13
2001
IBM
rolls out a comprehensive lineup of new storage networking products, including:
IBM
TotalStorage
NAS
200, a tower (one processor and up to 216
GB
) or rack (two processors and up
to 1.74
GB
); TotalStorage
NAS
300, designed for mission critical applications; and TotalStorage
NAS
300G, to bridge the gap between local area network and a storage area network.
IBM
becomes the first storage vendor to offer mainframe customers a Fibre Channel based
connection (
FICON
) to their high end disk systems.
FICON
provides peak data transfer rates
almost six times faster than the current
ESCON
technology employed by competitors. In addition,
the company rolls out the Model B20 and Model B10 of
IBM
's TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server
that for the first time incorporate
IBM
's patented copper chip technology.
In October,
IBM
announces an array of storage networking products for mid market customers,
including a new storage server the
IBM
TotalStorage Fibre Array Storage Technology 700
Storage Server and enhanced network attached storage and Internet protocol storage products
designed to provide increased scalability and performance.
IBM
says that it will deliver the broadest portfolio of Linux storage products in the industry,
including high to low end disk and tape systems.
The company is the first to mass produce computer hard disk drives using a revolutionary new
type of magnetic coating that is expected to eventually quadruple the data density of current hard
disk drive products. Key to
IBM
's data storage breakthrough is a three atom thick layer of
ruthenium, a precious metal similar to platinum, sandwiched, like pixie dust, between two
magnetic layers. In November,
IBM
introduces Deskstar 120GXP, the industry's lowest power
consumption 3.5 inch desktop hard drive with a 120
GB
capacity and performing at 7200 rpm;
and the Travelstar 60GH and Travelstar 40GN family.
IBM
announces the availability of z/
OS
, a new self managing 64 bit operating system for the
IBM
eServer z900. z/
OS
features Intelligent Resource Director, an exclusive
IBM
technology that
makes the z900 the only server capable of automatically reallocating processing power to a given
application on the fly.
IBM
says its middleware software portfolio will capitalize on the company's new eServer p690
( Regatta ) to deliver an e business infrastructure solution offering the highest speed
connections in the world running on a
UNIX
system.
IBM
announces the availability of the Globus Toolkit for
IBM
eServer systems. The Toolkit is
the middleware that joins large numbers of disparate servers into huge mega computers,
allowing application developers to create computer Grids in which users share supercomputing
power, data and applications via the Internet.
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