Maximise VMware Investment with BRidgeIT, Bringing iSCSI Simplicity Whilst Sweating Fibre Channel Assets
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Posted on August 21, 2014 at 11:14:01 AM
Maximise VMware Investment with BRidgeIT, Bringing iSCSI Simplicity Whilst Sweating Fibre Channel Assets
BOULDER, Colorado and CHRISTCHURCH, England, August 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Bridgeworks, innovator and provider of the world's largest family of storage gateways
and bridges, announces the release of the Oresund EFC402200 40Gb iSCSI to Fibre Channel
Storage Gateway, the world's first. Building on the success and customer demand for the
Oresund EFC102200 10Gb iSCSI to Fibre Channel Storage Gateway, coupled with the falling
prices for 40Gb within the Data Centre, Bridgeworks enables organisation to capitalise on
the next level of performance without reconfiguring the underlying Fibre Channel
infrastructure.
Many organisations made a Fibre Channel decision, however with the implementation of
VMware (or Hyper V) the installation, quoting VMware, is "difficult" requiring constant
rezoning and rerouting. Blogs are full of comments regarding organisations wishing they
had a dual strategy but due to investment in Fibre Channel equipment existing assets
cannot be jettisoned.
The Oresund Gateways solve this business dilemma, simply.
An easy 15 minute install of an Oresund Gateway, allows organisations to continue to
sweat their existing Fibre Channel environment while reaping the benefits of iSCSI in a
VMware environment. In simple terms the Fibre Channel environment works as if it were
iSCSI, removing the inhibitors and providing price performance, failover capability, ease
of administration, agility, performance and an excellent migration strategy. The Oresund
Gateways are non-intrusive therefore there is no disruption, no blackout during data
transition and no procedural change.
The investment into virtualisation normally is justified on the grounds of a reduction
in capital and operational expenditure, lowering the environmental footprint along with
providing high availability for Disaster Recovery. The Oresund Gateway compliments those
ideals, allowing organisations to leverage the value of virtualization with their existing
investment in Fibre Channel.
About Bridgeworks
Bridgeworks, leaders in Software Defined Protocol Acceleration, moves data
irrespective of size, protocol or distance at high speed over the planet's TCP/IP
infrastructures. Bridgeworks brings automation of data movement, no matter the project -
Data Centre, Cloud or Hybrid. Acceleration and optimisation that is simple, secure,
self-monitoring, self-managing, super-fast and importantly, cost effective. For 30 years
the Bridging and Gateway technologies have provided cost effective, simple, migration
paths within the Data Centre with over 28,000 products shipped, Bridgeworks remains the
leader in protocol in flight bridging technology.
MEDIA CONTACTS
claireb@4bridgeworks.com
+447801291056
Bridgeworks Ltd
BOULDER, Colorado and CHRISTCHURCH, England, August 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Bridgeworks, innovator and provider of the world's largest family of storage gateways
and bridges, announces the release of the Oresund EFC402200 40Gb iSCSI to Fibre Channel
Storage Gateway, the world's first. Building on the success and customer demand for the
Oresund EFC102200 10Gb iSCSI to Fibre Channel Storage Gateway, coupled with the falling
prices for 40Gb within the Data Centre, Bridgeworks enables organisation to capitalise on
the next level of performance without reconfiguring the underlying Fibre Channel
infrastructure.
Many organisations made a Fibre Channel decision, however with the implementation of
VMware (or Hyper V) the installation, quoting VMware, is "difficult" requiring constant
rezoning and rerouting. Blogs are full of comments regarding organisations wishing they
had a dual strategy but due to investment in Fibre Channel equipment existing assets
cannot be jettisoned.
The Oresund Gateways solve this business dilemma, simply.
An easy 15 minute install of an Oresund Gateway, allows organisations to continue to
sweat their existing Fibre Channel environment while reaping the benefits of iSCSI in a
VMware environment. In simple terms the Fibre Channel environment works as if it were
iSCSI, removing the inhibitors and providing price performance, failover capability, ease
of administration, agility, performance and an excellent migration strategy. The Oresund
Gateways are non-intrusive therefore there is no disruption, no blackout during data
transition and no procedural change.
The investment into virtualisation normally is justified on the grounds of a reduction
in capital and operational expenditure, lowering the environmental footprint along with
providing high availability for Disaster Recovery. The Oresund Gateway compliments those
ideals, allowing organisations to leverage the value of virtualization with their existing
investment in Fibre Channel.
About Bridgeworks
Bridgeworks, leaders in Software Defined Protocol Acceleration, moves data
irrespective of size, protocol or distance at high speed over the planet's TCP/IP
infrastructures. Bridgeworks brings automation of data movement, no matter the project -
Data Centre, Cloud or Hybrid. Acceleration and optimisation that is simple, secure,
self-monitoring, self-managing, super-fast and importantly, cost effective. For 30 years
the Bridging and Gateway technologies have provided cost effective, simple, migration
paths within the Data Centre with over 28,000 products shipped, Bridgeworks remains the
leader in protocol in flight bridging technology.
MEDIA CONTACTS
claireb@4bridgeworks.com
+447801291056
Bridgeworks Ltd