With the proclamation that it intends to overtake EMC as the top enterprise storage supplier, IBM announced today the DS6000, a disk storage system slightly bigger than a VCR, and the TotalStorage DS8000, which can act either as a single system or, through partitioning, as multiple systems. Rich Lechner, vice president of IBM storage systems, told TechNewsWorld that the creation of a low-cost entry point into enterprise class storage was just as important as raising the bar on high-end capacity.
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IBM Gets Flexible with Small Storage Systems
Posted by: Susan B. Shor October 13, 2004 12:01 PMWith the proclamation that it intends to overtake EMC as the top enterprise storage supplier, IBM announced today the DS6000, a disk storage system slightly bigger than a VCR, and the TotalStorage DS8000, which can act either as a single system or, through partitioning, as multiple systems. Rich Lechner, vice president of IBM storage systems, told TechNewsWorld that the creation of a low-cost entry point into enterprise class storage was just as important as raising the bar on high-end capacity.