George,
Independent FC testing lab. Sounds interesting.
Neil
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Tuesday June 9, 12:41 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Medusa Labs
Medusa Labs Up and Running, Stakes Claim as Only Independent, Full-Scale Testing Center for Fibre Channel Products
GEORGETOWN, Texas, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of computer industry veterans uniquely skilled at putting Fibre Channel products through their paces in real-world conditions has formed Medusa Labs, the only full-scale independent testing facility for Fibre Channel products.
Fibre Channel technology is the hottest thing in computer storage, enabling companies to attach large numbers of storage devices to a central computing system and to access data at very high speeds. This gives companies the advantages of redundant storage for their data and significant performance improvements.
Medusa Labs takes an unconventional approach to product testing. Rather than simply running products to see if they work, engineers introduce the products into real-world Fibre Channel configurations and turn up the workload until the products eventually fail. The result of finding a product's breaking point is the development of a better product. Medusa Labs tests for product function, performance and Fibre Channel interoperability.
''Fibre Channel is an important new technology which will be adopted much more readily now that the industry has the benefit of a credible, independent test service provider like Medusa Labs,'' said Ed Frymoyer, president of the Fibre Channel Group. FCG is an association of Fibre Channel professionals founded in 1994 to teach all aspects of Fibre Channel: standards, technology, business, and marketing.
''Our engineers start where other testing labs stop. Our intention is to 'break' your product,'' said Joe Mathis Sr., president and founder of Medusa Labs and its parent company, Medusa Technologies Inc. ''We're exploiting a market niche based on highly accelerated functional testing, interoperability and performance verification. Our clients range from OEMs such as Dell and Symbios to Fibre Channel-specific firms including Finisar, Jaycor Networks and Vixel. We're also talking with large enterprises who are interested in Medusa Labs testing and certifying Fibre Channel configurations before they are deployed.''
Medusa Labs also tests SCSI, RAID and Networking technologies but has a special emphasis on Fibre Channel. Before retiring from IBM as a senior technologist, Mathis wrote a technical paper, which became the basis for the ANSI standards for Fibre Channel. The Medusa Labs technical team has extensive experience in test design and analysis, which is key to finding flaws in products, BIOS, drivers, silicon, software and operating systems.
About Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel, a family of ANSI standards, is a common, efficient transport system supporting multiple protocols or raw data using native Fibre Channel guaranteed delivery services. Profiles define interoperable standards for using Fibre Channel for different protocols or applications. Fibre Channel, a channel/network standard, contains network features that provide the required connectivity, distance and protocol multiplexing. It also supports traditional channel features for simplicity, repeatable performance and reliability. Fibre Channel also works as a generic transport mechanism.
Fibre Channel architecture represents true channel/network integration with
active, intelligent interconnection among devices.
About Medusa Labs
Medusa Labs is an independent organization specializing in the testing and configuration of Fibre Channel, SCSI, RAID and networking technologies with a primary focus on Fibre Channel. Medusa's lab is designed for highly accelerated testing, interoperability and performance verification of enterprise products and solutions, offering clients a wide range of services from product functional verification to full enterprise verification in highly stressed client/server environments. Medusa's focus is on high-end, mission- critical components and system configurations. The company provides additional support services, including training and specific customer and OEM configuration validation. For information, send email to info@medusalabs.com, call 512-868-2222, or visit the web site at www.medusalabs.com.
SOURCE: Medusa Labs |
