Network equipment provider QLogic’s SANbox 6000 Series
intelligent storage router is now available as the HP StorageWorks
Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) iSCSI Connectivity
Option.
The company says the iSCSI Connectivity Option, which serves up
both Fibre Channel and iSCSI interfaces simultaneously, is designed
to improve the total cost of ownership of the HP StorageWorks EVA
by connecting more servers to a storage area network (San) at a
lower cost than normal.
QLogic believes that approximately 20% of servers in a typical
datacentre require the redundancy, high levels of throughput and
high availability of Fibre Channel storage networks, but estimates
that the majority are likely to be rack-mounted servers with less
stringent requirements such as running web hosting, computer
clusters, Microsoft Exchange or IT-developed applications.
The company also reckons they are likely to be connected to
direct attached storage (DAS). As an alternative, QLogic says these
rack servers can reap the numerous benefits of Fibre Channel
San-attached storage, thanks to the lower per-server connectivity
costs provided by the iSCSI Connectivity Option.
Kyle Fitze, director of San marketing at HP’s StorageWorks
Division, says, ”The HP EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option [is] ideal
for enterprises that have adopted FC Sans yet are looking for a
lower cost alternative to connect additional servers via IP and
iSCSI, without compromising the automation and rich functionality
of our industry-leading EVA disk arrays."