The device contains up to 14 SAS or SATA drives, offering a maximum capacity of 3.6 Tbytes and 9 Tybtes, respectively. A number of storage specialists have already agreed to support the device, including FalconStor, with its IPstor SAN software and VTL, Microsoft, with its Windows Storage Server, and Wasabi Systems with its StorageBuilder iSCSI target software.
The server is aimed at the channel, although Intel is playing its cards close to its chest on which partners have signed up. "We have OEMs lined up in each geography around the world," says Peiffer, adding that some partners, including MPC Computers, Patriot Technologies, and MaxData have already signed up to OEM the product.
Built around a two rack-unit chassis from Xyratex, the SSR212MC2, which will be available in May, is priced at $2,800 without a RAID controller. A version containing an Intel RAID controller is priced at $3,600.
IBM will unveil pre-packaged hardware bundles for its recently launched DS3000 controller family. The first offering consists of the DS3200 single SAS controller, a SAS HBA and a 3-meter SAS cable. This will be priced at less than $4,200, according to Harold Pike, who heads up product marketing for IBM's entry and midrange storage systems.
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