Cisco MDS Storage Networking Director Now Offers 32Gb, Analytics, Flash Memory Support, and Extended 32Gb Fabric Integration with Cisco UCS
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2017) - Data stored in global data centers will increase by five-fold to reach 915 Exabyte by 2020, according to the recent Cisco® Global Cloud Index. Cisco (
With this announcement, Cisco offers storage networking customers 32Gb fibre channel performance across an integrated MDS storage director and Unified Computing System (UCS) fabric, storage networking analytics, and non-volatile memory express (NVMe) over FC support for flash memory appliances.
"Cisco continues to be strongly committed to the storage networking market, and we are pleased to deliver leading-edge capabilities for the digital economy while also preserving customer investments," said Thomas Scheibe, senior director of product management, Cisco Data Center Solutions. "With the simple installation of a cost-effective module, customers can upgrade to next-generation storage networks that offer 32Gb fabrics with SAN analytics and flash memory support."
Today's announcements include:
To meet SAN scalability requirements, Cisco is collaborating with Broadcom/Emulex and Cavium/Qlogic to provide customers with high bandwidth storage connectivity, and is providing 32Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter with seamless support on the Cisco UCS C-Series. The 32Gb HBA's are designed to address requirements of modern networked storage systems that utilize high performance and low latency solid state storage drives for caching and persistent storage, as well as hard disk drive arrays.
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"As a leading nationwide retailer, JC Penney has significant storage requirements with storage demand growing daily," said Pavan Kasumurthi, solution architect, JC Penney. "We rely on the scalability and reliability of Cisco MDS storage directors to manage our storage networks, and we are pleased to see high performance 32Gb fibre channel capability on the Cisco MDS 9700 series that can be upgraded with the simple addition of a module, preserving our initial investment."
Price and Availability
The Cisco products announced today are scheduled to be available in May 2017.
Additional Resources
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