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Hewlett-Packard storage DoSTOR analysis of the storage business in the future with confidence

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:55:11 +0000

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Super Center store Dell Super Center store to store on-line on February 22 Beijing: storage business in August last year led to the performance of Hewlett-Packard to reach the bottom of the culprit, although the last quarter of a gradual recovery, but is still hobbled. The poor business performance, HP is still on the high-level of confidence that the network storage company as a whole is still an important part of the strategy. HP's technology solutions group executive vice president AnnLivermore, in the company's recent earnings conference call that one of the most important factor is that all the indications that the storage business started to recover. We have to start on the right track to achieve revenue and It is important that our storage strategy has entered a new stage. Let us put aside for the time being optimistic tone about the Livermore, Hewlett-Packard last quarter's earnings report will be put on the table the question as to whether the storage business is a half-empty or half-full Cup? On the one hand: storage performance this quarter than the same period last year only 1% of the fall is a great progress, the first two quarters of this relatively 15% and 10% of the fall, is one of the eyes and ears for the new. Hewlett-Packard midrange enterprise virtual array (EVA) system over the previous quarter revenue growth of 10%. Hewlett-Packard since August last year, began to enhance storage sales force staff to enhance sales. Hewlett-Packard announced in the last quarter to win the NAS market share. On the other hand: the company's overall revenue growth of 10%, HP's storage revenue fell in the same period last year (However, only a percentage point). Dell rival Hewlett-Packard, EMC, and NetApp's impressive performance last quarter, while HP's storage business just the same quarter in a row. Hewlett-Packard in May before the EVA will not upgrade the system, which makes its products in the migration process to increase the success of winning a lot more difficult. Hewlett-Packard and Compaq in 2003 before the merger to achieve a high degree, is the Hewlett-Packard's storage business can not match. Naturally, the leadership of Hewlett-Packard's server and storage sector is still full of hope Livermore. She said: gone through a series of challenging the more surprising landslide performance, storage business began to pick up gradually. Stored in the recruitment of sales channels, as well as experts in construction investment began to bear fruit, but we recognize that in the storage business , There are a lot of things waiting for us to do. Skeptical that the performance of rapid warming would be extremely slim. HP's lack of exciting new products, and to find a suitable candidate to replace former CEO Carly Fiorina still takes time. FulcrumGlobalPartners analyst RobertCihra the author said, to improve the management of Hewlett-Packard began to upgrade the status of the storage market to promote a positive, we believe this business for Hewlett-Packard, or on the right track to grow very large degree of difficulty. Back then, Hewlett-Packard Won the Compaq StorageWorks, in the mid-range storage market into a monster, at the same time we also believe the company from Dell and EMC in the face of challenges, the need Maozu force. Brbrbr

IDC says NetApp maintained in the NAS and iSCSI market leadership position

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:20:28 +0000

online store on March 8 Beijing news: NetworkAppliance a few days ago the company announced in 2004 continued in the Network Attached Storage (NAS) and iSCSI storage market leadership. According to IDC's 2004 fourth-quarter worldwide disk storage systems to track reports indicate that in 2004, NetApp were 36.9% and 43% of the market share continue to be maintained at the core of NAS and iSCSI storage market, the market leader. In addition, NetApp also maintained IP storage market (NAS and iSCSI) leadership, the share of the market share as high as 37.3 percent. IDC report also showed that the fourth quarter of 2003 compared to, NetApp in the open systems networked storage market in the fourth quarter of 2004 achieved a 29.7 percent annual revenue growth rate, much higher than the 11.6 percent of the overall market growth rate. In addition, from 2003 to the fourth quarter of 2004, in the fourth quarter, NetApp in the open SAN market to achieve a 98.9 percent annual revenue growth rate over the same period the overall market growth rate of only 9.2 percent. NetworkAppliance products and partners PatrickRogers vice president, said: IDC's market share to provide data to prove that as a result of our storage solutions fully meet user demand for storage in order to win the market. The results showed, NetApp from the hands of competitors to snatch Market share in the IDC report, tracking, NetApp is the fastest-growing supplier of storage systems. NAS market, we continue to improve the status, but more importantly, our Fiber Channel and iSCSI solutions, so that in the NetApp SAN deployment in the area of revenue is soaring.'s Fortune 1000 to deploy scalable and unified storage solutions have made great progress, we were very excited. IDC statistics show that, NetApp to provide the world's first unified Storage solutions, as well as support for iSCSI agreement with the forward-looking vision is to achieve customer acceptance of the return. A single infrastructure, as well as the flexibility of iSCSI, NAS or SAN environment can choose to enable NetApp to provide customers with unparalleled business value. IDC report shows that customers increasingly more choice of NetApp solutions for storage to meet the needs of its integration, data protection, information lifecycle management, regulatory compliance and business continuity needs, and so on.

