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Storage:
XIOtech To Demonstrate First
Distributed Storage Cluster
XIOtech Corporation, a storage networking innovator, announced that it will
demonstrate Magnitude 3D in the storage industry's first ever "stretched"
cluster configuration at SNW Fall 2003. Magnitude 3D will also be the first
storage area network (SAN) to conduct a remote boot of five heterogeneous
blade servers -- located in a remote area of the interoperability lab -- with
no local storage.
The demonstration of the distributed blade server boot from SAN will be
conducted in cooperation with the Blade Systems Alliance across SNW's
Interoperability Lab. This breakthrough enables enterprises to deploy more
resilient storage networks, with distributed clusters of blade servers
accessing the same data seamlessly, from edge to core. This configuration
greatly increases the resilience of enterprise storage networks.
Magnitude 3D will also be demonstrated at XIOtech's booth, number G3, on
the
show floor. In addition, XIOtech will be demonstrating its solution with
Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS) in
cooperation with QLogic on the show floor in booth G12.
"Traditional SAN configurations forced a choice between greater resilience
at
an exorbitant cost or ease-of-use with high vulnerability," said Ken
Hendrickson, CEO of XIOtech. "Magnitude 3D eliminates the need to choose. It
fundamentally alters what any organization should expect from their SANs by
delivering unmatched resilience and seamless scale with unparalleled
simplicity of management. The bottom line? Every IT organization can very
affordably deploy enterprise SAN capabilities that are managed by an IT
generalist administrator."
Magnitude 3D, launched in August 2003, applies the proven benefits of
clustered computing to SANs, delivering unmatched resilience, responsiveness,
and scalability, while eliminating the complexity traditionally associated
with clustered architectures.
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