Brocade Technology Enables Complete 4 Gbit/sec SAN Infrastructure on the New HP StorageWorks EVA Disk Array24 February 2006
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), today announced that its technology would enable a complete 4 Gbit/sec Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure on the new HP StorageWorks EVA 4 Gbit/sec disk array, and that the complete family of Brocade-based 4 Gbit/sec SAN switches and directors is now available directly from HP.
"Brocade and HP have partnered for seven years to build performance, reliability, and ease-of-use into state-of-the-art SANs," said Tom Buiocchi, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Support at Brocade. "Now we are helping IT management succeed in the next generation of networked storage by collaborating to deliver standards-based platforms that provide customers with improved SAN reliability, performance, and scalability."
Today, Brocade 4 Gbit/sec technology is available in a complete family of HP B-Series StorageWorks SAN switches, in platforms supporting 8- to 16-port and 16- to- 32-port configurations. In addition, an embedded module for the HP p-Class BladeSystem is 4 Gbit/sec-ready, and the Brocade-designed 4 Gbit/sec director is offered by HP as the StorageWorks SAN Director 4/256.
"By incorporating Brocade technology, HP is able to deliver flexible, high-performance, 4 Gbit/sec SANs," said Kyle Fitze, Director of SAN Marketing, StorageWorks Division, HP. "It is clear that enterprise customers value the most advanced infrastructure available when consolidating their IT environments, and when coupled with our new 4 Gbit/sec EVA disk arrays, we can provide them with complete and powerful solutions."
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade delivers the industry's leading platforms and solutions for intelligently connecting, managing, and optimizing IT resources in shared storage environments. The world's premier systems, server, and storage providers offer the Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of fabric switches and software as the foundation for SAN solutions in organizations of all sizes. In addition, the Brocade Tapestry(TM) family of application infrastructure solutions extends the ability to proactively manage and optimize application and information resources across the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, organizations are better positioned to reduce cost, manage complexity, and satisfy business compliance requirements through optimized use and management of their application infrastructures. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.
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Source: prnewswire
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