Storage virtualization an important role — tape virtualization

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:49:47 +0000

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Super Center store Dell Super Center store to store on-line on March 16 Beijing: virtualization has also played an important role, that is, analog tape. Although the tape is still important to the long-term archiving, but backup and recovery is becoming less and less important in this regard, disk backup is gaining popularity. CeBIT exhibitors of ADIC, Quantum and StorageTek tape, and other manufacturers to increase the disk-based products and the integration of the two products in the same (as a disk cache, into the tape in the background) to deal with this change. Manufacturers also can promote the new disk analog tape technology, and IBM-Tivoli, EMC-Legato and Veritas Software, and other manufacturers to take the first tape volume wrote disk and then cloning them into the real tape. These two types of companies in the tape mirroring and replication technology to compete on a variety of ways. StorageTek corporate strategy TimSteadman official said: The tape virtualization are many ways —- disk-to-disk, disk to disk to tape, and so confusing. But there are different approaches among the huge difference in performance. For example, We Infortrend in the light of the SATA RAID —- DX30 is the use of such tests —- RAID disk with the analog tape of the Quantum DX30. We used to run the Windows2000 Server VeritasNetbackup5.0 the two drivers, DX30 found to back up nearly twice as fast. Quantum's software engineering manager JoeEwaskowitz said that this may be due to the write to disk or tape used by the different length of the block. He said: NetBackup is, DX30 is a tape, so Windows send larger block length, because Windows does not it look as a random access device. Brbrbr

GIGABYTE into the network storage networking applications nationwide tour starts strong

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:02:38 +0000

3 17 Beijing: in 2005, Gigabyte Technology, Internet applications of the National Tour on March 23, in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and seven in succession to begin soon. The national tour, and domestic GIGABYTE combined with the practical application of the network, in the form of the product continues to introduce new, fully demonstrated the power of innovation as the core network solutions for edge applications, and shows the network of modern science and technology development trend. Gigabyte Technology Network Operations Center, general manager of Greater China Light U Sein said the tour of the international co-famous companies, such as Trend Micro and INTEL, and so on, in 2005 to help you understand the latest business technology platform, as well as the closely related Top corporate information security strategies. GIGABYTE tour to network servers, network storage, wireless communications products such as Web-based application solutions to the public display and a series of business-oriented information technology / digital home solution, and other features. In order to further expand channels for recruiting new distributors, also announced at the meeting Gigabyte network communication channel on the latest policy. GIGABYTE hope that the current national tour, all-round display of a highly innovative, reliable product quality, reasonably priced hardware and IT solutions provider image, and thus reflect the Gigabyte in the web application of technology products research and development, product design Aspects of a position of relative strength. Exhibition on the theme of focus on applications, he added, Gigabyte Technology with a very innovative application of network solutions to a wide range of users as well as the case demonstrated the application of the concept of a network of panoramic —- with high reliability Server products, with flexible network access equipment, high-performance network applications blueprint, which will be Gigabyte for the Chinese market since the results show a strong color. In most people's awareness, understanding of the GIGABYTE boards are the most products, as the world's top three PC motherboard manufacturers, to produce high-quality PC board, said the world, Taiwan is a PC computer hardware industry One of the outstanding representatives of the business. However, the development of diversified product line, the catalyst, the latest in web application development requirements, Gigabyte Technology has set up network communications group, will further extend the system's own products, in order to achieve from motherboards, graphics cards, and other PC components to the PC Products, network computing and communications products into the all-round. GIGABYTE GN-WLM01 such as wireless LAN and GIGABYTE GN-BR402W wireless router, and so on. Their family network applications and solutions equal to obtain fairly good results in recent years, more comprehensive exhibition reflects the Gigabyte Technology in the field of network applications developed by leaps and bounds! According to senior Gigabyte, Gigabyte products will be dealer channel and the user's approval, mostly because of product quality and stability. Due to Gigabyte Technology and many large international companies, conducted OEM / ODM OEM's design, not only has accumulated considerable experience, as well as access to a powerful technical force. Through years of accumulated experience and technology, GIGABYTE products such as the current network of communications products, in terms of quality or on the stability of a very good job. At present, as the industry's only 5 years in a row was fine award-winning Taiwan's IT enterprises, Gigabyte Technology is the best of its forward-looking technology and market position in the market of similar products in order to drive the flagship unparalleled quality and style, Network storage, server motherboard, network application servers, broadband access equipment and wireless communications products and try to network applications.

