SANBlaze VirtuaLUN 7.0 Release

SANBlaze Technology, Inc., supplier of storage emulation systems, announced the 7.0 Release of the patented VirtuaLUN software.  

SANBlaze target and initiator emulators for FCoE, FC, SAS and iSCSI
storage protocols are configurable systems that are abile to emulate
actual storage devices and hosts. Storage emulation products are
deployed in the test and development labs of most major storage hardware
and software vendors worldwide.

SANBlaze VirtuaLUN Target Emulator provides a means to test and exercise
your SAN with thousands of high performance simulated disks, saving the
expense of populating your test environment with real, expensive HDDs.
Systems with up to 24 ports are available, increasing the number of possible LUNs emulated per system to 12,288.

SANBlaze Initiators can be used in conjunction with SANBlaze targets,
providing both sides of the test environment, and allowing features such
as round trip I/O timing, and time coordinated trace mode. They can
also be used with real targets such as HDDs, tape systems and RAID
systems.

"For over eight years we have evolved our Storage Emulation systems
to meet the needs of the market by staying in sync with new protocols,
feature requests and ever increasing performance requirements. Our new
version can deliver a scorching 6 million IPS for 16G FC, and also
focuses on system performance increases for all protocols and ease of
use enhancements," said Mitul Patel, Emulation product manager.

7.0 System Enhancements

• 6 Million IOPS in a 3U space for 16G FC
• Performance Enhancements across all protocols (FC, iSCSI, SAS and FCoE)
• Optional 64 Bit Linux Kernel Support for increased performance and memory addressing (greater than 64G )
• VMWare VAAI support
• Implement Thin Provisioning support
• XML based API to control initiator functionality
• LUN Profiling via CLI
• Performance Data export
• Extended Simulated Drive Error Conditions