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| Emulex InSpeed 4 Gb/s Embedded Switches Now Shipping Emulex Corporation 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 (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. 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. 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. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |