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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 25, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 34
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Breaking News -
Storage:
Audi Implements Flexible,
Available Storage Area Network
Brocade Communications Systems Inc, a leading provider of infrastructure
for
Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced that Audi has deployed Brocade
SilkWorm fabric switches to provide the foundation for the auto manufacturer's
mission-critical data administration and archive system. Brocade SAN
infrastructure minimizes the total cost of data storage administration and
helps ensure that Audi engineers and designers have continuous access to
technical data and information regarding Audi car bodies and engines.
In May 2002, Audi created its Hyper-KVS data archive solution, used to
store,
research and retrieve CAD and CAM data critical to auto body and engine design
and assembly. To benefit from the enhanced performance promised by this new
data solution, Audi needed to assure high availability and flexible
scalability in order to manage the high volumes of CAD and CAM data being
created and stored. As the data within the Hyper KVS solution began to grow
rapidly, Audi chose to deploy a Brocade SAN because of its high performance
data transfer rates, high availability, and scalability that can easily
accommodate Audi's projected data growth over next two years.
"Implementation of a SAN in the Hyper-KVS environment allowed us to provide
users with maximum service availability and quick and easy access to archived
data," said Michael Bartsch, project manager for Hyper-KVS systems at Audi.
"Brocade possessed all the right attributes to accomplish this task. We see
SANs as very important technology for IT in our organization, and we will
invest increasingly in this area in the future."
"The Brocade SilkWorm 3200 is an ideal choice for customers that need a low
cost, flexible solution that offers support for multivendor SAN environments,"
said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade vice president of marketing. "We are pleased that
Audi has selected Brocade to more easily manage its rapidly growing storage
needs."
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