Raidtec's FibreArray 2104 quadruples SAN speed

Raidtec Corporation have quadrupled their SAN speeds with the release of its 2Gb/s end-to-end Fibre Channel Host Independent SAN Storage Array – FibreArray(r) 2104.
To address video industry requirements for high bandwidth and high-capacity storage, Raidtec has added two Gigabit per second (2Gb/s) FibreArray 2104 to their existing product range. The FibreArray 2104 delivers more than four times the performance of 1Gb Fibre Channel products, while protecting customers' existing SAN investments by maintaining seamless compatibility with current 1Gbit/s Fibre Channel devices.
Noel May, CTO Raidtec Corporation, said: "The two Gb/s Fibre Channel is here because the throughput-intensive applications available, such as web-caching and video production, are stretching the limits of today's one Gb Fibre Channel. Now, Raidtec's FibreArray 2104 and related management software allows customers to take full advantage of this massive uplift in performance and scalability, at very aggressive prices."
Key Benefits of FibreArray 2104 include: more streams per RAID controller; the ability to edit uncompressed HDTV data; increased efficiency; the ability to stream higher resolution files; and increases server CPU efficiency by up to 50 per cent.
The FibreArray 2000 product family also includes the 2Gb FibreArray 2002 JBOD, the FibreArray 2208 Dual Active Active No Single Point of Failure SAN Storage Array and the FibreRAID SAN Storage Controller.
Raidtec Corporation, www.raidtec.com
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