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Networking storage specialist QLogic has commenced the testing of its range of 8Gb fibre channel switches and host bus adaptors (HBAs), it has been confirmed.
QLogic 8Gb fibre channel end-to-end solutions - which package the switches and HBAs - are designed to service the needs of enterprise-class business applications as well as assorted vertical applications.
It is hoped that the 8Gb version will be twice as efficient as the 4Gb product currently available on the market.
However, the new fibre channels will still be compatible with existing technology.
"Administrators of infrastructure applications like disk-to-disk replication and vertical business applications like video post production are already asking for higher performance storage networks to reduce the time it takes to move their data sets," said Brian Garrett, industry analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group.
"The backwards compatibility of 8Gb Fibre Channel with their existing 2Gb or 4Gb Fibre Channel networks will be warmly embraced in the data centre, video production houses and other application environments where performance counts."
QLogic is also to facilitate the testing of the fibre channels and switches by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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Last Updated: 24/08/2007 17:19
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