One analyst says the HP and QLogic partnership shows SAN vendors are worried about iSCSI encroaching on the low end.
This is a defensive posture from Fibre Channel vendors, says Arun Taneja of the Taneja Group. Theyre scared silly of iSCSI. If they dont do this now, theyll lose to iSCSI. The biggest problem with Fibre Channel SANs for SMBs is that the out-of-box experience is horrible.
Whats Microsofts role here? Always looking for new ways to crack the storage market, Microsoft is trying to make Windows 2003 work better with storage equipment (see QLogic Does Windows).
Microsoft's idea is to simplify storage management by integrating it into the operating system. Windows 2003 allows administrators to configure storage devices from inside Windows instead of through storage management applications.
QLogic has been one of the most active partners in Microsofts Simple SAN initiative, which wont be officially launched until next year. The MSA 1000 Small Business SAN Kit includes QLogic's new SANbox 3050 entry level switch and SANsurfer Express software that allows for quick installation of HBAs, switches, and arrays.
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