LSI Flagship Storage System Boosts ROI with 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and Full Disk Encryption
April 21 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
8GFC bandwidth and pay-as-you-grow capacity reduce costs now and
provide 'future-proof' investment protection MILPITAS, Calif.,
April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) today
announced enhancements to the Engenio(R) 7900 Storage System which
provide midrange storage area network (SAN) customers with a
"future-proof" storage infrastructure designed to meet the demands
of continuous data growth and evolving application, configuration
and capacity requirements. New LSI(TM) Engenio 7900 features and
functionality include 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (8GFC) interfaces, which
provide up to twice the bandwidth per channel between server and
storage, and pay-as-you-grow scalability up to 448 drives for
nearly double the capacity. SafeStore(TM) encryption services also
have been added for comprehensive data-at-rest security using
self-encrypting drives (SED), as well as a simplified management
interface that doesn't sacrifice control. "Meeting enterprises'
evolving infrastructure and application requirements is always a
critical challenge for IT suppliers, but in these difficult
economic times, IT executives also require solutions that protect
IT investments," said Richard Villars, vice president of Storage
System and IT Executive Strategies at IDC. "Solutions like the LSI
Engenio 7900 that support 8Gb/s FC and advanced data encryption in
a scalable platform provide a solid foundation for enterprises that
need to deal with evolving storage demands." 8GFC technology with
"future-proof" investment protection The Engenio 7900 is one of the
industry's first enterprise-class midrange storage systems based on
8GFC technology. It combines 8GFC connectivity with
industry-leading, mixed workload performance and configuration
flexibility to meet the diverse application requirements of
large-scale virtualization and consolidation implementations,
high-performance computing and data warehousing environments. The
system's 8GFC host cards eliminate the need to make trade-offs
between system performance and server I/O slot conservation by
reducing the number of host bus adapters (HBAs) per server and the
number of overall ports in the Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure
required to deliver comparable performance. This results in lower
hardware acquisition and operational costs through fewer components
and infrastructure simplification. The system's ability to
auto-negotiate Fibre Channel links allows it to seamlessly
integrate into an existing 2GFC or 4GFC infrastructure to provide
customers in these environments with immediate performance and
connectivity benefits. By utilizing existing infrastructure, the
7900 establishes a foundation for the future upgrade to 8GFC SAN
environments. Scalability also has been nearly doubled to address
today's exponential rate of data growth. With the ability to
support up to 448 drives, the 7900 offers linear scalability to the
levels needed to meet the most demanding performance and capacity
requirements. Comprehensive data-at-rest security without
performance penalties The 7900 adds SafeStore encryption services
to address the rising costs of data breaches and public disclosure
resulting from lost, misplaced or stolen hard drives, as well as
routine activities such as servicing or decommissioning defective
drives. In 2008, the litigation, remedy and lost revenue associated
with data breaches cost companies an average of $6.6 million per
incident.* SafeStore helps organizations to minimize the risk of
costly data exposure and meet new government regulations. It
combines local key management and self-encrypting drives to
effectively secure data throughout a drive's lifecycle from initial
installation to servicing, redeployment and final disposal.
SafeStore provides a comprehensive data-at-rest solution that
secures data contained on drives within the data center without
sacrificing performance or ease of use. The solution is fully
integrated into LSI SANtricity(R) Storage Manager software. Key
management is transparent to day-to-day storage administration,
making SEDs as easy to manage as traditional hard drives. With
advanced features such as "instant secure erase," a sub-second
method for destroying all the data contained on an SED, regardless
of drive capacity, SafeStore provides an even higher level of data
erasure than traditional methods for re-provisioning and disposal
of drives. "Facing relentless data growth and a turbulent economic
climate, businesses need storage solutions that reduce costs now
and future-proof infrastructure investments," said Vic Mahadevan,
vice president of marketing and product management, Engenio Storage
Group, LSI. "The Engenio 7900 allows users to immediately realize
the performance and efficiency benefits of 8GFC technology while
delivering the piece of mind that data is securely stored
regardless of its physical or virtual location." Enhancements to
the 7900 system also include a new GUI for the SANtricity Storage
Manager software. The updated management interface provides an
ideal combination of robustness and ease of use in a midrange
system. It offers full-time system administrators complete
configuration control and part-time administrators the simplicity
of an intuitive interface that helps to ensure optimal storage
utilization. The LSI Engenio 7900 with 8GFC and SafeStore
encryption services is immediately available to OEM customers.
SafeStore encryption services will soon span LSI MegaRAID(R)
adapters and additional Engenio storage systems, bringing the
benefits of drive-level encryption and affordable data security to
businesses of all sizes from SMBs to the enterprise. More
information is available in an online press kit at
http://www.lsi.com/presskit. *Ponemon Institute, LLC, 2008 Annual
Study: Cost of Data Breach, February 2009 About LSI LSI Corporation
(NYSE:LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and
software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring
people, information and digital content together. The company
offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including
custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software
that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading
solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More information
is available at http://www.lsi.com/. Editor's Notes: 1. All LSI
news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products,
technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and are
immediately thereafter posted on the company's external web site,
http://www.lsi.com/. 2. LSI, the LSI logo, Engenio, MegaRAID,
SANtricity and SafeStore are trademarks or registered trademarks of
LSI Corporation. 3. All other brands or product names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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