CNet storage drive down the price trend analysis of enterprise-level backup of your hard disk

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:58:05 +0000

quoted CNetAsia: storage vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) said that in the past directly from the hard disk to tape backup process may change, and low prices for hard disk backup purposes. HP said that the hard drive in a substantial price reduction, although it is still expensive than tape, but the hard drive with the advantages of rapid recovery, so that low-priced hard drive-well card from the high-end hard disk to tape backup in the middle of the process, can also reduce the high-end drives Storage costs. HDS has a similar opinion, that in addition to their use of low-priced hard disk as an intermediary of the era, further said that when the cost of the hard disk and tape have been close to, back up your hard disk will be the last stop. When carrying out the traditional enterprise data backup, is a multi-server, the first data stored on the hard drive until some time after the data has not often need to access, it will put in the hard disk to back up data to tape again, and this is the so-called The Disk-to-Tape. Tape backup most of the criticism is that the tape will be destroyed and damp, take tape management of human, compared to counter tape is also a larger hard drive, in addition to the data tape, the slow pace of recovery. In the past used to back up your hard disk rather than tape because the tape is much cheaper cost than the hard disk, tape, despite the above-mentioned shortcomings, the two-phase balance under the corporate or directly from the hard disk can only choose to tape backup. However, the disk array vendor HDS said that in recent years in the hard disk at an average annual 35% price cut, the storage vendor also found that low-priced hard disk can be used as a storage back-up to the second layer, in addition to saving hard drive high-end storage Cost, fast hard drive recovery characteristics, but also some of the less frequently used data can be lost in low-level hard disk, as and when necessary. Enterprise from the beginning of On-Line (online) operating system hard drive counter (in the high-priced SCSI hard drive, FibreChannel hard drive) to copy the data to the Near-Line (the last line) as an intermediary hard disk counters (cheap, low-cost ATA), and then transferred to the Off-Line (off-line) tape of the cabinet. This is the so-called Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape. At the same time, in accordance with the hard disk and tape drive has a manufacturer's HP data show that each GB hard disk and tape backup for double the cost gap. 200GB tape is about 4,000 NT, 250GB of ATA hard disk is about 12,000 NT, the average cost of 20 U.S. and 48. The gap between the speed of recovery is also about to double. HP Enterprise Systems Group program storage product manager Xiao Shunhua that the backup process, the hard disk and tape will play their costs and speed advantage in the division of work to back up: back up your hard disk can be used as an intermediary, that is, as a high-end from the hard disk to tape In the middle of the back-up, tape backup will be the last stop. VERITAS backup software vendor also said that the trend of storage from tape into the disk. HDS CTO Zhangxian Tong said that from now on, including Veritas, Legato (now EMC has been acquired), and other software vendors have launched drives to back up your hard disk solutions action, we can sniff out the hard disk has gradually replaced the tape means. He identified within a year or two might have a hard drive may be replaced by tape. Maybe your hard disk or tape over, but the comparison between the two companies in the management of costs and benefits, will be hard to choose the final one as a backup, Zhangxian Tong said.

Jiang Huawei joining hands to develop its own internal network access security standards

