Coraid Combines ZFS With Ethernet SAN Technology

Coraid is using the open-source ZFS file system to extend its ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE)-based SAN storage to the world of files with today's debut of its EtherDrive Z-Series NAS appliances. Also mentioned in this Infostor report is that by using ZFS, the Z-Series NAS appliances offer in-line deduplication, replication, unlimited snapshots, compression, automatic tiering, continuous data protection (CDP), file search, thin provisioning, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity.

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"Coraid's EtherDrive products use the AoE protocol to connect disks to servers using Ethernet. AoE is a block storage protocol that uses Ethernet to transport ATA disk commands, without the overhead associated with the TCP/IP protocol. The result, according to the company, is a massively scalable, high performance Ethernet SAN running on commodity hardware (see 'Coraid ships AoE-based SAN arrays).

"The EtherDrive Z-Series appliances are available in two configurations, with a range of connectivity options."

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