Maranti has begun using high-speed Stratix devices in their
CoreSTOR products. Altera Corporation's (NASDAQ:ALTR) Stratix FPGAs
provide critical performance benefits for Maranti's CoreSTOR
network storage controller products. The Stratix FPGAs set new
performance levels for storage virtualization, including mirroring
performance, I/O processing rate, and high availability compared to
existing storage solutions.
"The superior performance of Altera's Stratix series of
devices enable the Maranti CoreSTOR network storage controllers to
deliver I/O processing rates that are unmatched in the storage
industry," said Gary Archer, senior product manager, Maranti.
"We evaluated other programmable logic offerings for our product,
but none could deliver the speed, flexibility, and cost advantages of
Altera's solution."
Testing and strategic consulting firm The Tolly Group certified in
a recent report that Maranti's CoreSTOR 2000 achieves a processing
rate of over 200,000 virtualized I/Os Per Second (IOPS) on a single
Fibre Channel port, which is significantly higher than any other
solution. The Tolly Group test was performed using a CoreSTOR 2000 and a
Texas Memory Systems RamSan-320 solid-state disk subsystem, which also
benefits from Altera FPGA performance.
"Maranti's success with their CoreSTOR products
illustrates the clear performance benefits provided by Altera's
products," said David Greenfield, senior director of product
marketing for Altera's high-density FPGAs. "The Stratix series
of devices are the highest-performance FPGAs available, and leading-edge
developers like Maranti are reaping demonstrable competitive advantages
by relying on them to differentiate their products."
About the Stratix FPGA Series
The Stratix series of FPGAs are Altera's biggest and fastest
programmable logic devices. The Stratix II, Stratix and Stratix GX
device families offer customers high-performance logic, digital signal
processing (DSP) functions, on-board memory and external memory support,
as well as high-speed I/O transceivers. Each device family is built on
TSMC's advanced processes for 90-nm and 130-nm chip designs. The
Stratix FPGA series also provides a seamless migration path to
Altera's low-cost, low-risk HardCopy structured ASICs. To learn
more about Altera's programmable logic devices, visit
http://www.altera.com/products/devices/performance/per- index.html.
About Maranti
Maranti's CoreSTOR system provides the industry's first
enterprise-class network storage controller. CoreSTOR enables deployment
of a highly scalable, highly available storage infrastructure,
significantly reducing the total cost of ownership by delivering
wire-speed virtualization, replication, and mirroring at every
multi-protocol port. For more information about Maranti's solutions
for data migration, data life cycle management, disaster recovery, and
storage management, visit http://www.maranti.com or call 408/834-4000.
About Altera
Altera Corporation is a provider of system-on-a-programmable- chip
(SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable logic technology with software
tools, intellectual property, and technical services, Altera provides
high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers
worldwide.
Altera Corporation can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.altera.com/.
For more information, call 408/544-6397.
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