Gadzoox Releases SAN Appliance

SAN complex can be avoided some administrative staff, but today, gadzoox Networks, Inc. is introducing a product St. simplify installation and management methods and new appliances.

The axxess St. appliances combine gadzoox fiber Channel switches and NT servers into a single unit. Sansymphony, storage virtualization management software from DataCore software company, which runs on the server SAN management responsibilities.

Adminstrators axxess appliance use as a bridge between the server and storage device connectivity, with fiber channel. Users can perform a variety of SAN management tasks directly through server. "This will let you in the distribution of servers - you do not need any proprietary software ", Rajan vardarjan, channel development manager gadzoox.

Vardarjan said gadzoox is aimed at medium to axxess appliances on the market, hoping to aid administrators With the new SAN implementation. The axxess tastes there are two players: 2000 model, and 11-port switch, and 3000, and 32-port switch.

Later this year, Compaq plans to release storage virtualization versastor electrical use of its proprietary technology.

And Compaq products may perform similar duties axxess, vardarjan said axxess This will be attractive to a broader range of users because of its use standard hardware. "You do not need any special [host bus adapter] Comment on" br> server, "he said. -- Christopher Fumaikekenaier