EMC iSCSI Clariions released for remote offices
EMC iSCSI Clariions released for remote offices
Feb 15, 2005: Schools, government agencies and large organisations with remote offices will be pleased to hear about EMC's recent release of new Clariion arrays built with native iSCSI support to make it easier to back up data over long distances.
The new Clariion AX100i, Clariion CX300i and Clariion Cx500i models are all equipped with an Internet small computer system interface, which EMC claims is now the broadest set of Fibre Channel and native iSCSI storage networking solutions in the industry.
The company believes that the new arrays will meet the needs of the world's largest data centres down to the small and medium-sized businesses too.
David A. Donatelli, the EMC executive vice president of storage platforms operations, said: "iSCSI support for EMC Clariion not only demonstrates EMC's commitment to this standard, it also offers value-driven customers a sound path to deploying an ILM strategy regardless of the size or type of environment.
"The lower relative implementation cost of IP storage is an important factor for customers wanting to consolidate their IT infrastructures to more effectively manage their information throughout its lifecycle."
Tony Asaro, the senior analyst for the enterprise strategy group, added: "ESG believes that the EMC Clariion AX100i will bring SANs into the mainstream market. Our research found that 42 percent of small and medium-sized businesses are planning to implement iSCSI SANs by mid-2006.
"We believe that small and medium-sized customers including schools, government agencies and large organisations with remote offices will be the sweet spot for iSCSI. These customers are reaching a point where consolidating server storage and centralising backup are a priority, and iSCSI makes it affordable for them to implement a SAN.
"EMC bringing its Clariion products into the game legitimises iSCSI as a viable option for many customers and potentially opens up whole new markets."
EMC also supports the iSCSI standard on its Symmetix DMX systems, Connectrix SAN switches and Celerra network attached storage (NAS) and NetWin systems.
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