The integrated solutions, based on OTG’s DiskXtender technologies are expected to ship in the fourth quarter of this year. They will be offered as an enhancement for MaxAttach NAS 6000 and NAS 4000 Series storage servers, and as an upgrade for currently shipping systems.
The new products will allow the capacity of multiple MaxAttach storage servers to be pooled, enabling highly scalable storage environments. Designed for enterprise-wide deployment, they will improve administrator productivity and present virtually unlimited disk storage to clients across Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh and Netware environments.
Virtual storage solutions, jointly developed with OTG, further enhances the functionality of storage servers for any business, said Eric Kelly, president of Maxtor’s Network Systems Group. Our combined solution will help reduce the cost of data management and leverage existing storage investments.
The combined Maxtor-OTG solution will be designed for easy installation, configuration and management, for either local or remote operation. Teams from both companies have begun integration efforts.
Deepening our relationship with Maxtor furthers our goal of bringing to market high-value solutions that help business transparently manage and access growing data storage pools, said Richard Kay, president and chief executive officer at OTG. Our vision with Maxtor is to provide turn-key solutions which lower the total cost of ownership of storage and provide a fast return on investment for customers, while providing the channel with the ability to easily integrate these solutions.
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