TSP links Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition clusters with Hitachi's Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 system and McDATA's ED-5000 Enterprise Class Director, allowing customers to expand their TSP infrastructures smoothly, economically, and with minimal disruption. (All Hitachi Freedom Storage products, including the Lightning 9900, the 7700E, and the 5800 models, have been certified by Microsoft for operation with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems.)
TSP overcomes the scalability and availability limitations of conventional network, server, and storage technologies while reducing operational cost through massive consolidation. It is tuned for optimized performance in an environment of clustered servers and takes advantage of the increased bandwidth inherent in Storage Area Networks (SANs) for moving data at high speed between storage and servers......
"The TSP announcement is a big step for Microsoft," said David Hill, Research Director, Storage and Storage Management, Aberdeen Group. "With large enterprises having as many as 500,000 Exchange users, the need for a powerful, high availability storage solution has never been greater. Partnering with quality vendors such as Hitachi Data Systems and McDATA, Microsoft presents an industrial-strength offering designed to reduce TCO and improve scalability in Windows 2000 environments......"
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