This gives them more granularity, says Evaluator Group analyst Randy Kerns. They can match the cost and capacity better.
The new box, which will be available tomorrow, offers 2-Gbit/s Fibre Channel connectivity to SANs and direct-attached storage (DAS), with 112 146-Gbyte drives, and up to 16 Tbytes of raw capacity. It also offers 77,500 I/Os per second (IOPS), compared with 45,500 for the D220 and 148,000 for the D280.
Most impressive, according to Sisilli, is that the D240 offers the same throughput as the companys high-end box: 792 Mbyte/s.
StorageTek isnt revealing how much it will charge customers for its new midrange box, but claims the subsystem is priced to be on par with midtier offerings from major competitors like IBM, EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) (see IBM Kicks Up Midrange Storage).
And although StorageTek hasnt tested the D240 with a single beta customer, Sisilli contends the company has a pipeline of more than a dozen customers ready for the launch tomorrow.
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