According to McData, the 1620 supports throughput of 440 Mbyte/s with 16K block sizes, and 353 Mbyte/s with 8K block sizes. That easily outperforms the SN 5428, which Cisco says provides 120 Mbyte/s (60 Mbyte/s on each of its two iSCSI ports). (Meanwhile, Israeli startup Sanrad claims its iSCSI V switches beat either one of them, with maximum throughput of 750 Mbyte/s.)
The 1620 switch was developed by Nishan, the IP storage networking startup that McData finished acquiring last month (see McData Sweeps Up Nishan, Sanera).
In a sign that McData hasn't fully McData-ized the Nishan gear at this point, the 1620 supports Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD) FC switches in native mode, but doesn't yet support McData switches natively. To work with McData or other non-Brocade switches, the 1620 must be set to E-port interop mode. Burger says support for McData's native-mode is forthcoming.
McData will offer the 1620 at three price points: With iSCSI only, the company expects the the street price to be around $12,000; with iSCSI and iFCP support, it's $15,000; and with iSCSI, iFCP, and intelligent bandwidth management services it will be between $25,000 and $30,000.
The company says it's in talks with OEMs, distributors, and resellers to carry the product, but has no agreeements to announce yet. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and XIOtech Corp. are among the partners that resell the higher-end IPS 3300 and 4300 switches developed by Nishan.
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