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ENTERPRISE NETWORK STORAGE
Enterprise-Class Storage
Artecon announced LynxArray II Series 300, an open-system, enterprise-class storage solution for Windows NT and other operating systems. You can use LynxArray II Series 300 for computing environments such as database servers, OLTP, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and Web hosting. Failover controllers support RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, and 5; and it features two independent Ultra Wide Differential SCSI-3 or Ultra2 LVC SCSI-3 host buses, and supports up to five drive channels.
Pricing starts at $25,600 per system. Contact Artecon 800-872-2783, www.artecon.com. Or go to www.sqlmag.com/sqldirect and enter reader service number 5000.
Load Balancing
EMC announced PowerPath for enterprise storage networks. PowerPath provides load balancing that automatically distributes data traffic across all data paths and path failover capability for Windows NT cluster environments.
Server-based pricing for a Windows NT enterprise is $16,500. Contact 800-445-2588, www.emc.com. Or go to www.sqlmag.com/sqldirect and enter reader service number 5001.
OPEN-FILE BACKUP
24 X 7 Data Protection
Seagate Software announced Open File Option for Seagate Backup Exec for Windows NT. Open File Option provides uninterrupted data protection for network environments that require 24 X 7 accessibility. Also, Open File Options provides integrated protection of active email, database, or other critical data files, even while users are entering or changing information.
Open File Option costs $695. Contact Seagate at 800-327-2232, www.seagatesoftware.com. Or go to www.sqlmag.com/sqldirect and enter reader service number 5002.
RAID CLUSTERING
I/O Database Accelerator Software
Cutting Edge announced RAIDStor-HD/HA for RDBMS, OLTP, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows NT environments. RAIDStor-HD/HA accommodates multiple RAID levels and has an embedded I/O database accelerator software—Database RAID—which provides data placement, allows for segregation of indices from tablespaces, and conforms to tune parameters for best performance.
Pricing varies per configuration. A platform-independent configuration with a DatabaseRAID 36GB, single controller, 123MB cache Ultra2 SCSI connect, LVD drives and backplane, expandable to 288GB, is $12,900. Contact Cutting Edge at 800-257-1666, www.cuttedge .com/raidindex.htm. Or go to www.sqlmag.com/ sqldirect and enter reader service number 5003.
Increased Capacity
Procom Technology announced NetFORCE 2000/ 2200, a scalable data server solution for file sharing between UNIX and Windows environments with a RAID storage subsystem. The data-centric design of NetFORCE 2000/2200 generates up to 3600 i/ops with sub-10msec access times, and its storage-centric operating system and 64-bit journaling file system support dynamic file system growth and migration among volumes.
Pricing for NetFORCE 2000/2200 starts at $35,000. Contact Procom at 949-794-4620, www.procom.com. Or go to www.sqlmag.com/sqldirect and enter reader service number 5004.
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