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To: Louie Liu who wrote (20613)	2/6/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 29386

Last wks news, but good to read to see who some big SAN customers will be......... Compaq Aims To Simplify Storage -- Systems Will Treat Storage As Utility Martin J. Garvey Compaq this week will unveil storage systems and controllers under its new Enterprise Network Storage Architecture line. Its goal: to help keep IT departments from buckling under the volume of data they're charged with managing. The Enterprise Storage Array 12000 storage system will contain as many as 1,000 dual-channel controllers that simplify data storage and management. The array, which costs as much as $1.5 million, can store as much as 10 terabytes of data and can be customized for input-output-intensive mail and messaging applications or for high-bandwidth video streaming. Analysts say the new systems will help take the technical burden off IS administrators by treating storage as a utility rather than as part of a conventional data center, which requires round-the-clock maintenance. "The products can reduce complexity and increase predictability for IS staff," says David Hill, an analyst at the Aberdeen Group. "Predictability means that IS managers will be able to meet service-level agreements, which guarantee users availability of the system and fast [data access] response times." Compaq's approach isn't new, however. EMC Corp. and Sun Microsystems already offer such a utility-like option. One company, Lycos Inc. in Waltham, Mass., is including Compaq in its evaluation of next-generation storage. Ron Rainville, director of operations at Lycos, has to merge data from three large Web sites-Lycos recently acquired Tripod, WhoWhere, and Wired.com. Right now, he's managing 12 terabytes of data and estimates that volume will increase by 25% per quarter. Next week, the company will evaluate the SA 12000 from Compaq, as well as products from EMC, the Clariion division of Data General, and MTI Technology. Compaq is also shipping the midrange RAID Array 8000 storage system, which can be configured for departmental or small-business use, or can be installed in a rack configuration within data centers. The RA 8000 will hold as much as 1.3 terabytes of data; an entry-level 400-Gbyte configuration is priced at $68,000. Copyright ® 1999 CMP Media Inc.