IBM System Storage SAN06B-R0 pages

IBM Systems and Technology
Data Sheet

System Storage

IBM System Storage
SAN06B-R extension
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switch
Designed for fast, reliable and cost-effective remote
data replication and backup over long distance

Highlights
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Enable fast, reliable and cost-effective
remote data replication, backup and
migration
Reduce operational costs, maximize
uptime and optimize application
performance
Maximize replication, backup and
migration throughput over distance
Enable consolidation while providing
traffic isolation in mixed environments
Boost wide area network (WAN) link
utilization and resiliency

Expand flexibility to support a broad
range of storage area network (SAN)
extension requirements with an extensible
hardware platform and flexible software
licensing

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The IBM® System Storage® SAN06B-R extension switch leverages
advanced Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) technology
to provide a fast, highly reliable, cost-effective network infrastructure
for remote data replication, backup and migration. Whether configured
for simple point-to-point or comprehensive multisite SAN extension,
the SAN06B-R extension switch addresses the most demanding business
continuity, compliance and global data access requirements. Up to
16 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and six 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports
provide the Fibre Channel and FCIP bandwidth, port density and
throughput required to help maximize application performance over
WAN links.

A scalable, flexible SAN extension platform
The SAN06B-R switch provides an ideal platform for building or
expanding a high-performance SAN extension infrastructure for disaster
recovery, data protection and data mobility storage solutions. It leverages
cost-effective IP WAN transport to extend open systems and mainframe
disk and tape storage applications over distances that would otherwise be
impossible, impractical or too expensive with standard Fibre Channel
connections.