Teflon:
In what way is NTAP different from Procom's offering. I just don't see anything special in this technology to prevent quick duplication by other players.
Bob Gauthier
___Procom To Roll Out Network-Attached Storage Devices___
Procom Technology Inc. next week will begin shipping the
NetForce 2000 and NetForce 2200 network-attached storage
devices. These new systems -- along with the NetForce 2500
and 2600 network-attached storage (NAS) products, due next
quarter -- are designed for ease of administration and use,
offering a setup procedure that Procom says takes just
minutes to complete. The higher-end 2500 and 2600 systems
will also provide continuous data availability.
The 2000, in a 180-Gbyte configuration, is priced at
$35,000. The 2200 will store as much as 900 Gbytes of data,
for $148,000. All the new units have proprietary software
that lets them support very large files via a journaling
file system, which also captures data at the time of a crash
and can later reconstruct it. Because the 2500 and 2600
units will be equipped with dual controllers that failover
to each other in less than three seconds, customers gain
high-availability benefits, too. The 2500 stores 900 Gbytes
for between $100,000 and $180,000. The 2600, with a 1.8-
terabyte capacity, is priced at $201,000 to $360,000.
Like other NAS devices, the new NetForce storage servers can
connect to existing system infrastructures anywhere on the
network, and support multiple protocols for access to
Windows NT or Unix files. NAS systems can also perform
better than general-purpose servers because they are
optimized for data input and output. -- Martin J. Garvey
For more on NAS, see "NAS Finally Makes Its Mark"
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