Already there's been consolidation among vendors in the iSCSI initiator space, which consists of TPC/IP offload engines (TOEs) and IP HBAs. Trebia Networks folded last August, and iReady was sold to Nvidia Corp. for chump change a few weeks ago (see Trebia Croaks and iReady to Go).
Remaining iSCSI initiator startups include Alacritech Inc., Astute Networks Inc., iVivity Inc., and Silverback Systems Inc..
Adaptec also plays in the HBA space, but analysts expect QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC)
to dominate once this part of the market heats up. While its major Fibre Channel HBA rival Emulex Corp. (NYSE: ELX)
so far has snubbed its nose at iSCSI, QLogic has lined up 10 design wins with at least six OEMs, according to its CEO H.K. Desai (see Emulex Slaps iSCSI).
But it's likely the IP HBA market wont get strong until IP SANs move up into the midrange, since entry-level iSCSI systems dont require HBAs.
Right now we expect [iSCSI] to be in the product ramp in early 2005, but thats really a new market, so a lot of different pieces have to come together, Desai told analysts during QLogics earnings call last week. But our forecast right now is probably the first quarter of 2005.
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