Hewlett-Packard (HP) has bought Transoft Networks - a specialist in Fibre Channel-compatible Storage Area Networking (SAN) equipment. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but HP said Transoft's technology will give its existing SAN...
Data General's Clariion division has announced a Fibre Channel-based storage product aimed at SMEs. Joanne Masingill, VP Clariion marketing at DG, told Silicon.com: "Clariion Fibre disk arrays are the Volvos of the storage world - they just keep on...
IBM has also announced enhancements to its NAS 300 and NAS 300G servers, which now both offer two port fibre channel adapters and support for copper ethernet. Big Blue competes against HP, Network Appliance and EMC in the NAS space.
We could follow the path of least resistance and develop an incrementally better bus- or switch-based Symmetrix, or we could take the more challenging road to much greater returns for customers," Joe Tucci, EMC's chief executive, said in a statement.
The Fibre Channel communications standard is faster but requires a separate network. NetApp's initial goal, though, is not to replace Fibre Channel, but rather to offer a cheaper way for companies that still rely on direct-attached storage to move...
StoreVault S500 is also designed to scale up to Fibre Channel without requiring a separate network storage system. Network Appliance is set to announce it has entered the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market, expanding its footprint into...