Compaq bridges NAS-SAN with new NAS solution

BANGALORE: Compaq Computer Corporation has announced the availability of a

new, paradigm-changing Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution, StorageWorks NAS

Executor E7000.

Compaq's new NAS solution resolves incompatibilities between traditional NAS

and SAN, integrating both technologies in order to deliver the synergistic

NAS-SAN fusion known as Universal Network Storage. The NAS Executor offers

enhanced SAN capabilities with file-level access and storage virtualization as

well as traditional NAS capabilities enhanced with unbounded SAN scalability and

simplified storage management, a official press release stated.

"With the new StorageWorks NAS Executor E7000, customers can now drive

to a single storage infrastructure solution that provides unlimited storage

scalability and maximizes the ownership advantages of consolidated

storage", said Compaq India business manager, Enterprise Storage, Owais

Khan. The NAS Executor supercedes other high-end NAS offerings from competing

storage vendors, which do not integrate in any way with the SAN which is the

backbone of the enterprise storage infrastructure, he said.

According to the release, the StorageWorks NAS Executor gives three new

dimensions to NAS -- unlimited scalability, continuous data availability, and

low total cost of ownership. "Customers are looking for ways to extend the

information management benefits of SAN fabrics out beyond the wall of the data

center," said John Webster, senior analyst and IT advisor at Illuminata.

"Compaq's StorageWorks NAS Executor builds a bridge between data center and

distributed storage environments and allows enterprises to extend the benefits

of storage networking to departments and workgroups."