QLogic intelligent Storage Router Qualified as Part of EMC CLARiiON AX4 Replication Solution

QLogic 6142 Router Offered With EMC MirrorView Software; Solution Provides Highly Affordable Replication Over Existing WANs

• Press Release
• Source: QLogic Corp.
• On 8:00 am EST, Wednesday December 17, 2008

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 17, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (NasdaqGS:QLGC - News), a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced that EMC has qualified the QLogic(r) 6142 intelligent Storage Router as the preferred network solution for Fibre Channel replication with EMC(r) CLARiiON(r) AX4 networked storage systems and EMC MirrorView(tm) and EMC SAN Copy(tm) software.

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The CLARiiON AX4 brings easy-to-use networked storage to small-to-medium businesses and branch offices at an affordable price and MirrorView and SAN Copy enable real-time replication. The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router, which is qualified as EMC E-Lab(tm) Tested and available for purchase through the EMC Select program, allows CLARiiON AX4 users to protect data at remote sites in a highly cost-effective manner. The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router leverages existing wide area network (WAN) connections to connect any two Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs) and simplify remote replication deployments. In addition, this solution provides simplified and reliable protection for virtual server environments, including VMware Infrastructure.

``The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router, combined with the EMC CLARiiON AX4, MirrorView and SAN Copy, provides users with the most cost-effective means to protect their files across a data center, across town, or across an ocean,'' said Shishir Shah, vice president and general manager of QLogic Storage Solutions Group. ``Businesses with dedicated Fibre Channel environments can easily connect two Fibre Channel SANs over a WAN with our patented SmartWrite(tm) technology, and optimize the WAN connection for increased reliability and improved disaster recovery capabilities.''

``EMC CLARiiON AX4 Fibre Channel customers have been asking for an affordable means to connect their systems and replicate data between their remote sites,'' said Barbara Robidoux, EMC vice president of storage product marketing. ``The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router provides an optimized solution that complements EMC MirrorView, EMC SAN Copy and EMC Navisphere(r) Manager management software, allowing us to provide customers with a cost-effective, remote data replication solution, either in traditional or virtual environments.''

QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Routers- Making SAN-over-WAN Connectivity Easy

The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router features SmartWrite, the QLogic patented technology for accelerating and bridging SANs over WANs. The 6142 intelligent Storage Router provides SAN-over-WAN connection infrastructure for EMC MirrorView and EMC SAN Copy to support disaster recovery, replication and volume copy services over WANs. Using SmartWrite's Layer 3 (SCSI layer) routing, the 6142 intelligent Storage Router is able to perform SAN bridging over WANs without having to merge SAN Fabrics. By maintaining SAN Fabric independence, the 6142 intelligent Storage Router improves SAN scalability and lowers management overhead. The 6142 intelligent Storage Router sets a new price performance benchmark in the industry for SAN-over-WAN connection. Leading applications for the QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router are volume replication over the WAN and backup and replication of data for regulatory support.

The QLogic 6142 intelligent Storage Router's SmartWrite technology is an intelligent routing technology that understands not only how to move data from one point to another, but also how to optimize that transfer. It is the only intelligent SAN-over-WAN protocol to leverage iSCSI Layer 3 routing. This allows SmartWrite to not only optimize transfers over the WAN, but also to simplify configuration and management. SmartWrite:

 * Reduces WAN connection costs due to higher bandwidth utilization
 * Simplifies network administration by not merging the local and
   remote SAN
 * Leverages the WAN resources for resiliency and encryption

About QLogic

QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel adapters, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI adapters and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies such as Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NetApp and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.

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