Networked Storage for Less Than $1 per GB

By DE Editors

Coraid(San Clemente, CA) says its EtherDrive Storage products provideEthernet networked storage at less than $1 per gigabyte when using750GB SATA disk drives. EtherDrive Storage is said to have the abilityto scale one disk at a time to multi-PetaBytes of storage capacity.

According to a Coraid press release, high-capacity disks and low-costnetworking means massively scalable storage networks are noweconomically feasible for many of today’s data-hungry applications.EtherDrive Storage products use the AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet) storageprotocol. AoE enables disks to be shared on the network creating ahighly scalable storage system while saving on costs.

Coraid’s EtherDrive Storage products offer 1U and 3U platforms thatinclude internal RAID (0,1,5,10) capability for hot-swappable SATA1 orSATA2 disk drives.

For more information, visit coraid.com.

Sources: Press materials received from the company. Additional information gleaned from the company’s website.