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:55:57 +0000

Guide – Jiangmin Science and Technology and announced that the nation's largest network equipment and technology provider Huawei 3COM joint research and development of network access security products have been developed. March 29, the largest anti-virus software vendor Jiangmin Science and Technology announced that its relationship with the nation's largest network equipment and technology provider Huawei 3COM joint research and development of network access security products have been developed. The product will be applied to the Huawei family of networking products, as well as antivirus software Jiangmin KV version of the network in 2005. According to Jiang, general manager of the Department of Science and Technology R & D Ho fair, Jiangmin, Huawei 3COM joint development of secure access for such products, used to handle security on the client-side anti-virus software application state information, it can automatically monitor specific The anti-virus side of the operation, and to be able to give directions to the distribution of tasks to ensure the security access system. In other words, if there are loopholes in the host or virus, it will be quarantined until the patch can only improve access to the network, so it had to prevent worms and viruses into the source of the entire network, greatly enhanced network security. After the success of this R & D projects, China will become the first integrated security solutions, and improve enterprise-class networking and user-level security threat to the defense. The widespread use of Internet for the management, operation and statistics, such as an unprecedented fast and efficient. At the same time, the computer network security has become more prominent. In view of this, Jiang Tao Xinyu, general manager of the view that science and technology in different fields of network security technology vendors and products in recent years is the integration of the security market. Jiangmin to, for example, in recent years with the TOPSEC, such as Huawei and network security companies to carry out close cooperation. Following the TOPSEC and firewall vendors, such as the joint provision of a safe solution, with the largest network access equipment provider Huawei 3COM R & D cooperation in the security client software. Tao Xinyu that the current industry accepted security products and technology integration with the idea of Jiangmin antivirus software joint three-dimensional, in-depth anti-virus, happens to coincide with the idea. Prior to that, in Jiang's first release system KV2005 anti-virus software, has put forward this idea. KV2005 linked to anti-virus and firewall anti-virus and security through the center of the KV computer's security status in real-time monitoring, the Security Center, as well as antivirus software KV Control Center, the firewall can be carried out to set up and to ensure that the best security system in the state. This is a reflection of the concept of integration. Tao Xinyu further stressed that information security is a national security special industry, with the choice of Jiang's largest network equipment provider Huawei 3COM cooperation with the aim is clear, our country is to be a network of its own safety standards.

Hewlett-Packard introduced the latest storage grid technology SFS online store

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:01:28 +0000

Hewlett-Packard introduced the latest storage grid technology SFS, IBM plans to showcase the world's most advanced storage virtualization technology, the European Organization for Nuclear Research begin testing IBM storage virtualization software, Fujitsu Siemens CentricStor a new generation of virtual tape systems come out, Polyserve access to the file system Engenio Certification and other related newsletter. Hewlett-Packard introduced the latest grid technology SFS storage grid technology development pace, it is now getting faster and faster and the. As the favorite in the field of a new generation of computing, a wide range of grid-based applications are constantly appearing. Among these, the Hewlett-Packard as the area of most concern to a wide range of IT vendors, of course, is not left behind. Recently, HP has once again demonstrated their confidence in the development of grid technology and determination, issued a storage grid technology based on the latest achievements – HPStorageWorksScalableFileShare (HPSFS, scalable file system). IBM plans to showcase the world's most advanced storage virtualization technology optimistic about IBM storage virtualization surge in the market trend into the future by EMC in the field of control of the market. According to IBM, a company spokesman said that in the recent Storage virtualization is everywhere (VirtualizationEverywhere) forum, IBM storage department AndyMonshaw said, IBM plans to the future display of the world's most advanced virtualization Storage Technology. Last year, in the same forum, IBM's display laboratories in the state of some of the virtual storage products, but IBM refused to disclose the details of these products, but said that these products will be coming to EMC's storage virtualization product to form Competition, but also to outline an overview of storage virtualization technology and system integration of IBM's perfect, as well as technology-related strategies. European Organization for Nuclear Research begin testing IBM storage virtualization software IBM and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (referred to as CERN) recently issued a joint statement, to be held within a data challenge test, IBM's storage virtualization software stand out. CERN in the near future, the world's largest simulation of the first permanent grid – Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LargeHadronColliderComputingGrid)? D? D computing needs to do a series of tests, data that is part of the challenge. According to IBM spokesman said, TotalStorageSANFileSystem storage virtualization software to participate in the process of internal testing, set the disk to read and write speed of up-to-date records, 13 days of data throughput volume broke through the 1PT (co-10000000GB), the speed of data transfer Average 1GB / sec. Fujitsu Siemens CentricStor a new generation of virtual tape systems available from Fujitsu – Siemens Computers (FujitsuSiemensComputers) research and development of virtual tape systems CentricStorV3.1, on behalf of products based on the addition of a new cache mirroring feature, allowing the volume capacity Extended to the maximum size of 200GB. Mirroring the largest cache of features: 2Gbit Fiber Channel, simultaneous transmission of data to back up Office site. The product has been put in the U.S. market, customers can Fujitsu – Siemens Computers distributors (California storage solutions provider PeakDataInc.) And the PeakData resellers to buy. Polyserve access to the file system Engenio certification Engenio Information Technology Co., Ltd. today announced that, PolyServe shared data can be introduced in the cluster solution PolyServeMatrixServer have adopted the company's compatibility certification test. PolyServeMatrixServer is a symmetrical cluster file system to allow clusters of multiple concurrent access server applications, documents and data, to facilitate the sharing of control of the nodes of the stored data will help to maintain the integrity of the data; and, Any node can not fault the state stands to protect data and business; easy expansion and management; supports database, file services, e-mail, Web services, and many other applications.

