The Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage area network.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) announced on Tuesday it is now offering the Dell PowerVault MD3000i, a high-performance storage area network disk array.
The announcement follows the companies’ joint donation earlier this year, where it gave 23 new laptop computers, monitors and docking stations to the Houston Technology Center, a nonprofit incubator for local emerging technology companies.
Dell’s MD3000i is an ideal storage area network solution for multi-server environments such as virtual and private racks, according to the press release.
The solution is now The Planet’s lowest priced SAN and offers a cost-effective and scalable storage solution.
Using SCSI Ethernet technology, the MD3000i lets customers share storage across multiple servers, which eliminates the need to build out a costly fiber channel infrastructure.
Customers can share up to 16 servers with the MD3000i, with 15 available internal drive slots for a total storage capacity up to 15TB.
In the event more capacity is required, companies can add up to two MD1000 storage arrays to the MD3000i for an additional 45TB.
“One of the most critical business challenges customers face today is data storage, and all too often it’s also one of the most costly,” says Rob Walters, director of product management for The Planet. “The MD3000i lowers the barrier to entry for high-performance, consolidated storage, and also provides a clear path for expansion for companies that expect to see their storage requirements grow.”
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