iVivity Demonstrates High-Performance, iSCSI Turnkey Storage Systems with Technology from Broadcom and StoreAge.ATLANTA -- Storage OEMs Can Now Create the Highest Performing Custom Storage System Solutions using Industry Standard Components iVivity, a leading provider of storage networking technologies including turnkey custom board solutions based around its industry-leading 10Gbs iDiSX(R) intelligent storage processors, today announced a breakthrough technology demonstration in partnership with Broadcom Corporation, an industry leader in SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. 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. RAID technologies, and StoreAge, the leading provider of SPAID optimized enterprise class data-protection and data management software solutions. iVivity is demonstrating a complete, end-to-end, wire-speed iSCSI SAN solution built with industry standard components. The featured iSCSI SAN demonstration consists of a highly integrated iSCSI storage appliance that can handle 1Gbs or 10Gbs iSCSI at wire speed, it can simultaneously handle file and block 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 , it provides enterprise-class storage management, and connects to near-line SAS/SATA RAID storage and Fibre Channel SAN bridges as well. At the core of the appliance resides the iDiSX-2000 storage network processor that can internally sustain up to 40Gbs of bandwidth and simultaneously manage file and block I/O. Embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. within its Split Path Acceleration of Independent Data-streams (SPAID) optimized architecture are the data-path components of an industry tested, enterprise- class, full featured storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. suite from StoreAge. The appliance has Fibre Channel SAN connectivity via industry standard Fibre Channel storage controllers and features near-line fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. storage using industry leading Broadcom(R) SAS/SATA RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. technology. "The integration of industry leading storage data management and data protection solutions in a single chip platform is a catalyst to a new era of intelligence and compactness," said Arun Taneja, principal analyst of the Taneja Group. "This enterprise-class, integrated solution that delivers full wire-speed 10Gbs iSCSI performance, simultaneously manages both block and file I/O Input/Output operations such as open, close, read, write and append, all of which deal with standard disk or tape files. The term would be used to refer to regular file operations in contrast to low-level system I/O such as dealing with virtual memory pages or OS tables of contents. , and handles all of the popular storage device interfaces, is a long-anticipated breakthrough for the storage systems industry." "Storage system designers can now take advantage of an enabling technology that significantly simplifies the development and deployment of customized hardware and scales to enterprise-class systems," said Zulfiqar Qazilbash, chief strategy officer for iVivity. "This unique demonstration utilizes only industry standard components and proves that iVivity's iDiSX technology is fundamentally changing the performance, functionality, system cost and density metrics in the market." "iVivity's breakthrough iDiSX technology is positioned to accelerate the adoption of 10Gbs iSCSI and enable a new class of intelligent storage systems," said Tom Marmen, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Storage Line of Business. "This technology collaboration makes it easier to design and deploy 10Gbs iSCSI SAN arrays, enabling high-performance, cost-effective storage solutions that can be developed into turnkey systems." "The combination of StoreAge and iVivity's SPAID optimized solutions delivers unsurpassed performance and compactness," said Mark Spowart, president of StoreAge Networking Technologies. "Using the StoreAge/iVivity/Broadcom appliance, 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 customers can implement intelligent network or array-based SPAID storage area networks that deploy a full suite of data protection storage services (e.g., snapshot, replication, migration, local/remote mirroring and volume management) in a high performance, highly scalable environment." OEM demonstrations are available now and will be taking place at SNW SNW Snow SNW Strange New Worlds (Star Trek) SNW Social Networking Website SNW Sub Networks SNW Storage Networking World Spring in Phoenix, AZ on April 12-15, 2005 as well as by special appointment. About iVivity Founded in 2000, iVivity has pioneered the development of a revolutionary new storage network architecture named iDiSX(R) that is accelerating the trend toward a more intelligent and higher performance storage network. iDiSX storage network processor based systems are higher performance, more compact, less costly, and easier to design and develop than comparable custom ASIC A redundant reference to an ASIC chip. ASICs are already customized for a specific use. See ASIC. and/or software on general purpose platforms. iVivity designs and provides adapter boards based around its storage network processors per custom OEM specifications. Additional services include integration of custom or third-party software stacks for data protection, data management, information life cycle management and disaster recovery. iVivity headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Company and product information is available by calling 1-678-990-1550, or at www.iVivity.com Broadcom(R) is among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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