Storage area network management simple trend

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:54:20 +0000

4 1 news: MC's SRM is about to upgrade its software to increase the change in management. This shows that the users of the increasing complexity of storage management simple network management needs known. SANAdvisor, this is a major application of EMC Control Center (ECC) software module. It can monitor SAN systems, to help users plan, test and deployment of storage devices changes. Some IT professionals believe that early Onaro and other companies prove successful experience, SAN development, the growing importance of these characteristics. Last year, Network Storage Association (SNIA) conducted a survey conducted by the user: growth, manageability, interoperability and complexity of the SAN into the top 10 problems. DataMobilityGroup's JohnWebster analysts believe that the management changes could help users solve these problems. That network, SAN system is not static. Want to minimize manual deployment requires software to monitor SAN, and for the management of change. EMC is the case for change management: SANAdvisor visit EMC's E-Lab database of compatible devices, and use it to recognize devices such as disk array, HBA and the switch is operating normally. It will provide a link to the SAN system, a list of all equipment, monitor their state of interoperability, but also help users to do things which they want to change and allow them to pre-deployment testing. It is reported that the product will be available in early May. Enterprise Management Association MikeKarp analyst said: It allows users to pre-deployment testing, thus avoiding mistakes. Onaro's very famous in its SANScreen change management software released within a year, attracting at least 20 companies The deployment of the user. It seems SANScreen in the monitoring and simulation aspects of performance than EMC products strong. SANScreen but the price is very expensive, with SANAdvisor District 5000 U.S. dollars compared to the six-digit price SANScreen many users away. SANAdvisor with CA's BrightStorSANDesigner very similar. It may be true competitor is AppIQ's StorageAuthoritySuite, but it does not have the depth SANAdvisor model features. AppIQ with Hewlett-Packard, HDS and SUN cooperation between the OEM companies. Another trend is reflected, Webster that, SRM started to the direction of the evolution of network management software, and make way for a single product framework (frameworks) multi-functional package. EMC's goal is to formulate the framework of ECC, you can add something above the framework of the ECC. ECC as part of the framework, SANAdvisor most of the value of non-EMC users will be very difficult to enjoy. EMC product marketing manager JonathanSiegal said he hoped the majority of enterprise users to deploy SANAdvisor. He also believes that because the price SANAdvisor relationship is unlikely to meet the needs of small companies. 5000 U.S. dollars for large companies, on a piece of cake, but small companies like the same resort. Karp said, For EMC, for medium-sized companies to simplify SAN management change is quite appropriate (the target group of users) . Brbrbr

