Swamp Fox's homegrown (lifted) press release for "MAGGIE" -
My earlier post about the "SALESMAN" opportunity as COO for AMPEX I quoted from today's IBD issue was a $ 24 BILLION market vs. this one
(lifted from) storage.ibm.com
The storage market is expected to represent an opportunity of more than $44 billion by 2002,** according to projections from International Data Corporation and Dataquest, leading market research firms.
So, if the "SALESMAN" closes 2% of 12% of $44 BILLION replacement market we would have 2x "a lot of revenue" I quoted earlier...
Also, remember Ampex server connect to "MAGGIE" is 20mb per sec uncompressed access to 12 TERABYTES vs.IBM magstar -
(lifted from)
storage.ibm.com
Tape drive performance Magstar 3590 has a maximum data transfer rate of 9 MB/sec in uncompacted mode. The maximum instantaneous data rate is 20 MB/sec on a SCSI interface and 17 MB/sec on an ESCON channel.
One or two IBM 3490E tape drives can be configured in a single frame. Each tape drive has a maximum data transfer rate of 3 MB/sec in uncompacted mode.
Also, here is one vision for AMPEX'S server that connects to "MAGGIE" - Read the following and just change the name from IBM Versatile storage server to AMPEX "MAGGIE" to get the "vision" for our COO the "SALESMAN" -
(lifted from)
storage.ibm.com
Imagine a shared storage system that is versatile enough to protect and manage all your data for open systems servers.
It's a new world out there, a connected world. Information is flowing between departments, across divisions, throughout the enterprise and beyond like never before. With e-business, information needs to be available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. Business requirements frequently change with new applications spurring an astonishingly rapid rate of data growth, and demand for information access.
Fostering access to data in an open systems world represents a sizable challenge given the patchwork of servers and storage systems that exist within most organizations today. The ability to manage and share information is a pressing concern as administrative costs continue to climb and the management of multiple servers and data storage grows more complex every day. These concerns and the spiraling costs associated with them have already led many organizations to a strategy of server consolidation--the relocation of
distributed servers and related storage into data centers with centralized management provided by corporate IT departments. These companies need storage solutions which are versatile and designed to simplify storage management, provide sharing of storage resources, enhance data sharing and support their plans for server consolidation.
The next step in the evolution of open systems storage The IBM Versatile Storage ServerTM is designed to provide a flexible approach to storage centralization as you plan for server consolidation. By using the IBM 7133 Serial Disk System as its storage building block, Versatile Storage Server provides you with the ultimate in investment protection. You may deploy 7133s today in distributed locations and departments and incorporate them into the Versatile Storage Server when convenient. With the Versatile Storage Server, disk storage can be consolidated into a single powerful system that offers many levels of advanced function. Examples include, remote Web-based management, true data sharing for like servers, and dynamic capacity allocation.
IBM Versatile Storage Server delivers the ultimate in centralized management of stored data IBM Versatile Storage Server provides centralized management and sharing of disk storage for a variety of UNIX, Windows NT and AS/400 servers. As requirements change, you will be able to assign unallocated storage capacity dynamically to any of your attached servers without disruption. Centralized management is greatly simplified by using the IBM StorWatchT. Versatile Storage Specialist, a Web enabled, integrated storage management tool. Versatile Storage Specialist enables local or remote storage administrators to monitor and manage the Versatile Storage Server using a Java-compliant Internet browser, enabling growing volumes of data to be managed more cost-effectively than ever before.
Customer Scenario #1
A versatile, shared storage solution for server consolidation.
THE SITUATION
A fast growing print services company has made several acquisitions and currently operates five plants. In order to leverage economies of scale, the company has made a decision to centralize most of its IT resources into the data centers of its two largest plants over time. Today, the company has applications running on several Sun Microsystems and IBM UNIX based servers and many Compaq and IBM Windows NT based servers. The company has been purchasing unique disk storage for each server and currently has multiple storage systems with several terabytes of capacity. As server and application requirements change, unused, excess disk capacity sits idle on some servers while other servers that require more capacity are unable to access it. While the company's direction is consolidation they still are faced with additional capacity requirements now. The IT department has the task of cost effectively managing these dynamic storage requirements across the entire enterprise.
THE SOLUTION
The company will install an IBM Versatile Storage Server in each data center to provide an easy-to-manage, consolidated storage system for its servers. Additionally, they will begin to standardize storage acquisitions using the IBM 7133 Serial Disk System for their distributed capacity requirements. As these servers are consolidated into the data centers, the 7133s will be incorporated into the Versatile Storage Servers protecting the investment in these assets. Less total storage will be required because it will now be efficiently shared among the attached servers. Excess storage capacity will be available to all attached servers as requirements change and storage capacity can easily be increased or reallocated. A single storage administrator can manage all the storage resources assigned to each server using IBM StorWatchT Versatile Storage Specialist, greatly reducing the complexity and skills required of their operations staff.
A scalable architecture designed to grow with you Based on the IBM SeascapeT storage enterprise architecture, Versatile Storage Server combines technology building blocks including powerful storage servers, rich software function, high performance adapters and serial disk technology. Seascape solutions take advantage of technological advancements in various components without making entire systems obsolete,which protects existing storage investments. Versatile Storage Server is designed to grow with you, so you can add capacity as you need it--terabytes of usable storage. Mixed capacity hard disk drives are supported concurrently and Versatile Storage Server is designed to allow additional capacities and new generation serial disks to be easily incorporated.
True data sharing for open systems computing
For those environments which share like UNIX and Windows NT platforms, the IBM Versatile Storage Server enables true data sharing. With Versatile Storage Server, your users will be able to share a single copy of data across multiple homogeneous UNIX or Windows NT servers when data access is controlled by the attached servers.
High performance storage for clustered servers
What good is your company data if you can't get to it or process it quickly? That's why the IBM Versatile Storage Server is designed with advanced technologies optimized to achieve high performance for clustered servers. These technologies include a powerful storage processing complex, intelligent read cache, and high performance serial disk drives. This design provides fast access and excellent throughput for multiple attached servers.
High availability you can count on
Data center operations are enhanced by the many advanced features designed to protect your data and deliver high availability, even in the event of a failure. Dual active processing clusters with automatic fail-over, hot spares, hot swappable disk drives, and redundant power and cooling deliver highavailability. Data protection and integrity are provided by a high performance RAID 5 implementation that includes mirrored, nonvolatile fast-write cache. The IBM Versatile Storage Server provides further protection by verifying data accuracy at every operational step, even down to the disk level--an important safeguard for environments like e-business and Enterprise Resource Planning.
IBM provides you with even greater peace of mind with IBM Versatile Storage Server Service Alert, which continuously monitors the functions of Versatile Storage Server and automatically "calls home" to an IBM service center if it detects potentially problematic conditions. With IBM's 24 x 7 worldwide support, you can rest easy.
Also, (update from my Dec post) of EXABYTE is that they are 3 mb per sec with their "NEW" tape drives that now holds 10 megs and can be daisied up to 180 tapes on their library...(for very low end markets)
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