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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Wasabi expands VMX iSCSI SAN line</h1></div>
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<p>Wasabi Systems (<a href="http://www.WasabiSystems.com" title="http://www.WasabiSystems.com">http://www.WasabiSystems.com</a>) has expanded its line<br />
of VMX iSCSI SAN appliances. The VMX 2000 series now consists of the<br />
<p>At the top of Wasabi's lineup is the 2000sx , which features a PCI<br />
express-based backplane and an Intel quad-core XEON processor<br />
targeting high performance application environments and Virtualized<br />
Data centers. By using optional expansion chassis, this model can<br />
support up to 60TB of raw capacity with a mix of enterprise grade SAS<br />
or SATA drives. The powerful addition of thin provisioning allows<br />
users great flexibility in buying just the capacity they need<br />
initially and being able to add physical storage to their pools as<br />
needed without having wasteful unused capacity. The 2000sx ships<br />
with 2GbE data ports and can be expanded to support up to 10 1 GbE<br />
data ports or up to 2-10GbE data ports. With optional Seagate ES.2<br />
SAS drives, the 2000sx is capable of up to 800MB/sec sustained read<br />
and write throughput supporting the most demanding requirements.</p>
<p>"Our initial iSCSI SAN appliances have been well received in the<br />
market place," said Frank G. Logan, Wasabi's President and CEO.<br />
"These new models have been upgraded and cover a much broader<br />
spectrum of the market and outperform many of the market leaders at<br />
dramatically lower price points. With the addition of 10GbE, thin<br />
provisioning, snapshot and volume shadow copy services, we cover the<br />
entire market spectrum from entry level to mid-range enterprise<br />
requirements."</p>
<p>Targeted applications for the VMX series include disk-backup, digital<br />
archive, web2.0 infrastructure, video surveillance, digital media<br />
infrastructure and general office systems. The VMX series was<br />
designed to support virtual server infrastructure using VMWare, XEN<br />
or Hyper-V server virtualization technology. </p>
<p>The VMX 2000e starts at under $6,000 for a 2TB system, targeted to<br />
first time SAN users migrating from direct attached storage. It can<br />
be expanded up to 12 TB and comes standard with 2GbE data ports.<br />
Performance is up to 220MB/sec of sustained sequential read or write<br />
throughput. RAID levels of 0,1,10 and 5 are supported for<br />
redundancy. The VMX 2000e is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo<br />
processor clocked at 1.8Ghz and comes standard with 1GB of dynamic<br />
cache.</p>
<p>The 2000mx adds performance and power for mid-range applications.<br />
RAID 6 and 60 are added to the mix with 256MB of battery backed cache<br />
and a 1GB dynamic cache and the 2000mx can be expanded up to 48TB<br />
with optional expansion chassis. The 2000mx can also support up to 6<br />
GbE data ports for additional flexibility and sustained sequential<br />
read or write throughput is rated at 500MB/sec with SATA drives. The<br />
2000mx is powered by a Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz processor with up to 4GB of<br />
dynamic cache.</p>
<p>SAS and SATA can be mixed to support tiered storage configurations<br />
with great flexibility. Select from Seagate ES.2 7,200 RPM 1TB SAS<br />
and SATA high capacity drives and Seagate Barracuda 15k RPM 400GB SAS<br />
drives to optimize performance for the most demanding applications.</p>
<p>Wasabi separately announced a series of Enterprise enhancements to<br />
its core network storage operating system - long the foundation of<br />
other Tier 1 OEM platforms and now powering Wasabi's own branded<br />
solutions.</p>
<p>All models come with 3-year warranty and 24/7 nationwide telephone<br />
support and eSupport. Optional onsite next business day premium<br />
service is available for up to 5 years. Wasabi products are<br />
available exclusively through its nationwide network of VARs and<br />
Systems Integrators and are distributed exclusively through Info-X in<br />
New Jersey.</p>
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