IBM Real-time Compression Appliance STN7800 for NAS
With 1GbE copper and 10GbE optical ports
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 13, 2013 at 2:43 pmIBM Real-time Compression Appliance STN7800 (2452-780) offers availability of three feature codes based on connectivity requirements:
- Sixteen 1GbE Copper Ports (#2001)
- Four 10GbE Optical and 8 x 1GbE Copper Ports (#2005)
- Eight 10GbE Optical Ports (#2015)
Benefits
- Real-time compression of active primary network attached storage (NAS) data up to 80%
- Lossless compression is executed in real-time as data gets stored on the NAS system
- Slows the growth of storage acquisition and related storage lifecycle costs
STN7800 provides online storage optimization through real-time data compression with no impact to application performance. It is designed to transparently compress data in NAS environments by up to 80%. It is designed to optimize NAS capacity and help slow the growth of network attached storage, reducing the amount of storage to be managed, powered, and cooled.
Key prerequisites
IBM Real-time Compression Software V4.1.
Planned availability date
February 15, 2013