Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/15/mac_raid_storage/
Mac gets first RAID storage server
iPhone? Pah!
Posted in Storage, 15th January 2007 13:38 GMT
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A small Minneapolis firm showed off what it claims is the first enterprise level RAID storage for Mac OS X systems at MacWorld last week.
Amid the iPhone hyperbole, Storage Elements demonstrated its unified iSCSI/fibre channel Mythos storage server.
CEO Brad Wenzel said: "We've been working in the field a long time and we've put about six years into building this system."
The kit scales to 35TB - which is a lot of iTunes and noodly GarageBand remixes - and runs the firm's Java-based GUI. Storage Elements will be pitching it at education organisations, which often have Mac setups. The OS X-based solution will handle data from Windows and Linux/UNIX parts of the network too.
Wenzel said: "For school districts, this would be ideal because it's Mac-operated and can reach out to form a network of hundreds of other platforms. It provisions easily and can back up a large mixed storage array."
The servers start at $20,000 and are available through Storage Element's reseller network.
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