The maturity and popularity of iSCSI technology makes it re-define the deployment of storage technology. Today businesses are able to deploy a high performance IP SAN by leveraging their storage resources over an existing IP infrastructure without the need for investments of special-purpose cabling for Fiber Channel SAN. Other businesses who have built their FC SAN can also introduce IP SAN by simply installing bridges or gateways in order to construct a Heterogeneous IP SAN to maximize their storage flexibility and availability.

Alnico iSCSI array's cost-performance offers customers a better alternative and value that rivals FC SAN. Alnico 8161i / 8121i is not only capable of delivering outstanding performance up to 600MBps / 120K IOps in full-duplex mode, but also enables an optimized and cost-effective TCO (total cost of ownership) to be achieved by rapidly deploying IP SAN environments with existing GbE switches and the plentiful IP network that could be painlessly managed and maintained without further ado. Accompanied with hardware built-in snapshot function, Alnico iSCSI RAID can easily replicate several point-in-time data that could be instantly recovered at any time without interrupting production, the built-in snapshot function at the same time cuts down the licensing cost of backup software. With the excellence of cost-performance the Alnico iSCSI array possesses, customers could maximize their storage resource utilization and their TCO will be protected for the future.