StorageTek, locally represented by CMS, a division of JSE-listed MGX, will market the new Sun StorEdge T3 product as the StorageTek 9175 Disk Array, a StorageNet SAN solution. The announcement is part of the storage alliance announced last August in which StorageTek agreed to OEM Sun`s open enterprise disk storage and Sun agreed to OEM StorageTek`s enterprise and client server tape automation systems.
"The StorageTek 9175 Disk Array is optimised for bandwidth- and image-intensive application environments as well as high input/output applications, and will be available to South Africa in August 2000," says Mike White, chief technology officer at MGX.
Along with the StorageTek L series tape libraries, Sun StorEdge T3 complements the StorageNet SAN solutions, providing customers with SAN interoperability, LANFree Backup, disk storage pools and heterogeneous connectivity.
Integrated into the StorageNet SAN solution family of products, this disk array delivers reliability in extreme performance computing applications. It offers high levels of redundancy and a switched loop architecture that survives failures without loss of performance, ensuring the safety of business-critical data. The disk array is pre-configured to provide ease of installation and redeployment so businesses can implement and realise ROI quickly.
The disk array is a full Fibre Channel RAID disk system with an architecture that can help users save time and money. It features scalable packaging that allows users to save money by expanding performance or storage capacity on a "pay as you grow" basis. In addition, the disk array`s fully redundant components and controller fail-over provides continuous access to data and enhances service levels. Its Object Manager saves storage administration resources by providing a streamlined, centralised storage array management tool.
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StorageTek
StorageTek is the only global information storage provider to use "Open, Intelligent and Integrated" solutions to promote the efficient use of critical information and remove the information management constraints that inhibit business growth. StorageTek, with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., reported revenue of $2.4 billion in 1999.
MGX
MGX is a specialist in the information sector and is the market leader in the supply of products and services for the capture, storage, retrieval and management of information.
It services allow customers to effectively manage the explosion of information, whether digital or paper-based, to turn this information into knowledge and to save time, money and resources.
MGX, which listed on the JSE in 1995, has achieved consistent growth in earnings of over 40% p.a., employs over 1 200 people nationally, and has a market capitalisation in excess of R1 billion.