Infortrend to launch enterprise Fibre Channel arrays
Taiwan-based SME storage supplier Infortrend wants to move up to the enterprise by adding a VSA (Virtual Scaleout Architecture) disk drive array product to its range.
This is a departure for Infortend, which sells a wide range of RAID storage arrays to small and medium enterprises. It has built a presence in the media processing area, with customers like FrameStore using its storage for digital media rendering work on The Tale of Despereaux.
The VSA line will feature dual, redundant controllers with high-availability features. Drive enclosures will be supplied fully-populated with drives having been burnt-in for 24 hours before being shipped.
Four products - F20, F40, F60 and F65 - will be available in Q3, each with an 8Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface. A 2-model iSCSI line, with E20 and E40 variants, will be added at the end of Q3 or in Q4, supporting either one or ten gigabit Ethernet.
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