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IBM System Storage N5000 to Bolster SMB Portfolio

IBM today expanded its lineup of storage solutions for small and medium businesses and extended its relationship with Network Appliance (NetApp), by introducing a new NAS gateway solution, the IBM System Storage N5000. The new solution acts as a "storage bridge" between Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) environments, and is intended to deliver SMB customers greater access to their data as well as disaster recovery capabilities.

The IBM System Storage N5000 Series Gateway is the latest product in a series of offerings resulting from IBM's strategic relationship with Network Appliance. Earlier this year, IBM announced it would offer the IBM N series Gateway to customers with Fibre Channel storage networks. Today's N5000 Series Gateway is designed to help companies address their information on demand needs by bringing the network consolidation advantages of a Gateway offering to clients who wish to connect their IP storage solutions to their Fibre Channel storage networks.

The N series Gateways will be available in two models (N5200 and N5500), all with many redundant, hot swappable components, 8 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports, and over 30 different advanced software features and functions from the Data ONTAP operating system. The varying models are scalable from 50 terabytes up to 84TB of physical capacity and can support heterogeneous storage subsystems including IBM System Storage DS4800 and DS8000 series systems, as well as other non-IBM storage products.

The IBM System Storage N5000 Gateways will be available with a starting list price of USD 34,650. The pricing includes a 3-year warranty on hardware and software.


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