There are three models in EMC's upgraded Symmetrix line of storage arrays: the 8230, 8530, and 8830. The devices feature a better capacity-to-size ratio than EMC's previous offerings and have been outfitted with a new device, called a Global Cache Director -- essentially, a local cache that should boost performance.
Also new are the networking capabilities. The 8230 can be outfitted with an integral 4-port Fibre Channel switch; the 8530 and 8830 can be equipped with either 4- or 12-port FC switches. This could have nasty repercussions for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD)
and McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDT) whose raison d'être is Fibre Channel switches.
So which one of the new EMC products is the most significant? "The headline is they are all important," says Chuck Hollis, vice president of markets and products at EMC.
Actually, Chuck, that definitely isnt the headline.
Jo Maitland, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch http://www.byteandswitch.com
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