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SAN JOSE, Calif. – April
1, 2009 – 4Blox,
Inc., dedicated to improving
iSCSI performance, today announced the
beta release of 4Mezzo Plus Initiator.
This latest software addition to the
4Mezzo Suite compliments the existing
target component by lowering host CPU
overhead associated with iSCSI-based
storage area networks (SANs). 4Mezzo
offers iSCSI-based SAN storage system
vendors a more flexible approach to
reducing the CPU processing demanded
by the iSCSI protocol.
"We are very committed to keeping
iSCSI the low-cost SAN protocol of choice
that is also high-performing for demanding
environments like virtualization and
10GbE," said Dan Munro, CEO of
4Blox. "CNICs, RNICs, TOE - there
is no shortage of expensive hardware
acronyms for increasing iSCSI performance,
but 4Mezzo represents the first low-cost
software-only alternative that rivals
and exceeds the performance of even
the most expensive hardware alternative."
"4Mezzo Plus is ideally positioned
to address the higher CPU overhead associated
with all Virtual Storage Appliances
- which are basically customized storage
targets based on the iSCSI protocol"
said George Crump, president and founder
of Storage
Switzerland, an IT analyst firm
focused on the storage and virtualization
segments.
4Mezzo software components dramatically
reduce the CPU overhead in iSCSI SAN's.
Unlike expensive hardware solutions,
the eco-friendly 4Mezzo components allow
the network connection to handle any
type of Ethernet traffic, at any line
speed. The entire 4Mezzo Suite is OS
agnostic - and 4Mezzo Plus (either target
and/or initiator) is available in beta
on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
4Mezzo OS-level components sit directly
between the iSCSI protocol and the TCP
protocol. This critical location is
where overall iSCSI performance is often
determined. These components use patent
pending techniques to dramatically reduce
the CPU overhead associated with the
block read and write software in existing
SAN equipment targets and OS platform
initiators.
About 4Blox
4Blox, Inc., is the first software
company dedicated to improving iSCSI
SAN performance. The company's family
of software-based accelerators reduces
the host CPU processing overhead associated
with iSCSI. As a result, businesses
enable higher connection loads for virtualized
environments and the ability to take
advantage of higher network line speeds
like 10GbE. 4Blox is both a Red Hat
Ready ISV Partner and a VMware Technology
Alliance Partner. For more information
on 4Blox please visit
www.4Blox.com
Contact:
Donna Michaels
Loughlin/Michaels Group
408-393-5575
email: donna@lmgpr.com
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