COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the world leader in Fibre Channel host bus adapters and provider of intelligent building blocks for the storage networking industry, announced today that Xyratex Storage Systems has deployed Emulex's InSpeed SOC 320 in its newly announced RS-1600-FC-SBD storage enclosure. Emulex's 20-port InSpeed 2Gb/s SOC (Switch-On-a-Chip) was used by Xyratex to create an "SBOD," or "Switched Bunch Of Disks," application that brings high performance switched connectivity to each individual drive within the storage enclosure. Xyratex is the first storage company to make an InSpeed SOC 320-based storage enclosure commercially available. The new RS-1600-FC-SBD storage enclosure was formally launched today by Xyratex and is available to storage OEMs and system integrators worldwide.
InSpeed Technology improves the RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) characteristics and performance of storage systems while lowering in-field servicing costs and enabling new and advanced diagnostics and management capabilities. Emulex's InSpeed SOC 320 features unique new capabilities such as Automatic Trunking and Fairness that allow storage designers to create storage enclosures that are inherently more dependable and efficient.
"Our collaboration with the Emulex Product Development team has enabled us to integrate the InSpeed SOC 320 with our existing RS-1600 storage enclosure technology. This new technology provides dramatic performance increases as well as numerous enhancements to system reliability and SAN availability," said John Howarth, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Xyratex Storage Systems. "These enhancements will bring higher data availability and lower maintenance costs to the end user."
The 20-port Emulex InSpeed SOC 320 serves as the core technology for Emulex's 2 Gb/s embedded storage switch products. Advanced features of the InSpeed SOC 320-based family of embedded storage switch products include:
-- Automatic Trunking Capabilities-- Multiplies internal bandwidth
with fail-over pathing for ultra-reliable performance.
-- Drive Fairness and Prioritization -- Prevents drive starvation
and ensures equal access to all drives within the storage array.
-- Stealth Intelligent Change Manager -- Fully isolates systems from
change notification disruptions.
-- Continuous Diagnostic and Health Monitoring Capabilities.
InSpeed technology lowers in-field servicing costs and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair), significantly improving storage system reliability levels and provides the ability to increase performance while scaling to maximize the useable drive count.
"With Xyratex's introduction of the RS-1600-FC-SBD storage enclosure, a world-class storage provider has implemented a switched back-end architecture by using Emulex's field-proven InSpeed SOC 320 Technology," said Brian Reed, Vice President of Business Development, Emulex Corporation. "We are excited that Xyratex selected InSpeed and that our long-standing relationship with them has produced yet another winning product that represents an industry first."
For more information on the new Xyratex RS-1600-FC-SBD storage enclosure product, please visit www.xyratex.com. To find out more about how InSpeed technology enhances the RAS and performance characteristics of storage systems, please visit www.emulex.com.
About Xyratex
Xyratex is a storage and network global technology company business operating in the data storage and data communication network marketplaces. Xyratex specializes in the development and production of storage and network technology and is focused on creating essential building blocks for data storage networks and technology for enabling and optimizing storage devices and high performance digital communication networks and storage devices. Xyratex is recognized for its strong technology base and commitment to providing a highly responsive customer-focused service, investing significantly in research and development to help customers stay ahead in the technology race. The result is an expanding range of long-term partnerships with many of the most influential companies in the worldwide IT marketplace.
Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, the company employs over 700 people with more than a third working in R&D. Xyratex has an established global base, with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. For further information about Xyratex storage products, please visit our website at www.xyratex.com, or contact your regional sales director.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the world's largest supplier and developer of Fibre Channel host bus adapters and a leading provider of embedded storage technologies to the industry's top-tier storage and server manufacturers. Emulex was recently ranked number 15 in Deloitte & Touche's 2003 Technology Fast 50 and named one of Forbes Magazine's 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies.
The Emulex award-winning product families, including its LightPulse(tm) HBAs and InSpeed(tm) embedded storage switching products, are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies spanning both Fibre Channel and IP networking protocols, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Apple, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Siemens, Groupe Bull, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Xyratex. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Computer Associates, Intel, McDATA, Microsoft and VERITAS among its strategic partners. Additionally, Emulex and Intel, via a joint development agreement, are pioneering the industry's first storage processors for Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces within a single architecture.
Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Info-X, Netmarks, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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