New Brocade fabric switches for HP StorageWorks | | 2008-06-19 | | Data centre networking specialists, Brocade, have a new range of fabric switches for the HP StorageWorks B-Series SAN Connection portfolio.
The three new Brocade 8 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s) fabric switches will augment the Brocade DCX Backbone and 48000 Director and are designed to optimise data centres that plan to implement virtualised servers.
With configurations ranging from eight to 80 ports, the new switches offer unmatched scalability, delivering full line-rate performance on every port and simplified management in a virtual environment.
Increased server and storage utilization should result in 40% less energy use per port than previous models.
Brocade has also announced the general availability in July of a custom 8 Gb/s embedded SAN switch module for the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400).
Designed for midsize customers implementing their first SAN, the EVA4400 supports two embedded switch modules per enclosure, for a total of 20 high-performance FC ports, offering customers a virtualised, easy-to-support storage area network (SAN) storage solution.
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