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ADIC's Flexible Connection Between Compute/Storage Resources

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) announces the introduction of its next-generation storage network appliance, the Pathlight 5000, designed to provide managed connectivity in dynamic, mixed computing environments.

The ADIC Pathlight 5000 provides flexible, secure, high performance connections between servers and storage resources, linking independent devices with dissimilar protocols and operating systems into a single, centrally managed system. The Pathlight 5000 is the first SAN appliance specifically designed to support today's grid computing deployment models. Its combination of features includes auto-selecting 1 Gb or 2 Gb link speed, centralized management tools for single-point control, and the capacity to provide flexible mapping for up to 2048 storage addresses (LUNs) with built-in access security.

"Storage networks have created a new set of solution deployment models that can save data center managers time and money by giving them much more flexibility and efficiency," said Bill Britts, ADIC executive vice president of Sales and Marketing. "The Pathlight 5000 is a key enabler for unlocking those possibilities. A common application combines high availability with high value by letting users link inexpensive, disk-less compute resources, regardless of protocol or operating system, to a secure, centralized Fibre array."

"At Terraspring, we are helping change the economics of data centers by giving IT managers a common pool of compute and storage resources which they can re-provision in minutes from a single interface," said Patrick Tickle, vice president of Product Management, Terraspring. "The ADIC Pathlight technology is part of our solution, giving us a flexible foundation which lets us automatically connect any server to any storage with several different protocols while maintaining iron-clad security."

The Pathlight 5000 enables a wide variety of storage network devices, including servers, disk and tape systems, to operate together within a managed environment. It connects devices that use different protocols, lets dissimilar operating systems share the same SAN, provides dynamic mapping between servers and disk volumes, and controls access to storage resources within a SAN to provide full security. IT architects use the Pathlight 5000 to combine heterogeneous devices into a single, centrally managed environment in order to obtain the highest possible value and utility from their data center resources.

Management of the Pathlight 5000 is provided by the ADIC Management Console (AMC) which enables local and remote management of all the Pathlight 5000s and connected paths, hosts, and devices from a single view. The AMC's clear graphical interface allows administrators to observe all connected devices, monitor their connectivity status, and quickly change the links between them. Its integrated notification tool reports events via SNMP and its own email alert system. The ADIC Management Console MIB allows third-party management tools to take advantage of Pathlight 5000 capabilities.

The Pathlight 5000 features interoperability with leading SAN hardware and software products and environments. It is available now through qualified ADIC channel partners and OEMs.

About ADIC

Advanced Digital Information Corporation is a leading storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace, offering a broad range of Intelligent Storage products designed to enhance organizations' abilities to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC products include automated storage systems, specialized storage management software, and multiple-protocol storage networking (SAN/NAS) connectivity and management tools. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens and IBM. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com.

Contact ADIC, Steve Whitner, 425-895-3435, stevew@adic.com.