COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that its InSpeed(r) SOC 422 Embedded Storage Switches have been deployed in Infortrend's EonStor 4Gb/s Fibre Channel RAID and SBOD (Switched Bunch of Disks) family of redundant and single controller systems, enabling high performance switched back-end architectures that dramatically improve storage system RAS (reliability, availability and serviceability) and performance.
"Emulex's InSpeed embedded switches deliver the capabilities required by enterprise-class storage systems to make them faster, more reliable and more cost-effective," said Bob Whitson, senior vice president and general manager of embedded storage products, Emulex Corporation. "This design win signifies the continued adoption by OEMs of our embedded storage switches to create the most competitive enterprise-class storage systems possible."
Developed for storage system providers who want to maximize performance and avoid costly upgrades, the Emulex InSpeed SOC 422 is a 4Gb/s embedded storage switch that enables backward compatibility and a unique point-to-point switching capability across storage system back-ends. Emulex's award-winning, field-proven InSpeed embedded storage switch technology is the industry standard for connecting disk drives in the back-end of external storage systems.
"By combining Emulex's point-to-point switching technology with Infortrend's EonStor F16F RAID subsystem family, we are able to offer customers enterprise-class deployments with massive capacity capabilities, such as the ability to configure hundreds of disks in one system," said Howard Bau, vice president of research and development at Infortrend Technology. "Emulex's InSpeed technology enables customers to easily achieve high transaction performance for their database and web applications or build high capacity and sustained performance for their audio/video applications."
Emulex has an installed base of more than 25 million embedded storage ports and its embedded technologies are used by all of the world's top 10 storage OEMs. For more information on Emulex's Embedded Storage Switches, visit www.emulex.com/solutions/embedded.
About Infortrend
Infortrend, the RAID storage expert, is a pioneer in cost-effective, high performance networked storage. The company's products include EonStor(r) storage systems and RAIDWatch(r) software for virtually all storage interfaces including SAS, SCSI, iSCSI, SATA and Fibre Channel. For over a decade, Infortrend has provided reliable, fault-tolerant technology to prominent ODMs, distributors, and storage integrators worldwide. The company's core competency includes feature-rich firmware and software, RAID controllers, and redundant and high availability RAID subsystems. Founded in 1993, Infortrend is traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiex), ticker number 2495. For more information, visit www.infortrend.com.
Infortrend, EonStor, RAIDWatch, and EonPath are trademarks or registered trademarks of Infortrend Technology, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and 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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