitating the overall advancement of iSCSI SANs while extending our reach in the market." The new StoneFusion 4.3 release supports Microsoft MPIO capabilities to enable Windows servers to achieve a level of fault tolerance with IP SANs that was once reserved only for higher end Fibre Channel SANs. With MPIO support, Windows Servers can use more than one path to read and write to a StoneFly IP SAN storage device, resulting in improvements in resiliency, load balancing and system performance. The new StoneFusion NSP release also now enables all StoneFly Storage Concentrators to accept logical unit numbers (LUNs) up to 16 TB and create volumes up to 16 TB. StoneFly StoneFusion NSP pricing starts at $5,250.00 for OEM partners and includes full support for failover clustering as well as StoneFly Snapshot(TM) for advanced data recovery and StoneFly Reflection(TM) for synchronous mirroring. About StoneFly, Inc. StoneFly, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, was founded in April 2000 to deliver upon the vision of simple and affordable storage optimization and disaster recovery protection through IP SAN solutions. StoneFly is a subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF) (www.dnfstorage.com), a leading maker of high-performance network attached storage, storage area networks, RAID and iSCSI systems. For more information on StoneFly, please visit www.stonefly.com or www.iscsi.com/. |
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