Mannheim, Germany, 02/2002 COMPAREX is augmenting its range of Fibre Channel-based, enterprise-wide SAN solutions with a suite of new products from McDATA. With this extensive product portfolio at its disposal, COMPAREX can supply innovative technology geared to ensuring efficient system integration of tailor-made solutions. The step-by-step implementation of enterprise-wide SAN solutions opens up new opportunities for customers.
The volume of data generated by Internet, e-business and data warehouse solutions is rocketing. Along with this torrent of data, the demands on companies' storage network infrastructures are also growing. Efficient storage management solutions which ensure uninterrupted availability of critical data resources are vital for a high-performance IT infrastructure. The new SAN Solution portfolio from COMPAREX offers solutions for the efficient and seamless integration of enterprise-wide storage network infrastructures. The extended COMPAREX SAN Solution portfolio is based on the new SAN modules from McDATA which will be used initially to set up separate data centre and departmental SANs. These can then be merged to form an integrated enterprise SAN. SAN solutions can therefore be adapted flexibly and at any time to changing needs.
At the heart of the Enterprise-to-Edge SAN platform lies the Fibre Channel Director ED6064 with 64 ports. It is highly scalable, flexible and guarantees a data availability of 99.999%. As the SAN industry's only single-stage 64-port director, the ED6064 provides operators with reliable access to their data. The ED6064 is therefore an ideal key module for a fabric backbone infrastructure.
COMPAREX uses the Fibre Channel Departmental Switch CS3032 and CS3016 as the building block for departmental SAN environments. With 32 ports, this offers the highest port density in this category on the market.
COMPAREX's SAN Solution portfolio uses the McDATA Fibre Channel Loop Switch CS1000 as an edge switch at workgroup level, thereby providing an alternative to conventional hubs. It enables the integration of devices into an existing fabric backbone infrastructure. By consolidating the data that is found on the enterprise edge and integrating that data into the computer centre, IT administrators now have a time-saving, cost-effective way of managing and protecting valuable company data.
The EFC management software enables centralised management, making the set-up and administration of this enterprise-wide and high-availability SAN solution simplicity itself including the management of all components of the SAN product family. The extended COMPAREX SAN Solution portfolio thus ensures the efficient integration of enterprise-wide SAN solutions.
All the modules at a glance:
| Description |
Function |
| Fibre Channel Loop Switch CS1000 |
Edge switch for workgroup level |
| Fibre Channel Departmental Switch CS3016 with 16 ports |
Edge switch for departmental level |
| Fibre Channel Departmental Switch3032 with 32 ports |
Edge switch for departmental level |
| Fibre Channel Director ED5000 with 32 ports |
SAN backbone for enterprise solutions |
| Fibre Channel Director ED6064 with 64 ports |
SAN backbone for enterprise solutions |
| Fabricenter Cabinet FC-512 |
19" rack for the fail-safe storage of SAN components |
COMPAREX implements enterprise-wide SAN solutions based on this range of SAN products from McDATA.
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