ESG Lab Review
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The SANbox 8000 series of hardware platforms works in concert with software from QLogic partners
including Computer Associates, Revivio and StoreAge to deliver intelligent data services running in the
storage network. The SANbox 8000 is a data services engine that can be used to run the following
services over a heterogeneous mix of disk arrays and switches from multiple vendors:
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Online data migration
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Point-in-time copy services and snapshot imaging
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Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
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Remote mirroring (synchronous or asynchronous)
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Storage virtualization
Heterogeneous storage virtualization and on-line data migration can be used together to enable:
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Tiered storage migration, which is often referred to as Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
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Server and storage consolidation.
Troika Networks was acquired by QLogic for the ASIC technology at the heart of the SANbox 8000. The
SANbox 8000 uses hardware-based acceleration and a non-blocking switch architecture to deliver data
services at hardware-optimized speeds. In comparison to traditional appliance approaches where all data
moves up to the CPU, the SANbox 8000 platform ensures that nearly all data flows are handled at the
hardware level within ASICs.
ESG Lab Review
ESG Lab used the SANbox 8200 and a Storage SMV appliance to perform an online data migration of a
simulated database application, as shown in Figure Five. The SANbox 8200 provided the wire-speed
migration services while the StoreAge software was used for orchestration and monitoring.
Figure Five – SANbox 8202 Enabled Data Services
Enterprise Strategy Group
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