>I recently read an article in PC Week that discussed S-A-N vs. N-A-S storage solutions. My question is regarding NTAP's competition with EMC and another one mentioned in the article, Auspex. Does EMC focus primarily on the S-A-N's, and therefore is not a direct competitor of NTAP's?
i'll defer your query to DS (downsouth) as he's the man on this thread. technically, however, EMC does have an appliance product dubbed "celerra," but all indications are that NTAP is kicking their ass. in this department anyway, and long ago left auspex in the dust.
here's an EMC appliance-related press release and background info on celerra:
Thomson Speeds Development of Advanced TV Products with EMC Network-Attached Storage
EMC Celerra Provides Thomson Engineers with Dramatically Improved Availability of Mission-Critical NFS Data
December 28, 1998
emc.com
New Products
Fastest, High-Capacity Network File Server
Companies as diverse as BMW, Mannesmann, Honda R&D Co., and Goldman Sachs already know that the payoff from EMC's Celerra File Server includes unprecedented levels of availability and performance and streamlined management. They're repeat customers of EMC's dedicated network file server, which supports NFSv2 and NFSv3 as well as a variety of network connections such as 10/100BaseT, FDDI, and ATM. The newest version of Celerra File Server provides twice the performance of its predecessor, making it the fastest, high-capacity file server available today.
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