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The S Family (formerly StoreVault®) storage platform fits in Midsize Enterprise, as well as in large Enterprises with large numbers of Remote Office and Branch Office locations typically replicating to a core FAS.

The S Family enables midsize companies instantly to reduce storage costs by:

• Reducing devices by 50% (combine file servers and SANs).
• Regaining wasted capacity.
• Eliminating backup, restore, disaster recovery pains.

Data volumes in all organisations continue to grow relentlessly. Estimates vary between 50 – 70% a year.

Whichever way you look at it the growth rate is staggering and protecting this data, the core information that businesses rely on for growth, is a critical issue for both the IT industry and the customers whose needs it serves. It doesn’t help that these issues have to be addressed in the face of stiff budgetary constraints.

Every year, it seems, is going to be the year iSCSI emerges as a serious threat to the continued dominance of Fibre Channel (FC) as the protocol of choice for Storage Area Networks (SANs). It finally looks as though it may be happening.

The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) is forecasting 50% growth for iSCSI implementations in the USA during the coming year. This is partly, they say, because acceptance by HDS, EMC and IBM has validated the protocol. It is now visible to a wider audience. This is not the full story.