iSCSI SAN Server with Clustering and File Sharing

November 03, 2003 11:30
AM US Eastern Timezone


SANRAD and Sistina
Software Team to Provide SAN-Wide Server Clustering
and File Sharing

SAN FRANCISCO
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003--SANRAD
Inc., a leader in developing and delivering
intelligent iSCSI SAN solutions and forerunner in
Linux iSCSI development, today announced that its
V-Switch 3000 supports Sistina GFS(TM) (Global File
System) for Linux operating environments. As part of
SANRAD's ongoing commitment to Sistina and Linux
customers, SANRAD has certified its iSCSI IETF RFC
compliant V-Switch 3000 with Sistina GFS for
companies requiring Linux server clustering and file
sharing within a Storage Area Network (SAN).

Sistina GFS
is a global file
system that provides SAN-wide server clustering and
file sharing. GFS allows any server on the SAN to
read and write shared storage volumes and files with
any other server on the SAN. SANRAD's V-Switch 3000
is an all-in-one IP-SAN appliance that supports GFS
by enabling multiple clustered servers to connect to
and access the same storage systems, volumes and
files. V-Switch 3000 also provides active/active
multi-pathing to support true clustering and
non-disruptive provisioning and scaling of storage
resources up to 100s of TBs.

"Combining Sistina GFS with
our iSCSI SAN solution means companies get the best
of both worlds. They get a complete block-based
IP-SAN on the lower layer and they get clustering
and file sharing on a higher layer," said
SANRAD CEO, Uli Gal-Oz. "Our V-Switch gives the
customer the freedom to select any old or new SCSI,
SCSI/ATA or FC RAID, JBOD or Fabric storage system.
Our iSCSI SAN solution is heterogeneous and supports
any operating system that supports iSCSI. The user
then layers GFS over iSCSI at the server level. GFS
provides file sharing between any enabled server on
the SAN and adds high availability with server
clustering. By combining the two, the user gets far
greater flexibility, diversity and reliability than
a single file sharing SAN appliance."

"Sistina's storage
infrastructure software is the foundation for
building, integrating and deploying data-sharing
storage solutions across the enterprise,"
stated Joaquin Ruiz, Sistina's Vice President of
Marketing and Product Management. "We're
excited to team with SANRAD in order to deliver
highly available, high performance iSCSI SAN
infrastructure solutions, enabling the deployment of
enterprise applications throughout the data
center."

About Sistina

Sistina, the premier storage
infrastructure software company, delivers
data-sharing solutions for enterprise and technical
computing customers. Based on Sistina's file system
and volume management software, Sistina provides
customers with high performance, scalable, robust
storage solutions. Sistina supports multiple server,
OS, storage and networking technologies enabling
customers to manage low-TCO, highly integrated
environments. Sistina's technology is ideally suited
for customers deploying large database,
file-serving, scientific and web applications.

About SANRAD

SANRAD is the leader in IP Storage
Networking, enabling organizations to effectively
access, share and manage storage across standard
ethernet environments. SANRAD delivers a new
dimension in the continuity and simple management of
vital business information by coupling standard IP
connectivity with network-based storage services to
create IP-based Storage Area Networks (IP SANs).
SANRAD IP SANs enable full data availability,
effective resource provisioning and complete data
protection with excellent price/performance.
SANRAD's U.S. sales, marketing and support offices
are located in Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay
Area, Calif., with research and development and
international sales offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.
SANRAD is a member of the RAD Group, a holding
company that has founded 22 networking companies and
is one of the largest multi-national revenue
producers in networking.