NEWS:Network Appliance Readies Fibre Channel Support For Data Server Storage Subsystems
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1998--Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced it will begin shipping its mid-range and high-end data servers with native Fibre Channel storage subsystems.
Fibre Channel support will improve storage scalability, reliability and flexibility for customers using NetApp's high-speed data servers. Support for Fiber Channel also will make the NetApp data servers simpler to use because customers in large data centers will no longer have to deal with cabling complexities, or install SCSI host adapters for storage expansion associated with large data server configurations.
Fiber Channel support will be offered on NetApp's mid-range F520 and high-end F630 data servers using the open FC-AL (Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop) standard.
NetApp is taking orders now for data servers with Fiber Channel support and will ship products beginning on March 23, 1998. List pricing for 9 gigabyte FC-AL drives in carriers is U.S.$2,650. This equates to about 61 cents per megabyte on a complete NetApp F630 data server system with Fibre Channel storage.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance develops and markets dedicated network storage servers for UNIX, Windows and the World Wide Web. These appliances deliver fast, simple, reliable and cost-effective access to data stored in the network or across the Internet. The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance data servers and NetCache Appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as Data ONTAP and standards-compliant hardware. More information is available on the Internet at netapp.com. -0- NetApp, DataONTAP and NetCache are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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