The Brocade USD-X is a high-performance platform that supports all storage-related data replication applications for both disk and tape, along with remote channel networking for a wide range of device types.

This multiprotocol switching platform interconnects host-to-storage and storage-to-storage systems across the enterprise - regardless of distance - to create a high-capacity, high-performance storage network. It optimizes bandwidth utilization by supporting multiple applications simultaneously, quality of service capabilities, and data compression.

The Brocade USD-X works at the core of storage network infrastructures in local, campus, and wide-area environments to create a robust, scalable solution that integrates and fully utilizes existing storage and network resources. It offers unique disk and tape acceleration techniques, including FICON emulation and read and write Tape Pipelining, to deliver unprecedented performance over extended distances. These unique capabilities enable improved business continuity and disaster recovery, and support strategic initiatives such as data migration and global data mobility. And with support for legacy ESCON and Bus-and-Tag technologies, the Brocade USD-X allows hosts, storage, and mainframe peripherals to be located wherever it makes the most business sense, anywhere in the world.

• Offers one platform for all remote storage connectivity needs
• Supports Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON, Bus-and-Tag, or mixed environment systems and a variety of network interfaces, including OC-3 ATM, 10/100 Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet
• Delivers industry-leading throughput over thousands of miles
• Unique FICON emulation and read and write Tape Pipelining techniques
• Provides hardware-based compression, Adaptive Rate Limiting, and Traffic Prioritization
• Network error recovery, dynamic load balancing, and failover
• Shares bandwidth across multiple applications and sites