STORAGE

Nexsan Technologies today announced the availability of iSCSI versions of several members of its award-winning line of RAID storage products, including its SATABeast and SATABoy, enabling direct-disk connections over the network iSCSI is the method of inexpensively connecting servers directly to disk over IP networks without having to purchase Fibre Channel switches or host bus adapters. Easily integrated into existing Ethernet or Fibre Channel backup environments, Nexsan's iSCSI-enabled solutions once again combine ease of use, cost efficiency, flexibility and performance. "The addition of iSCSI functionality in our product lineup was based on customers looking for a total storage solution that was less complex and less costly than assembling a comparable multi-vendor system," said Diamond Lauffin, senior executive vice president at Nexsan. "The enhanced functionality of Nexsan's new iSCSI-enabled solutions offers users for the first time the ability to implement advanced disk-based storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions."