San Jose, California-based Atlantec Inc and Auspex Systems Inc are teaming to offer their respective switching hub and network server technologies as a combined system for users with heavy networking demands. Atlantec’s PowerHub and Auspex NetServers both support multiple Ethernet channels and Fiber Distributed Data Interface capabilities. The companies say that in such a configuration, PowerHubs can be used to front-end NetServers, off-loading network processing functions such as bridging and routing to free-up the NetServer to process more client requests. The companies say they decided to provide a combined system following enquiries from customers about how to integrate the two. PowerHub accommodates up to 10 Ethernet channel, a range of routing protocols and FDDI. NetServers come with up to eight Ethernet and two FDDI connections and can support up to 200 users.
