The company says, with the addition of a RAID controller, its new InfoStation enclosure allows it to address the high-reliability and performance needs of the enterprise space. InfoStation also provides the option to install a tape drive, allowing for the creation of a complete disk backup system, Crandall says.
Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), which recently launched its Raptor enterprise-class SATA disk drive for servers and storage systems, is working with StorCase on the enclosures (see Western Digital Hatches Raptor).
"Getting Serial ATA into the enterprise is probably one of the most important changes in the industry over the past 25 years," says Ted Deffenbaugh, Western Digitals senior director of product marketing. "And the secret sauce for what allows you to get an enterprise piece of storage is having the right type of case... We just simply believe that were seeing the filling out of the Serial ATA infrastructure."
Industry observers say StorCases offering provides another proof point that the industry is serious about enabling the new technology. "The prospect of using ATA in the enterprise is certainly very well documented," says IDC analyst Dave Reinsel. "This is another data point showing that people are trying to enable it."
IDC forecasts that SATA will make up nearly half of the enterprise disk drive market by 2006.
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