FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DSG STORAGE IMPLEMENTS CHELSIO ISCSI TARGET ADAPTER SOLUTIONS INTO NEXT-GENERATION STORAGE PRODUCT LINE
SUNNYVALE, CA, JANUARY 18, 2006 – Chelsio Communications Inc., the leading provider of iSCSI acceleration adapter and ASIC solutions, and IP-based storage specialist DSG Storage Inc. (DSG), today announced an OEM relationship under which DSG is offering Chelsio’s T204 quad-port GbE and T210 10GbE TOE/iSCSI acceleration adapters as embedded components of its upcoming high performance storage systems. These products will begin shipping in 2Q-06 at significant cost savings to customers.
Chelsio’s T204 and T210 TOE/SCSI are proven turnkey commercial-grade iSCSI target mode acceleration solutions that offer significant cost savings for storage target systems by leveraging the volume, scalability, and simplicity of off-the-shelf server platforms and standard Ethernet connectivity. T204 has been measured to deliver over 350K IOPS and 3.6Gbs throughput when used with the Chelsio iSCSI target stack running in RAMdisk mode and Microsoft initiators, while T210 delivers over 600K IOPSs and 6.5 Gbps (limited by PCI-X bus bandwidth).
Using the Chelsio T210 and T204, DSG has developed a new line of high performance iSCSI storage targets featuring multiple Chelsio adapters and utilizing SAS as the backend for extreme performance, flexible drive choice (SAS or SATAII) and unmatched scalability. While providing a robust IP SAN storage solution ideally suited for the small-to-medium business market (SMB), the products can easily scale to meet the performance and storage requirements of enterprise and data center applications.
We are pleased to partner with DSG as one of the high quality OEMs to offer storage solutions based on T204 and T210 line of products, said Kianoosh Naghshineh, president and CEO of Chelsio. DSG’s expertise in offering storage systems and services for the Windows marketplace make it an ideal channel for our highest-performance iSCSI acceleration solutions.
Chelsio and DSG have a very synergistic partnership bringing together expertise in storage software development with extensive experience with Windows/Intel hardware platform and expertise with Windows Clustering, said Barron Mertens, CEO of DSG Storage Inc. If you want serious speed, there is no better choice than Chelsio adapters. Our upcoming SAS-based high performance line of iSCSI arrays will offer multiple 10G ports and greater than 1000MB/s of throughput.
Storage solutions based on Chelsio T204/T210 offer industry-leading price/performance value and a Chelsio iSCSI target stack that provides an extensive feature set including:
- Broad CPU support
- IntelВ® Xeon and Pentium 4 processors
- AMD Opteron
- Intel XScale I/O processors
- PowerPCВ® processors
- Support for SATA, SCSI and Fibre Channel controller and drive types
- OEM-centric management interface
- Block device support enabling seamless leveraging of Linux volume management services including Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS)
- Support for discovery features including manual and Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) support, security features including CHAP and Logical Unit Number (LUN) access control security, error recovery level zero (ERL 0), full compliance with RFC 3720, and interoperability with leading initiators.
Chelsio’s T204 and T210 are complete, turnkey iSCSI target solutions that enable OEMs to deliver high-performance iSCSI target appliances. Modular and scalable, T204 and T210 are the most advanced acceleration solutions available today for creating iSCSI-enabled networked storage devices. T204 and T210 are compatible with all IETF compliant initiators and have been thoroughly validated with initiators available with Microsoft Windows and various Linux distributions.
About DSG
DSG Storage Inc is a privately funded and debt free startup formed by Unhappy Storage Consumers. This group of storage administrators, architects and engineers consistently felt violated or dirty after dealing with the “Big Boys” of the storage world. DSG Storage Inc was formed to have an alternative to the way of doing business commonly practiced in the storage industry. Conducting all its business in an open and honest way while delivering fantastic value for the dollar has set DSG Storage apart from its competition. DSG Storage is focused on IP storage solutions and believes there is a great untapped demand for simple fast storage with simple pricing. DSG Storage currently has the widest range of iSCSI target arrays in the market and is actively recruiting resellers and selling directly. For more information please call 519-636-4322 or visit www.DSGstorage.com.
About Chelsio Communications
Chelsio Communications is leading the convergence of networking, storage and clustering interconnects with its robust, high-performance and proven protocol acceleration technology. Featuring a highly scalable and programmable architecture, Chelsio is shipping 10-Gigabit Ethernet and multi-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards with protocol offload, delivering the low latency and superior throughput required for high-performance computing applications. More than 100 customers in 20 countries are using Chelsio products in a multitude of applications including high-performance cluster computing, server networking, network monitoring, digital media storage, video editing and post-production. For more information, visit the company online at www.chelsio.com.
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Media Contact:
Tim Helms
Helms Communications, Inc.
925-606-6936
timhelms@comcast.net
Chelsio Contact:
Randy Smith
Chelsio Communications, Inc.
408-962-3681
randy.smith@chelsio.com
DSG Storage Contact:
Barron Mertens
DSG Storage Inc.
519-636-4322
contact@DSGstorage.com