Infortrend EonStor DS 4000 Gen2 Storage Systems Now Support Converged Host Board with FCoE Integration
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495) today announced FCoE connectivity support in its EonStor DS 4000 Gen2 Series converged host board, designed to provide hyper flexibility for storage configuration and deployment.
With four (4x) 10Gb/s FCoE ports per host board, Infortrend storage systems offer its customers the high Fibre Channel protocol performance and reliability but over Ethernet networks, which significantly simplifies systems' deployment.
Infortrend converged host board gives users the possibility to easily upgrade their storage systems to meet their changing data growth and storage infrastructure needs simply by switching between the 4 integrated host port types, including interchangeable 16Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel, 10Gb/s iSCSI and the newly supported 10Gb/s FCoE ports.
In terms of configuration, a dual controller EonStor DS 4000 Gen2 system supports up to 20 iSCSI protocols (sixteen 10Gb/s iSCSI and four 1Gb/s iSCSI) or sixteen 8Gb/s or eight 16Gb/s Fibre Channel, or sixteen 10Gb/s FCoE.
"We understand that our customers' needs are constantly evolving, so by providing flexible, future-proof products such as the new converged host board for EonStor DS 4000 Gen2 series, we provide our customers with a solution that grows and changes with their requirements and offers them the highest ROI," said Thomas Kao, Senior Director of Product Planning at Infortrend.
Infortrend's converged host board with FCoE connective support is currently only available on EonStor DS 4000 Gen2 Series systems, further availability on the entire EonStor DS Family is expected in Q2 of 2016.
About Infortrend
Infortrend (TWSE: 2495) has been developing and manufacturing storage solutions for businesses and organizations since 1993. Innovation joins impeccable quality thanks to a passionate team of professionals and an emphasis on in-house design, testing, and manufacturing. Infortrend storage delivers performance and scalability with the latest standards, backed by user friendly data services, personal after-sales support, and unmatched value. Core product families are EonStor DS, EonNAS, and ESVA. For more Information, please visit http://www.infortrend.com
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