ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- QLogic(r) Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), stackable switches and blade server switches, today announced the QLogic SANbox(r) 8000 storage services platform (SSP) has been selected by Storage Magazine as a finalist for "SAN Product of the Year." Awards will be presented at "The Storries III," the third annual storage awards ceremony sponsored by Storage Magazine, "The UK's Premiere Data Storage Magazine."
The QLogic SANbox 8000 Storage Services Platform is a high performance, network-based platform for storage virtualization services such as volume management, local and remote replication, on-line data migration and continuous data protection, which run across heterogeneous storage. To deliver these services, the SANbox 8000 hosts a variety of storage applications from leading storage software vendors including CA, Revivio and StoreAge.
"Customers tell QLogic that storage utilization in heterogeneous environments is as low as 30 percent, and multiple management tools make storage management complex and expensive," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "Customers deploying the SANbox 8000 with storage virtualization services from our software partners, are dramatically increasing storage utilization, and lowering the cost of storage management."
The SANbox 8000 integrates seamlessly into any vendor's SAN infrastructure, eliminating the need for expensive upgrades. This is possible because the SANbox 8000 attaches to the SAN as an end-node (N-Port), which enables it to remain SAN (and SAN vendor) independent. The SANbox 8000 is uniquely capable of connecting to multiple SAN islands simultaneously, extending data management/protection functionality and storage resources across the entire infrastructure from a centralized location.
Based on exclusive ReadyPath(tm) technology from QLogic, the SANbox 8000 eliminates latencies that translate into performance that is ten to one hundred times faster than competitive solutions. This level of performance is achieved with hardware-based acceleration of key application operations and by combining a non-blocking switching architecture with high-speed processing capabilities. In comparison to traditional appliance approaches where all data moves up to the CPU, QLogic ReadyPath Technology ensures that nearly all Data I/O remains in the ASIC switching subsystem.
About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions including Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs, iSCSI routers and storage services platforms for enabling advanced storage management applications. The company is also a leading supplier of server networking products including InfiniBand host channel adapters that accelerate cluster performance. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index. For more information go to www.qlogic.com.
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