SAN

High-performance Fibre Channel Switches for SAN Environments.

Brocade

To provide a powerful yet flexible framework for addressing critical storage area network (SAN) requirements, Brocade has developed the Intelligent Fabric Operating Environment. The key components of this architecture-the Brocade® family of fabric switches, Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, and third-party development environment-provide the reliable foundation for storage networks ranging from a few switches to thousands of ports.

The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Operating Environment provides the basic switching functions, Fabric Connectivity Services, Fabric Management Services, Fabric Application Services, and support that improve manageability, availability, security, and scalability while enabling new types of applications. These services help evolve the network into an intelligent SAN fabric-a more robust interconnectivity solution that integrates data transport with application services-increasing operational efficiencies and extending the value of the SAN fabric.

High-Performance Cost Effective HBAs

SGI offers a wide variety of SAS and FC HBA’s in configurations of PCIE and PCI-X host interfaces. Offering high-performance, the low cost HBA’s accommodate both SAS and SATA needs. The Fibre Channel technology constructs the storage area networks (SANs), which are available in four and eight port options with internal and external connector configurations to support any applications. SGI’s 4Gb/s FC HBAs are available in single, dual and quad-channel configurations.

For more information, see the HBA product page

Switches

The Brocade® 300, Brocade® 5100, Brocade® 5300, Brocade® 48000, Brocade® 4900, Brocade® 5000, and Brocade® 200E switch models are enhancements to a growing family of products that leverage the next-generation architecture and services to extend the SAN environment, providing high-performance and cost-effective storage networking capabilities.

For more information, see the Switches product page

Fabric Watch

Fabric Watch is a robust fabric health monitoring service for mission-critical Storage Area Network SAN fabrics. Fabric Watch enables network managers to:

Track numerous fabric and switch elements
Receive automatic event notifications
Quickly identify and isolate faults
Monitor and optimize fabric-wide performance
For more information, download the Fabric Watch Datasheet (PDF 169K)

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StorNext M330 Metadata Controller Appliance

The creation of rich media like high definition video for consumers and businesses has become so easy that it is not uncommon to find widespread Big Data growth across vertical and horizontal markets alike. Regardless of size, post production departments typically share the same challenge—the need to have concurrent, high speed access to a shared storage pool. Typically, many of these smaller workgroups don’t have the IT budget or expertise to meet the challenges of Big Data.


Key Features and Benefits

  • Factory-installed and licensed software for simplified deployments and out-of-the-box reliability
  • High-performance data sharing
  • Collaboration across Linux, Windows, UNIX, and Mac OSX operating systems
  • Advanced reporting visually displays the health of the system for optimal performance and supportability

Optimised For Rich Media Workloads

The StorNext® M330 metadata controller appliance is ideal for rich media environments needing fast, sustained and reliable shared access to very large files across multiple platforms. The StorNext M330 creates shared data pools, eliminating the need for multiple copies, reducing storage space, simplifying workflows and enabling faster project completion.

The StorNext M330 includes factory-installed and licensed software, two metadata controllers (one for failover) and uses a dedicated metadata array for optimal operation. Also included are ten StorNext File System SAN clients that can be used on any operating system, two StorNext File System SAN clients for the metadata controllers, and the High Availability License Option, enabling automatic metadata controller failover.

Additional StorNext File System SAN clients can be obtained separately, as can all the supported optional StorNext features, including Storage Manager’s tiering and archiving features. The StorNext M330 is compatible with vast numbers of disk and tape vendors.

The StorNext M330 metadata controller appliance delivers the power of StorNext while simplifying deployment, operation, and support.

Resources:

Data Sheet

Video (Introducing the StorNext M330 Appliance)

Video (The StorNext M330 Appliance Part 2)

Tech Specs

Slide Share Presentation; Simplify Management of Big Data Files with Quantum’s New StorNext Appliance