The DataSentry 2.0 hardware-based data replication product, announced today, is embedded in MTIs Vivant storage array and allows multiple copies of data to be produced simultaneously on a local or remote basis. The replication server supports Fibre Channel-to-IP encapsulation using the emerging FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) specs for long distance backups. The server will be generally available December 1, 2001. By mid-2002 it will support native iSCSI, Ritchie said (see MTI Upgrades Its Software).
But the hottest piece of technology over at MTI could be its v-cache appliance. This ships as a standalone device or inside MTI's Vivant V-80, adding four-way scaleability (four extra processors) to this storage array. It also sports a 100-gigabyte caching option.
According to Ritchie, as few as 5 percent of the files in a database application like Oracle Corp.'s (Nasdaq: ORCL) account for 80 percent of the I/O (input/output) resources on the array. If these files can be migrated into a cache, this frees up the burden on the storage system.
A typical caching appliance can perform around 6,000 to 10,000 I/Os per second, whereas a disk array handles far less, around 120 I/Os per second, Ritchie says.
MTIs technology is similar to caching appliances from Network Appliance Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP), Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), and Extreme Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), all of which speed up Web content serving, although the implementations vary.
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
Contact center leaders from 8x8, Awaken Intelligence, and 360insight discuss the importance of agent experience.
AI may force enterprises to rewire parts of their data centers so they are fully optimized to run such workloads. The question is do you use Ethernet or InfiniBand?
