Smart Storage Announces San Configured Storage With Its Smartstor Infinet Product
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2000 5:24:00 PM EST
ANDOVER, Mass., Dec 5, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Smart Storage Inc., the leading
provider of standards-based online data storage software, in conjunction with four leading
storage vendors, recently demonstrated a SAN configuration of SmartStor InfiNet. The
demonstration integrated a Plasmon optical jukebox, an Exabyte M2 tape library,
fibre-channel-to-SCSI bridges from ATTO, and a QLogic switch. The collaboration of these
four companies, using currently shipping components, demonstrates the viability of secondary
storage in high-performance, distributed SAN configurations.
SmartStor InfiNet is a data management software product that virtualizes primary and
secondary storage volumes into a single easily managed volume. The product offers intelligent
data migration based on storage policies and provides cost-effective, long-term data
accessibility. From a single, unified Explorer-like console, InfiNet administrators can
simultaneously set policies, monitor events, and seamlessly manage the availability of critical
business information regardless of whether it is physically located on a server, RAID storage
subsystem or secondary storage devices such as JBOD, optical, and tape.
"SAN technology is evolutionary, not revolutionary. While our technology is very well
positioned to take advantage of SAN technology, we also recognize that our success is based
on partnering with other vendors to ensure that our respective products work together,
providing a turn-key solution to our customers," stated Peter Smails, vice president of sales &
marketing at Smart Storage.
"SAN technology is now entering a more mature, stable phase and customers are looking to
add proven, highly reliable, cost-effective removable storage to complement and help control
the ever-increasing growth of on-line storage capacity. Plasmon is pleased to be working with
Smart Storage on the leading edge of enabling this technology integration," said Tom
Ferguson, vice president of sales for Plasmon.
"Coupled with proven SmartStor products for DVD and MO and Exabyte tape support," said
Curt Mulder, market development manager at Exabyte, "this SAN configuration is the ideal
solution for IT and MIS professionals who want to reduce cost and maintenance of their
storage solutions. This solution also offers users superior capacity at a very low cost. Exabyte
sees Smart Storage as a company that is proven and dedicated to producing the best storage
products. We are happy to be working with them."
"Given the global explosion of digital data, the fundamental ability of storing, retrieving and
sharing information is as critical as the information itself," said Don Bauch, director of
marketing at ATTO Technology. "ATTO is pleased to work with Smart Storage in enabling
mission-critical data to be reliably shared among multiple users in a SAN configuration."
"QLogic believes storage virtualization is an important technology in the evolution of storage
networking," said Carla Kennedy, vice president of marketing for QLogic's Switch Products
Group. "By combining QLogic SAN infrastructure solutions like our SANbox switches with
products like SmartStor InfiNet, network administrators can better manage the availability of
data in a cost-effective manner."
About Smart Storage
Smart Storage is a leading provider of standards-based data storage management and data
access software for Windows NT/2000, UNIX, and NetWare environments. The SmartStor
suite of products provides increased data accessibility, primary storage scalability, and
seamless data migration which allow enterprises and their end-users to leverage data across
the entire organization without interruption. SmartStor products have been installed at over
10,000 corporations and government agencies worldwide with storage solutions ranging from
single storage devices to enterprise-wide network storage systems. With its corporate
headquarters in Andover, Massachusetts, and subsidiary offices in Japan, Germany, the
United Kingdom, and India, Smart Storage markets its complete line of SmartStor products
worldwide through partnerships with distributors, VARs, system integrators, and OEMs. For
product, sales, and support information, contact Smart Storage in the U.S. by phone at
888/479-0100 or E-mail at sales@smartstorage.com. For international inquiries, please
contact our offices in Germany by phone at 49-221-272-910 and Japan by phone at
03-5798-2305.
Copyright 2000. Smart Storage is a registered trademark of Smart Storage Inc. InfiNet is a
trademark of Smart Storage. All other trademarks or tradenames are the property of their
respective holders.
CONTACT: Bob McIntosh
Smart Storage Inc.
978/623-3300, ext. 166
rmcintos@smartstorage.com
www.smartstorage.com
or
Tom Lok
Smart Storage Inc.
978/623-3300 ext. 223
tlok@smartstorage.com |
