IBMhas introducedstorage systemsto help SMEs increase
scalability and performance.
The unified primary and secondary storage offerings are designed
to deliver enterprise-class performance at an entry level price,
said IBM.
The IBM System Storage N3000 series systems - the N3300 and
N3600 - are designed to help small SMEs centralise their storage in
remote offices and branch offices.
They aim to increase performance and scalability by helping to
consolidate fragmented application-based storage in a single, easy
to use infrastructure.
The N3300 offering has a maximum physical capacity of
24.6terabytes and the N3600 scales up to 69terabytes by supporting
up to 104 disk drives.
The N3000 Series is currently available at starting prices of
£8,500 for the N3300 and £11,000 for the N3600.