NetApp to OEM Brocade DCX Director
To complement its FAS3000 series and FAS6000 series
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 28, 2008 at 4:36 pmNetApp announced an extension to its existing
relationship with Brocade that
will strengthen the NetApp storage and data
management offering and further enable customers to enhance their data
centers. As a result of this relationship, NetApp will OEM the Brocade
DCX Backbone as part of its data center
portfolio.
The Brocade DCX Backbone is the first in a new class of high-performance
data center networking products designed to address the demanding
requirements of evolving data centers. The Brocade DCX Backbone plays a
key role in delivering a data center fabric (DCF) architecture that
enables customers to enhance their data center infrastructures for
maximum performance, flexibility, and investment protection. In
addition, it supports important industry trends such as server
virtualization and reducing power consumption. As a result, the Brocade
DCX Backbone is an ideal complement to NetApp’s
industry-leading unified storage platforms, including the FAS3000 series
and FAS6000 series, providing customers with the ability to achieve
increased service levels; higher asset utilization; and greater data
center power, space, and cooling efficiencies.
The Brocade DCX Backbone is immediately available globally from NetApp
and NetApp authorized channel partners.
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