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Strategic Partnership for Network Attached Storage Solutions

Strategic Insights

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Network Storage Solutions, Inc. and Storage Computer Corporation announced a strategic partnership on May 4, 1998, to co-market SPANStor-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. This partnership combines the strengths of both companies to provide high-performance data storage solutions to corporations without complexity. The partnership aims to redefine the basis of competition in the network attached storage market segment by offering exceptional value compared to NAS offerings from vendors like Network Appliance, Auspex, and Sun Microsystems.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between Network Storage Solutions and Storage Computer Corporation combines two best-of-breed technologies to provide plug-and-play customer solutions.
  • SPANStor-based Network Attached Storage products offer exceptional value by providing scalable network protocol support, ease of installation and management, and scalable performance.
  • The partnership aims to provide user-customizable data protection levels (RAID-0, 1, 3, 5) to different data sets in the same storage array.
  • SPANStor Software allows administrators to expand network storage capacity quickly and easily, cutting network storage system installation time and reducing ongoing maintenance costs.
  • SPANStor products support up to four Network Processors in a single fault-tolerant enclosure, providing reliability and multiple paths to data.
  • The partnership will introduce SPANStor-based Network Attached products at the Networld + Interop conference on May 5th in Las Vegas booth 8553.
  • The partnership aims to provide cost-effective and simple access to corporate data, delivering fast and reliable performance.
  • Network Storage Solutions' OMNIRAID product provides user-customizable data protection levels, and SPANStor Software allows for easy expansion of network storage capacity.
  • The partnership combines the strengths of both companies to provide high-performance data storage solutions to corporations without complexity.

Statistics:

  • The partnership aims to provide user-customizable data protection levels on different data sets in the same storage array.
  • SPANStor Software allows administrators to expand network storage capacity quickly and easily, cutting network storage system installation time and reducing ongoing maintenance costs.
  • SPANStor products support up to four Network Processors in a single fault-tolerant enclosure.
  • The partnership aims to provide cost-effective and simple access to corporate data, delivering fast and reliable performance.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Storage Computer Selects SPANStor to Provide Network Attach Capability," May 4, 1998, [http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=3862362](http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=3862362).
  • Network Storage Solutions, Inc., "About Us," [http://www.nssolutions.com](http://www.nssolutions.com).
  • Storage Computer Corporation, "About Us," [http://www.storage.com](http://www.storage.com).

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