iQstor Networks Qualifies Hitachi 500GB Disk Drive; Compatible with iQ2280 4Gb FC to SATA II Storage Platform and J2880 SBOD.NEWBURY PARK, Calif. -- iQstor Networks, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent and integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, announced today that it has qualified the Hitachi Deskstar 500GB SATA II (Serial ATA II) disk drive for use with its iQ2280 4Gb FC to SATA II Storage Platform and its J2880 4Gb FC Switched JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks (SBOD SBOD Switched Bunch of Disks (storage networking) SBOD Student Board of Directors SBOD Spinning Beachball of Doom (Mac OS X) SBOD Settlement Balance Order Destined ) disk expansion enclosure. "We're pleased to qualify Hitachi's 500GB disk drive for use with our new 4Gb iQ2280 and J2880 for the enterprise data center," said Jason Lo, president and 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 iQstor Networks. "The new drive technology brings with it a number of Serial ATA II features that will optimize its functionality, including a 3Gb/s interface; 300MB/s burst data rate for faster data access; staggered spin-up; Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS); and Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which enables fast data transfers for enterprise ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment and other performance-based applications." The iQ2280 storage platform delivers a robust and economical FC to the SATA II solution with the availability, manageability, data integrity and enterprise-level functionality required for storage applications like virtual tape library A hard disk array that emulates a tape library. A virtual tape library (VTL) enables the storage medium to be switched from tapes to disks while continuing to use the existing tape backup software. See virtual tape system and storage virtualization. , disk-to-disk-to-tape, snapshot repository, remote mirroring and electronic vaulting. Housed in a 19" 3 RU rack mountable enclosure, the iQ2280 features 4 x 4 Gb/s host ports (1.6GB/s) and provides 7.5TB of storage capacity. The modular J2880 SBOD enables IT administrators to quickly and cost-effectively optimize and scale their storage solutions, enabling enterprises to grow their network storage from a small expansion system to very large tiered-storage SAN systems. Easily connected to RAID subsystems, each 19" 3U rack mountable J2880 scales to 7.5TB. The J2880 supports the latest 4Gb/s FC interconnect in switched dual loops, is backward compatible to 2Gb FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. , provides redundancy, and can be configured with either FC or SATA II disk drives. "We are committed to delivering to our customers the highest level of investment protection, and the iQ2280 storage platform and J2880 SBOD offer vastly improved 4Gb performance and increased capacity while maintaining our promise of delivering cost-effective storage solutions that are easy to deploy, easy to manage and easy to scale," concluded Lo. About iQstor Networks, Inc. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Newbury Park, iQstor is a leader in the innovative design and delivery of storage solutions with embedded enterprise-level functionality to channel partners worldwide. Its storage solutions include Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. intelligent storage systems and expansion enclosures; policy-based storage management; data services software; professional services; support; and training. For more information on iQstor, visit the company's web site at www.iqstor.com. |
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