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The Brocade Edge M3000
(CNT Edge 3000) Storage Router interconnects Fibre
Channel SAN islands or FICON channels over an IP or ATM/POS WAN
to provide high-speed connectivity between servers, peripheral
devices and remote storage devices.
The Brocade Edge M3000 enables
the extension of mission-critical storage networking
applications in order to protect data and extend access to
the edges of the enterprise. The ability to extend both
mainframe and open systems tape and disk storage provides
cost-effective options for strategic storage infrastructure
plans as well as support for the following applications:
The Edge solution provides:
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Mainframe and Open Systems application support for tape or disk. |
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Fibre
Channel/FICON interfaces. |
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Channel flexibility for effective deployments. |
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Synchronous or asynchronous disk mirroring. |
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Data
backup/restore archive/retrieval and migration. |
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Storage
sharing. |
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Network flexibility. |
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Scalability and redundancy. |
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