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LSI Logic Corp. This week launched new midrange storage arrays with end-to-end 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel support for midsize businesses.
IBM will be reselling those same arrays beginning in June through an existing OEM agreement.The launch echoes a similar move by EMC Corp., which also on Monday released its new 4Gbit/sec. Clariion UltraScale design that allows users to consolidate multiple storage tiers in one array and mix 2Gbit/sec. And 4Gbit/sec. Disk drives with varying levels of speed and capacity.Adoption of 4Gbit/sec. Storage systems, which can enhance performance for bandwidth-intensive applications like streaming video as well as improve scalability, is still in the early stages, said Tony Asaro, a senior analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group in Milford, Mass.
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Related: 'Four gig is something everyone will eventually adopt; it will become the requisite interconnect for Fibre Channel SANs,' Asaro said. 'But it's not really a customer-driven thing at this point.
Customers are not banging their hands on the table saying we need four gig.' LSI's new offerings expand the company's Engenio storage line for mid-market customers. The company introduced its first 4Gbit/sec.
Storage system, the higher-end Engenio 6998, last year. The new systems allow administrators to intermix different disk drives and to commonly manage systems with the SANtricity Storage Manager software.Among the new arrays is the Engenio 3994, which has up to eight 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel host/SAN (storage-area network) interfaces, 4GB of cache memory and up to 16 Fibre Channel or Serial ATA (SATA) II disk drives. It can directly connect to six more 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel drive modules to support up to 112 disk drives.
Its lower-end sibling, the 3992, has four less host ports and 2GB less cache memory.On the higher end, LSI rolled out the Engenio 6994, which is a scaled-down, lower-cost version of the high-end 6998 with less performance and cache. The 6994 has up to eight 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel host ports and supports up to 224 Fibre Channel or SATA II disk drives.In June, IBM will ship its versions of the LSI Logic 3992 and 3994 arrays - to be called the IBM System Storage DS4700 Express Models 70 and 72, respectively. Pricing for the IBM arrays starts at $19,449.