STORDIS brings Innovation to the InfiniBand Market

Stuttgart, August 2008
The active optical cables of STORDIS merge the economic CX4 connector with the thin fiber cable to bridge distances of up to sixty meters.

Engineers and IT Directors often face the challenge of selecting between optical or copper build-up of their InfiniBand or 10 Gigabit Ethernet network. The copper connection with the CX4 plug has its price advantages in network cards and switches, but suffers from expensive and heavy cables that take up a lot of space in the server rack. Optical wires are light, thin and a lot cheaper then copper cables, plus they can bridge longer distances. But the optical transceivers, network cards and switches that are necessary to take advantage of the great features of a optical cable are a lot more pricy, then their CX4 counterparts. STORDIS now provides a solution for this dilemma. The new active optical cable with a CX4 connector. The cables sport the thin light weight optical fibre plus a standard active CX4 connector on each side. The power for the cable is supplied by the CX4 connector in the switch or the Network card.

"System administrators and engineers are excited, when they hear of this solution" says Michael Conz, managing director of STORDIS GmbH. "What ? Something like this really exists ? Where can I put my order ? " describes Michael Conz the reactions after a product presentation of the new cable.

The cable consists of a fibreoptical cable with a integrated transceiver at each end. The transceiver are supplied with power from the CX4 interface of the host computer or the switch. The cables can be used for InfiniBand SDR or DDR, 10 Gigabit Ethernet or XAUI. STORDIS is currently selling the cables in lengths between three and sixty meters. The cables are plug-and-play products. No drivers or any kind of software is necessary.

About STORDIS GmbH
STORDIS GmbH was founded by a group of seasoned storage professionals in 2007. The company is located in Stuttgart, Germany and has customers throughout Europe. As European Value-Adding Distributor STORDIS offers high-quality products out of the areas storage solutions and networking solutions. The product diversity ranges from the SNAPSTOR RAID Family, virtualization appliances, FC HBAs, iSCSI HBAs, FC Switches in the storage area to 10 GbE optical and copper NICs as well as the corresponding 1 GbE and 10 GbE switching technology in the networking area. This portfolio is completed by a vast range of accessories. STORDIS customers are system houses, systems integrators, resellers and VARs whom STORDIS provides manifold consulting and integration services for a successful project realization.

For further information please contact:
Michael Conz
Managing Director

STORDIS GmbH
Zettachring 12 A
70567 Stuttgart
Germany

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