"Customers already invested in SAN infrastructure can now connect a low-cost, high-performance x86 platform into an existing infrastructure," says Sun's Chris Baker, product manager for the Solaris x86.
The announcement is also part of Sun's initiative to broaden supporting technologies for Solaris. Sun recently said it is working with more than 100 key business application vendors, including Oracle, to make sure their applications are optimized for Solaris on x86.
"We would hope to have as large a range of partners as possible," Baker says. "These are all pieces of a big puzzle. As we go forward with Oracle, the ability to connect to storage is paramount." That's why it is possible that QLogic will eventually deliver Fibre Channel connectivity for Solaris x86 systems as well.
Richard Villars, an analyst with IDC, says the partnership is an important part of Sun's initiative to expand its portfolio of supporting technologies, and for Emulex, it deepens the relationship with Sun. "But Sun is not in the type of situation where you want to be choosy," he says. "You want as many supporting technologies as you can get in the long run."
Notes Villars: "I would be surprised if Sun was not interested in having other partnerships, such as with QLogic."
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