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| Verari Systems Extends 4Gb Fibre Channel Storage Offering Verari Systems has announced the availability of the Verari Systems Expansion Module (VSEM), a new 16-drive, 4-gigabit-per-second expansion module for the VS7000 family of scalable, high-performance storage systems. Designed to accommodate today's 2Gbps Fibre Channel disk drives as well as future 4Gbps Fibre Channel disk drives, the VSEM provides a 16-bay disk enclosure module for use with members of Verari Systems' VS7000 family of storage systems. Upon initial introduction, the VSEM will provide up to 4.8 terabytes of physical capacity on high-performance Fibre Channel disk drives. Shortly after initial availability, the VSEM will also be available with high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA II) drives, boosting capacity up to 8 terabytes. A VS7000 storage system utilizing the new VSEM expansion modules delivers increased density and capacity, up to 57.6TB of Fibre Channel or 96TB of SATA II disk capacity in a single 40U enclosure. In addition to the density, capacity and performance enhancements afforded, the availability of the VSEM expansion module conforms the VS7000 family of storage systems to be fully compliant to the European Union RoHS (Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances) directive. Mandated by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union, RoHS requires that manufacturers reduce the usage of certain substances in electrical and electronic equipment by July 2006. Verari Systems' VS7000 storage systems provide the increased capabilities demanded by high-performance computing environments that store and utilize vast amounts of data for high-bandwidth programs and complex application processing. Its powerful storage controllers and 4Gb-per-second interfaces are ideally suited for high-performance cluster computing (HPCC) environments that utilize global namespace file systems to perform sophisticated, data-intensive research. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |