December 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) — QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) announced that QLogic(R) 5802V 8Gb Fibre Channel switches and iSR6250 10GbE Intelligent Storage Routers are now available from Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), and over 500 authorized Hitachi Data Systems resellers worldwide.

The switches and routers are qualified and fully interoperable with Hitachi’s comprehensive portfolio of storage systems, including the flagship Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and the channel-optimized, midrange Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family.

As Nehalem-based servers begin to drive higher adoption rates of virtualization, there is a commensurate increase in customer demand for higher bandwidth connectivity options. With QLogic’s new 8Gb Fibre Channel switches, Hitachi is poised to address these increasing bandwidth requirements across both enterprise data centers and SMBs with Fibre Channel switches that are renowned for their quality, reliability and unparalleled performance in content-rich environments.

With the increasing prevalence of iSCSI-based VMware environments, QLogic 6000 Series Intelligent Storage Routers enable customers to utilize existing hardware and initiate an aggressive VMware strategy with minimal change in Fibre Channel storage infrastructure, providing better leverage on existing Fibre Channel assets in VMware environments. The 6000 Series provides unified, multi-protocol connectivity across all Hitachi storage platforms, making Hitachi storage ideal for large-scale server virtualization projects. QLogic 6000 Series routers with 10GbE iSCSI storage ports and initiator virtualization capabilities also make it possible for over 1,000 Virtual Machines to directly manage their own storage on a single Hitachi AMS platform. Additionally, 6000 Series routers enable Hitachi to provide its customers with a high-performance, long-distance data migration solution that complements the strengths of Hitachi’s storage platforms.

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