In brief: Sepaton enhances Virtual Tape Library appliance

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• Sepaton last week announced enhancements to its S2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library appliance, including increased processing power and support for more tape drives and libraries. The new edition can be configured to include as many as eight nodes, whereas the previous version maxes out at two. The new offering supports as many as eight Fibre Channel communication paths to back-up and memory systems, whereas the earlier edition supported as many as four. The S2100-ES2 now also emulates IBM 3592 and 3584 tape libraries. An entry-level appliance with 4.8TB of storage capacity starts at less than $45,000.
• Microsoft last week released to manufacturing an interim update to the current version of its Windows Server operating system, Windows Server 2003 Release 2. The update, which is scheduled to be available in about 60 days, is designed to work closely with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Management Server as part of Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative. Microsoft released the first preview of Windows Server 2003 Release 2 in August and another in October. Prices for the update will be in line with current Windows Server prices. Windows Server licenses range from $400 for a Web edition to $4,000 for the enterprise edition.

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