Fwd: IBM storage server targets midsize companies

[Jeff Silberberg <jsilberberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> By Dinesh C. Sharma
> Special to CNET News.com
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> Story last modified September 3, 2004, 11:39 AM PDT
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> IBM on Friday announced that it will release a low-price disk server aimed 
> at midsize companies that want to establish storage area networks.
> The DS300 is based on iSCSI, a protocol that relies on existing Gigabit 
> Ethernet networks and is therefore less expensive than traditional Fibre 
> Channel-based storage area networks.
>
> The server has an Ultra320 iSCSI drive, battery backup cache and power 
> supplies. The system will start at $2,995, IBM said.
>
> The release is significant, because storage hardware and software 
> companies have been trying to reduce cost barriers by making their 
> products affordable to small and midsize companies, in large part by 
> embracing the iSCSI standard.
>
> IBM also announced the DS400, a 2GB Fibre Channel storage system that's 
> 5.25 inches tall. That server will start at $5,254, IBM said.
>
> Both servers can be managed with RAID (redundant array of independent 
> disks) management tools, and both run on Windows and Linux, IBM said. Both 
> are part of Big Blue's TotalStorage suite and will be available in the 
> fourth quarter.
>
> Also Friday, IBM released its DS4000 Storage Manager V9.1 software, which 
> is designed to protect information via real-time data replication. The 
> software lets customers mirror data both synchronously and asynchronously. 
> It is free to existing customers and can be downloaded from the company's 
> Web site.

Jeffrey Silberberg
CompuDesigns, Inc.
Atlanta, GA. 30350

As soon as I know the answers
They change the questions !