IP storage products and vendors

3ware Inc.

Mountain View, Calif.

• Palisade IP storage array

• Escalade IP storage switch

Adaptec Inc.

Milpitas, Calif.

• ASA-7211 iSCSI host bus adapter with full TCP and iSCSI protocol processing off-load capability

• ASR-7500 FC-iSCSI/FCIP adapter

Alacritech Inc.

San Jose

• The company offers the Alacritech 1000x1 Server and Storage Accelerator and the Alacritech 100x4 Quad-Port Server Accelerator TCP off-load adapters. Alacritech hasn't yet announced its iSCSI off-load adapter product.

Cisco Systems Inc.

San Jose

• SN 5420 IP Storage Router

Emulex Corp.

Costa Mesa, Calif.

• GN9000/SI TOE iSCSI host bus adapter

• The company says prices will be lower than Fibre Channel adapters.

IBM

• IBM TotalStorage 200i iSCSI storage array

Maranti Networks Inc.

Milpitas, Calif.

• This start-up is developing enterprise-class multiprotocol storage switches that support both iSCSI and Fibre Channel.

Nishan Systems Inc.

San Jose

• IPS 2000 IP Storage Switch connects SCSI storage to a Gigabit Ethernet IP storage-area network.

• IPS 3000 Storage Switch links iSCSI and Fibre Channel networks.

Pirus Networks

Acton, Mass.

• Pirus Storage Utility Switch handles iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocol conversions.

QLogic Corp.

Aliso Viejo, Calif.

• SANBlade 4000 series Gigabit Ethernet full off-load iSCSI host bus adapter

Rhapsody Networks

Fremont, Calif.

• This start-up is working on scalable multiprotocol storage switches that support both iSCSI and Fibre Channel.

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