Sierra builds bridges to fill in storage gaps
Sierra builds bridges to fill in storage gaps
Feb 10, 2005: Sierra Logic have released a new array of silicon storage bridges to integrate Fibre Channels to Serial ATA silicon storage bridges to help enterprises work more easily with multiple applications.
The Sierra Logic Storage Bridge (BR-2401) will be the first to be released, which makes lower-cost SATA Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) plug-and-play in Fibre Channel storage environments.
It allows SATA HDDs to be inserted into any FC drive slot and be mixed with FC disk drives within a storage system, in either modular JBODs or integrated RAID controllers.
Arun Taneja, principal at The Taneja Group, an analyst and consulting group focused on storage and storage-centric server technologies, said: "High-capacity SATA drives are fast becoming a commodity item due to their utility in everything from consumer electronics to PCs to enterprise storage.
"The beauty of Sierra Logic's approach is that it allows the use of HDDs from various vendors, even within the same system, because the new silicon actually hides the differences and makes them all function like a unified Fibre Channel drive."
Taneja added that this approach provides an intelligent, powerful and cost-saving alternative to Fibre Channel HDDs for enterprise customers.
Bob Whitson, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Sierra Logic, Inc. also said: "Our new family of silicon storage bridges, combined with our proven firmware, again changes the landscape for enterprise storage customers and manufacturers by providing them yet another option for leveraging their earlier investments, deploying new storage environments quickly, and realising significant savings both up-front and over time."
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