Emulex SAN仮想化アプライアンス発表, 07/03/15

Emulexから 1Uの SAN仮想化アプライアンスが発表されました (OEMのみ)：
"Emulex Announces Intelligent Services Platform for SAN Based Storage Virtualization Services and Applications
　Platform Expands Emulex's End-to-End Data Center Virtualization Offerings", March 15, 2007
　http://www.emulex.com/press/2007/0315-02.jsp

Emulex Model 765 Intelligent Services Platform
　http://www.emulex.com/products/router/765/ds.jsp

特徴等
　AV150 Intelligent Storage Processor
　Up to 1.2M IOPS and 1400MB/s of aggregate throughput
　N_ports assures interoperability with any SAN fabric
　1U form factor
　Four 2Gb/s Fibre Channel ports
　Split-path architecture
　Management over two 1Gb/s Ethernet ports

White Papers:Model 765 Solutions Brief
　http://www.emulex.com/white/router/model_765_sol_brief_07.pdf
は、Emulex and LSI Logicになっているけど、LSI Logicは StoreAge Networking Technologiesを買収
していましたね：
"LSI Logic to Acquire StoreAge Networking Technologies", October 25 2006
　http://www.storeage.com/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=202&intTypeId=2#202

AV150 20Gb/s Intelligent Storage Processor
　http://www.emulex.com/products/storageproc/av150/ds.jsp
AD1500 Intelligent Storage Adapter
　http://www.emulex.com/products/storageproc/ad1500/ds.jsp
ボードまであります (ただし OEM)。


搭載している AV150 Intelligent Storage Processorは Aarohi Communicationsが、McDATA用
(独占では無かったはず) に開発していたものです。
Aarohi Communicationsは、2006年 5月に Emulexに買収されました。
"Emulex Completes Acquisition of Aarohi Communications,
　Aarohi Further Differentiates and Expands Emulex's Product Portfolio and Provides the Company With
　a Foothold in the Storage Virtualization Market", May 2, 2006
　http://www.emulex.com/press/2006/0502-02.jsp

McDATAの Application Services Module出荷は 2006/10/31でした。
"Emulex Industry-Leading AV150 Intelligent Storage Processor Now Shipping With McDATA Application Services Module,
　AV150 Marks Industry's First 20G Intelligent Storage Processor to Cross the One Million IOPS Barrier -
　Optimized for Performance and Scalability", October 31, 2006
　http://www.emulex.com/press/2006/1031-02.jsp
関連する StoreAge社のプレスリリースがありました：
"StoreAge Powers McDATA Application Services Module", October 30 2006
　http://www.storeage.com/pages/news_content.asp?intGlobalId=203&intTypeId=2

残念ながら、McDATA Application Services Moduleは中止です：
"BROCADE PRODUCT PLAN AND PORTFOLIO: JANUARY 29 2007",
　http://www.brocade.com/integrated_productoffering.pdf
でも GA前だったのですね。