NetApp and AppIQ are not planning to wait around for the release of SMI-S 1.1 to announce unified SAN/NAS management products, an AppIQ spokeswoman says. AppIQ is expecting to ship a functional version of its software with SAN support for NetApp in the third quarter, and with NAS support in the fourth quarter this year, she says, adding that the NAS version delivery date will to some degree be determined by the stability of SMI-S Version 1.1.
That may be a good idea. Launching products before the standards are set could be a risky game, according to Randy Kerns, an analyst with Evaluator Group. "The standard for NAS isn't currently defined," he says. "What if something changes?"
Eugénie Larson, Reporter, Byte and Switch
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