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Demand for 4-Gigabit Per Second Fibre Channel Storage Systems Accelerates

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

ORLANDO, Fla., Storage Networking World, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engenio Information Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corporation , today announced that shipments of Engenio 6998 4 gigabit per second (4 Gb/s) Fibre Channel storage systems have topped 1,000 units. The Engenio 6998 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel array, which is based on the Engenio XBB(TM) system architecture, was introduced to the marketplace in February.

During the first six months of general availability Engenio shipped 360 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage systems. The company has since experienced accelerating demand for the Engenio 6998 system, with total sales exceeding 1000 units through the end of the 3rd quarter, more than doubling shipments over the prior quarter.

"The strong demand for our 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel system is exactly what I would expect from a sophisticated marketplace," said Flavio Santoni, LSI Logic Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. "By delivering leading-edge technologies first, such as 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage systems, Engenio and LSI are a bellwether for the storage industry. The rapid adoption and implementation of our storage solutions, which range from silicon chips to enterprise storage systems, are reflected by the procurement decisions of forward looking IT professionals."

One of the first shipments of the Engenio 6998 went to the Wichita Clinic, Kansas' largest multi-specialty medical group. The Wichita Clinic installed an IBM TotalStorage DS4800, which is based on Engenio technology, with 16 Terabytes of storage to manage patient records, store and retrieve medical images.

"The Wichita Clinic purchased one of the first 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage arrays and we have dramatically increased patient satisfaction while controlling health care costs as a result," said Larry Leopold, Manager of Radiology, Wichita Clinic. "A patient can see a doctor several months to a year after having an original CAT scan and a radiologist can instantly compare the two images. The new system allows them to very quickly and easily pull old records for comparison thus providing a better overall healthcare experience for the patient."

Many leading server and storage providers, including IBM, SGI, and StorageTek offer 4 Gb/s storage systems based on Engenio technology to their customers.

Based on the high performance XBB architecture, the flagship Engenio 6998 storage system easily handles the most compute-intensive workloads and provides robust functionality with excellent availability. Excelling at both input/output operations and throughput, the 6998 storage system is a great fit for both transaction-oriented and bandwidth-intensive applications. Its industry-leading performance drives faster transactional applications, loads large data sets in less time, handles multiple I/O streams for rich media applications, supports larger consolidations and replicates data in less time.

"The number of 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage arrays shipped to customers by Engenio and its partners is solid evidence that the market is rapidly adopting the technology," said John Webster, Senior Analyst and Founder, Data Mobility Group. "Customers using 4 Gb/s technology are experiencing a significant improvement in the performance of on-going mission critical applications and we expect that the trend towards 4 Gb/s will continue steadily through 2006."

About Engenio Information Technologies, Inc.

Engenio Information Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corporation, designs and manufactures high performance modular enterprise storage platforms and storage management software that is delivered to end users through strategic partners. IBM, SGI, StorageTek and Teradata are among the partners who deliver total solutions with unique combinations of hardware, software and services for applications including transaction processing, e-mail, data warehousing and scientific research. Engenio is headquartered at 670 N. McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035. For more information, please call 408-935-6300 or visit http://www.engenio.com/ .

Editor's Notes:

1. All Engenio news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website, http://www.engenio.com/ .

2. Engenio, the Engenio logo design, and XBB are trademarks or registered trademarks of Engenio Information Technologies, Inc.

3. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Engenio Information Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Jay Russo of LVA Corporate Communications, +1-860-739-5598, orjay@lva.com, for Engenio Information Technologies; or Diane Hughes of EngenioInformation Technologies, +1-425-282-5153, or diane.hughes@engenio.com

Web site: http://www.engenio.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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