Storage Solutions: How to build a hospital complete storage architecture

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:05:18 +0000

In recent years, the hospital's information technology to achieve rapid development, in addition to the universal implementation of the Hospital Information Management System (HMIS), has been gradually to the medical picture archiving and communication system (PACS), Laboratory Information System (LIS), clinical information System (LIS), electronic medical records and data warehouse decision support system, such as direction, a number of other hospitals also set up digital libraries and digital library of electronic journals and so on, the number of hospital construction has begun to take shape. 1 Hospital characteristics of the data characteristics of the First Hospital of information the amount of data, large hospitals can have a day more than 10G of data, including data back-up of 2-3 months, it is necessary to store more than 30G. And major medical imaging equipment generated data will grow geometrically; Second, complex data types, numbers and text, there are a lot of graphics and images, and other information; Third, that there is security, real-time and concurrent users HIMS number of demanding data, but also for security and real-time requirements of the relatively low number of books and other information. 2 Hospital of information storage solutions, we all know, there are three main storage structure, that is, the server-centric DAS, data-centric NAS and network-centric SAN. DAS is the hard disk RAID arrays directly connected to the network server to expand the interface of data storage equipment, storage of their low efficiency, but also the cheapest price; NAS is a task of optimizing the direct links in the IP network storage devices , To provide a typical CIFS (Windows) and NFS (UNIX) file services directly through the Ethernet interface to storage devices connected to the LAN. SAN is based on fiber channel technology, by the dedicated optical switches and storage devices are part of an independent network of dedicated storage systems. Server through the optical fiber and optical switch (or hub-ray) directly connected to pieces of data in the form of storage. Generally speaking, SAN is the main function of the high-speed data storage for database servers for storage, and NAS will focus on file-sharing, multiple servers sharing the file system level, more suitable for file servers. Hospital storage structure to be included in the hospital information system for the overall planning system. According to Moore's Law storage sector, data storage units quickly to reduce the price, performance, capacity growth rate is even doubled, the storage system but also in terms of the overall plan for step-by-step under the premise of the purchase, the purchase of the principles is to meet the needs of the modest advance, and must not Competition caused by blind investment wasted. Therefore, the structure of an open, scalable on particularly important. Recognized as the most complex information systems, hospital information systems from many different applications, various application systems generated by different types of information determines the different storage architecture. HIMS in a variety of applications such as registration, prescription, doctor fees and medicine supplies and equipment management is a typical database applications, data access is in the form of pieces of data, its clear that the best way to store SAN . The electronic medical records and PACS medical imaging system is a typical file system, specifically the amount of data, NAS is the use of appropriate economic and storage methods. At the same time, NAS can be used as HMIS, PACS and electronic medical records to back up data storage, but a large number of NAS data migration will take up much of the network bandwidth, the system will be greatly affected, and there is a dedicated SAN fabric switches, SAN on The interactive data storage devices through a dedicated fiber-optic switches carried out, even if a large amount of data exchange system will not have an impact on the network. Therefore, in accordance with hospital information systems characterized by the use SAN-NAS convergence of the storage structure is to improve system performance through effective. Of course, some of the safety and relatively low real-time applications, such as the Internet's Books journals, in order to save costs, but also can be used to store the DAS approach.

Isilon's new push InfiniBand system

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:50:18 +0000

DoSTOR analysis of the store on April 6 news: Isilon Systems, Inc. today introduced a new NAS cluster system that provides InfiniBand connections. This story shows that, in addition to high-performance computing and supercomputer applications beyond, InfiniBand will be stored in a place in the field. Isilon will be provided from Mellanox and Topspin's InfiniBand switches for two of its new IQ1920i, 300i and 4800i clustered storage system connecting node. Previous Isilon's IQ family of Gigabit Ethernet switches needed. Mellanox and Topspin with server vendors to cooperate in the HPC (high-performance computer) and supercomputer sites use its equipment. These InfiniBand technology providers hope to make their 10-Gbit technology to a broader application. From the storage point of view, that is usually poor performance of InfiniBand. Three years ago, the technology's supporters predicted that it will be replaced in the SAN Fiber Channel (FC), but has been restricted only to its niche market position. Analysts are of the view that if the cluster system can be solved NAS scalability problems, InfiniBand will be in great demand in the storage market. ClipperGroup, managing director of the MikeKahn said, Although from the commercialization of InfiniBand is still a considerable distance, but it does not mean impossible. A lot of people will use InfiniBand as a group they form the backbone of storage network architecture, InfiniBand is the future potential is enormous. Set Storage group to allow greater use of the file system in the digital media, life sciences and oil and gas surveys, and other vertical market applications. NAS other manufacturers, such as Exanet, NetApp, Panasas and Xiotech, and other companies already have all cluster file system, but not To realize the localization of the cluster system to support InfiniBand. InfiniBand look back on the course of development, Isilon did not bet on the InfiniBand. Users can choose to InfiniBand or Gigabit Ethernet switches of the two models. Isilon CTO SujalPatel but still expressed the hope that the He is only 90% of users with InfiniBand, Gigabit Ethernet or with the mix. He also said that, Isilon will try as much as possible so that InfiniBand's simple. InfiniBand prices and Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) or less the same, higher bandwidth , The card is not needed. I think some people may have mentioned, there is 10gig Ethernet is not it? The fact is: If the bandwidth of InfiniBand and the like, 10gig Ethernet to cost much more than InfiniBand. Patel said: We Users do not have to understand InfiniBand, there is no need to force yourself to like it, do not even need to know it in operation. Isilon's OneFS file system is also adding load-balancing software, in order to achieve a single file system capacity from 150TB to 168TB. Brbrbr