NetApp, Brocade unveils SilkWorm 48,000 Director

Network Appliance Inc announced the worldwide availability of the 4 Gb/sec
Brocade SilkWorm 48,000 Director. This meets the needs of demanding storage area
network (SAN) deployments and strengthens and extends the overall NetApp SAN
portfolio.

The NetApp SAN portfolio also includes the Brocade SilkWorm 200E 16-port
switch, the SilkWorm 4,100 32-port switch, and the recently announced SilkWorm
4900 64-port switch. The SilkWorm 48,000, combined with the NetApp FAS6000
series, provides massive datacenter scalability making the solution highly
desirable for customers managing mission-critical enterprise applications for
large-scale data consolidation projects.

The Brocade Directors, enables customers to achieve tremendous scalability
and performance, making the SilkWorm 48,000 highly attractive for the largest
SAN environments that require the highest levels of availability and
performance.