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Storage Networking World, Spring 2005, Booth C25 and Interoperability & Solutions Demo -- At Storage Networking World (SNW) today, RAID storage expert Infortrend is demonstrating the latest RAID arrays in its EonStor subsystem line. Perfect for high bandwidth applications such as supercomputing. New products include the industry's first iSCSI and 4U 24-bay SATA II external RAID subsystems, plus an enterprise-class, redundant Fibre Channel array. "From a new iSCSI enclosure that provides cost-effective connectivity to extra large-capacity, high-performance RAID, Infortrend continues to deliver a full range of options to serve the varying performance and budgetary needs of the storage market," stated Thomas Bayens, director of marketing for Infortrend. Products Demonstrated Infortrend products that will be part of its SNW presence are: -- EonStor F16F-R2021: This 16-bay, redundant controller RAID subsystem has independent host connection and drive loop expansion modules to help ensure channel and data availability. Supports up to 124 drives by cascading as many as seven subsystems for massive storage expansion. Perfect for high bandwidth applications such as high performance computing, financial transactions, and video streaming. -- EonStor A12E-G2121: The ES A12E combines Infortrend's sophisticated RAID technology with iSCSI flexibility for low-cost storage that easily integrates into Ethernet networks. Shipping now, it is ideal for disk-to- disk volume distribution, data backup, storage consolidation, and replication among networked servers. -- EonStor A24F-R: This 4U, 24-bay, Fibre to SATA II redundant controller RAID array features front-accessible, individually hot-swappable drive trays for easy access and replacement as well as redundant critical components for no single point of failure. -- EonStor A12F-G2221: Featured in the SAN Infrastructure Solutions Area of the Interoperability & Solutions Demo, this 12-bay, Fibre to SATA II RAID subsystem is part of the live SAN infrastructure and storage virtualization demonstrations.