ORLANDO, Fla., April 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infortrend(r), a networked storage expert, (Public TPE: 2495) will demonstrate their EonStor(r) 8Gb/sec Fibre Channel RAID storage product in the Fibre Channel Industry Association's interoperability booth at Storage Networking World, being held April 6-9, 2009, at the Rosen Shingle Resort in Orlando, Florida,.
The EonStor(r) G6 S16F-R1840 is the first release in a family of Infortrend's sixth generation (G6) EonStor(r) storage arrays. The product features active/active fully redundant configuration controllers with the ability to scale up to 112 devices and is ideally suited in applications where performance and capacity demands are paramount. Infortrend will also display their state of the art power saving 2.5" SAS storage subsystem featuring Intel X25-E solid state drives. With the combination of 2.5 inch technology and Infortrend's power saving features, IT administrators can be assured of optimal power savings.
"The participation of Infortrend within the FCIA interoperability booth underpins their commitment to support industry storage standards and interoperability," said Skip Jones, FCIA chairman. "8G Fibre Channel is the new datacenter standard for SANs and enterprise storage. With Infortrend's pioneering 8G FC storage array, customers can experience the impressive performance benefits 8G FC technology has to offer and can be confident that their existing storage investments are protected."
"Infortrend is very happy to participate in this world's largest storage technology event to demonstrate the newest solutions," said Alan Johnson, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing. "As a leading player in storage, Infortrend has full capabilities in design & development of state-of-the-art storage systems, with competitive advantages. The new 8G FC models are perfect to address the challenges facing SANs and enterprise data centers, to enhance storage utilization and manageability while reducing costs. The presentation in this event also meets the goal set to bring the future of storage networking to users today!"
About Infortrend 8G FC SAN solutions
Designed to address mission-critical performance demands in storage area network (SAN) and enterprise data center applications, Infortrend's 8G FC storage system, EonStor G6 models come with an exclusive ASIC667 and easy-to-maintain modular design. Equipped with two 8G FC host ports on each controller, the system is capable of delivering as high as 2,800 MB/s read and 870MB/s write to efficiently support processing the large amount of data often required by data centers. In addition, based on a High Availability (HA) modular hardware design, all redundant modules are hot-swappable to achieve high fault-tolerance performance.
To enable seamless management locally or remotely over LAN/WAN, the new 8G FC system is equipped with SANWatch(r), a Java-based storage management software developed by Infortrend. The full-functioning management tool offers user-friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface) and supports script-based configuration of multiple subsystems at a time.
Infortrend is committed to Green Technology. The 8G FC system is designed with intelligent drive spin-down, dynamic cooling mechanisms and highly efficient power supplies that ensure completion of more than 80% power transmission and minimize energy consumption. For more information about Infortrend's complete EonStor(r) series, please visit http://www.infortrend.com/main/2_product/es_s16f-r(g)1840.asp
Certification: The EonStor G6 8G FC RAID has been employed by QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel adapters and switches with certification.
About Infortrend
Infortrend, the networked storage expert, is a pioneer in cost-effective, high performance storage products. The company provides EonStor(r) storage subsystems and SANWatch(r) software for virtually all storage interfaces including Fibre Channel, SAS, iSCSI, SCSI and SATA. For over a decade, Infortrend has provided reliable, fault-tolerant technology to prominent ODMs, distributors, and storage integrators worldwide. The company's core competency includes performance optimized RAID ASICs, feature-rich firmware, and redundant, high availability RAID subsystems. Founded in 1993, Infortrend is traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiex), ticker number 2495. For more information, visit www.infortrend.com.
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