HP's Modular Smart Array MSA30 is a disk array, otherwise known as a JBOD or "just a bunch of disks", designed to store up to 2 terabytes of data and work with a single server. The MSA500, which offers the same data storage capacity as the MSA30...
A typical SAN set-up could include a number of disk arrays that are connected to a switch that, in turn, is connected to a number of server computers. SAN disk arrays are sold by companies such as EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard and IBM...
IBM plans this week to introduce the TotalStorage FastT 900, a product that takes aim at EMC's Clariion CX 600 product. Dianne McAdam, a partner at storage analysis firm Data Mobility Group, said: "Rather than buying the big, big arrays with...
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...
Servers using NetWare Cluster Services are connected with Fast Ethernet adaptors as well as a Fibre Channel hub or switch and a disk storage subsystem. Clustering services are most frequently used for servers that host Web content, application and...
In a research note, Meta Group notes the take off of storage area networks (SANs) - servers accessing disk-based resources using the Fibre Channel protocol over dedicated networks - is driving some of this increase.
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