New 4U/48 and 2U/24 Models Provide Enterprise and Data Center Customers with Extreme Space Saving Options for Serving Big Data Requirements at the Same Price Point as 8G FC Storage*

Infortrend has announced the addition of 4 new models to its groundbreaking 16G Fibre Channel (FC) storage solutions. Available in 4U/48 and 2U/24 form factors and for a limited time* at the same price as Infortrend's 8G FC storage offerings these models provide users with the choice of higher capacity and density storages to take full advantage of the cutting-edge performance, advanced hardware design, backward compatibility, and virtualization offered by the 16G FC EonStor DS G7i model lineup.

In introducing the world's first 16G FC models, Infortrend took the lead in providing innovative solutions for performance-demanding applications & services. By adding higher capacity and density storage options, Infortrend offers users a wider array of options to optimize and help future proof their storage infrastructure for better data management and space utilization.

Combining the scalability potential & breakthrough performance of these new higher capacity and density 16G FC models with the power of the advanced hardware, data services and established features of the G7i Platform, these new 16G FC models have the potential to be the cornerstone of your demanding applications such as video/media editing, supercomputing, virtualization and data backup.

Thomas Kao, Senior Director of Product Planning at Infortrend, stated, "Infortrend is proud to offer the world's first 16G FC storage with a wide range of form factors to fit every need at industry-leading price points," adding, "The addition of higher capacity 4U/48 models to our 16G FC EonStor DS G7i lineup is a boon to those who require size as well as speed, while the high density 2U/24 models can save floor space & power consumption, and with the proven efficiencies of the G7i Platform they can be assured that these new models will deliver the performance they demand."

There are four (4) 16G FC EonStor DS G7i models available with the following features:

High Capacity Models:

ESDS S48F-R2652: Hybrid host (16G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Dual-redundant Controller, 4U/48-bay form factor

ESDS S48F-G2652: Hybrid host (16G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Single Controller, 4U/48-bay form factor

High Density Models :

ESDS B24F-R2652: Hybrid host (16G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Dual-redundant Controller, 2U/24-bay form factor

ESDS B24F-G2652: Hybrid host (16G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Single Controller, 2U/24-bay form factor

In addition, there are also several new high capacity and density non-16G FC Models released today:

ESDS S48F-R2852: Hybrid host (8G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Dual-redundant Controller, 4U/48-bay form factor

ESDS S48F-G2852: Hybrid host (8G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Single Controller, 4U/48-bay form factor

ESDS B24F-R2852: Hybrid host (8G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Dual-redundant Controller, 2U/24-bay form factor

ESDS B24F-G2852: Hybrid host (8G FC and 1GbE iSCSI), Single Controller, 2U/24-bay form factor

For more information about Infortrend 16G FC-host solutions, please click here.

For more information about Infortrend EonStor DS G7i Series, please click here.

*Offer valid Worldwide until end of August 2013 at participating Infortrend channel partners.