Emulex InSpeed 4 Gbps Embedded Switches Now Shipping in Xyratex SBOD
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Award-winning InSpeed switch provides enhanced performance and
RAS for 4 Gb/s solutions
April 27, 2006 - Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in
storage networking connectivity solutions, today announces Xyratex is
shipping two new 4Gb/s switched storage enclosures with integrated
Emulex InSpeed SOC 422. This will provide embedded storage switching for
superior performance while scaling reliability, availability and
serviceability (RAS). The Xyratex 4835 and RS-1600-F4 SBOD(TM)
(Switched Bunch of Disks) systems allow customers to take full advantage
of the benefits provided by InSpeed - the industry standard for
connecting disk drives in the back-end of storage systems.
Malcolm Muggeridge, CTO of Xyratex said: "Both Xyratex and Emulex remain
forerunners in the development and adoption of 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
solutions. Working with Emulex helps ensure Xyratex delivers new
benchmarks to maximise storage system performance while providing
scaling and tremendous RAS benefits to customers to ensure migration to
next generation SAN solutions is seamless and cost-effective."
The industry's first 4 Gb/s embedded storage switching solution,
Emulex's InSpeed SOC 422, lends enhanced RAS and increased performance
to Xyratex's 4835 and RS-1600-F4 storage products by bringing switched
connectivity inside the storage system. The Xyratex 4835 is an
ultra-high-density, near-line SATA disk drive based storage solution
that uses the InSpeed SOC 422 in a root switch position and is capable
of housing up to 48 SATA drives in 4U of rack space for up 24TB of data
in a single unit. It is ideal for the secondary storage needs of
compliance, disk-to-disk backup and content address storage (CAS)
environments. Meanwhile, the Xyratex RS-1600-F4 uses an embedded
InSpeed SOC 422 for a SBOD implementation to deliver a true high
performance Fibre Channel SBOD that integrates the power, flexibility
and reliability of Fibre Channel (FC) point-to-point switching
technology into its industry-leading 4 Gb/s FC enclosures.
Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex,
commented: "With over 10 million InSpeed ports installed and the leading
supplier of embedded storage switches, Emulex was the first to market
with a 4 Gb/s embedded storage switching solution. Xyratex has worked
closely with us since the beginning to stay ahead of the curve for
delivering 4 Gb/s products. Our unique point-to-point switching
capabilities and backward-compatibility will enable Xyratex customers to
advance their systems to leverage unmatched levels of reliability,
availability and serviceability."
Emulex InSpeed embedded storage switches are the de facto industry
standard for connecting Fibre Channel-based disk drives in the back-end
of storage systems. Emulex's embedded switches are now shipping at more
than twice the rate of the total Fibre Channel fabric switch ports from
all vendors combined. The InSpeed SOC 422 provides 22 ports of
connectivity in a highly integrated device that is ideal for
implementing a wide variety of embedded storage applications, including
SBODs, root switches and fully switched architectures. As with all
versions of InSpeed, the SOC 422 is backward-compatible, permitting
flexibility in implementation and avoiding costly upgrades. For more
information on Emulex's InSpeed SOC 422, please visit:
http://emulex.com/products/fcswitch/422/ds.html.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking
connectivity. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on
Emulex award-winning HBAs, embedded storage switching and I/O controller products to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage solutions. Emulex ranked number 19 in the Deloitte 2005 Technology Fast 50 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX). Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com.
For more information please contact:
Kate Mills / Liam McLaughlin
Kaizo
Tel: 020 7580 8852
Email: emulex@kaizo.net
