Byte and Switch Insider Unmasks SAN Routing

Byte and Switch Insider Unmasks SAN Routing 


NEW YORK, Feb. 7  /PRNewswire/ -- The storage industry has hailed routing as
the next major advancement in SAN connectivity, but the market remains immature
and muddled with many competing technologies, according to a new report from
the subscription research service Byte and Switch Insider
(http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider).

The report -- Storage Routing Unmasked -- explains the surprisingly broad range
of technologies that go by the name "storage router." It orders the market into
a taxonomy of products and functions, and then provides in-depth analysis of
the various approaches.

"The potential benefit of linking and sharing resources among SANs is
significant, if not massive," says the report's author, Byte and Switch Insider
Senior Analyst Brett Mendel. "IT departments are desperate for ways to connect
disparate, isolated SANs and improve resource utilization."

At the same time, adds Mendel, "Storage routing products, not to mention
definitions, clearly remain a work in progress."

   Among the report's conclusions:
   * Storage routing differs significantly from routing in traditional
     networks and remains far less mature.

   * Brocade, Cisco, and McData dominate the field of SAN routers, and each
     uses a different "routing" technique.

   * Standards for storage routing are relatively new and unlikely to have
     much impact on interoperability in the next few years.

   * Multivendor SAN routing relies on interoperability between routers and
     fabric switches, not other routers.



Products from the following public vendors are discussed in this report:
Adaptec Inc. (NASDAQ:ADPT), ADVA Optical Networking (Frankfurt: ADV), Alcatel
(NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP:PA), Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:
BRCD), Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ:CIEN), Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO),
Cisco-Linksys LLC, Computer Network Technology Corp. (CNT) (NASDAQ:CMNT),
Crossroads Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDS), EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), Lucent
Technologies Inc. (NYSE:LU), McData Corp. (NASDAQ:MCDTA), MRV Communications
Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVC), Nortel Networks Ltd. (NYSE/Toronto: NT), and 3Com Corp.
(NASDAQ:COMS).

Products from the following private vendors are discussed in this report: ATTO
Technology Inc., Bridgeworks, Bus-Tech Inc., Celion Networks Inc., InfiniCon
Systems Inc., LightSand Communications Corp., Luminex Software Inc., Maranti
Networks Inc., MaXXan Systems Inc., Meriton Networks Inc., Network Executive
Software Inc. (NetEx), PacketLight Networks Ltd., RBN Inc., Reliable Data
Technology Inc. (Reldata), SAN Valley Systems LLC, Sanrad Ltd., StoneFly
Networks Inc., Topspin Communications Inc., Vicom Systems Inc., and Voltaire
Inc.

Storage Routing Unmasked is available as part of an annual subscription (12
monthly issues) to Byte and Switch Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual
reports are available for $900.

To subscribe, or for more information, please visit:
http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider.

To request a free executive summary of the report, or for details on multi-user
licensing options, please contact:

   Jeff Claudino
   Sales Manager
   Insider Research Services
   619-229-9940
   

  For review copies, members of the media may contact:

   Gabriel Brown
   Chief Analyst
   Insider Research Services
   44-20-7701-9330
   

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