Dow Jones Newswires -- September 11, 2000
Dow Jones Newswires
Network Appliance Introduces New Data Storage Line
By JOLYN OKIMOTO
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
PALO ALTO, Calif., -- Network Appliance Inc. (NTAP) introduced Monday a new line of file
servers touted to have greater data capacity, accessibility and speed.
The new line enables companies to use "larger building blocks" to build their networks, making
them easier to manage and expand, said said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing for
the Sunnyvale, Calif., data-access company.
File servers, also known as filers, are hardware used to store, manage and deliver data over
corporate computer networks.
Network Appliance's new F840c filer has up to 12 terabytes of capacity when used with a version
of the company's Data ONTAP software expected to be released in one or two months, said Eric
Brown, a spokesman for the company. A terabyte is one thousand gigabytes.
That compares with a maximum of 1.5 terabytes in the previous line, which was introduced in
1998, Brown said.
The F840 model, also unveiled Monday, has a maximum capacity of 6 terabytes of information.
The F840 and F840c models range from $110,700 to $1.1 million, the company said.
The new filers are housed in cabinets that take up about 6 square feet of floor space and are about
6 feet tall.
EMC Corp. (EMC), a data storage company in Hopkinton, Mass., has a system called the
Symmetrix 8000 that supports up to 19.1 terabytes of information and occupies 17.3 square feet of
floor space.
-Jolyn Okimoto; Dow Jones Newswires; 650 496-1367 |
