LeftHand Networks is the leader in highly available and scalable iSCSI SANs. Founded in 1999 in Boulder, Colorado, the company pioneered the IP SAN market with its first Ethernet-based storage area network in late 2001.

LeftHand’s unique Distributed Storage Matrix (DSM) architecture – built around our SAN/iQ® software -- distinguishes LeftHand’s offering from other SANs. The architecture uses all the familiar SAN components to build a robust and scalable network storage offering that was designed to be easy to use. The SAN/iQ software combines multiple small storage modules together into a single SAN/iQ Cluster. The SAN is one pool of storage, managed from a single intuitive GUI. This unique architecture eliminates all the ease of use, scalability, and availability limitations of legacy SANs, scaling performance and redundancy as you add capacity to the SAN/iQ Cluster.

The value provided to the user and to current and future industry partners is LeftHand’s SAN/iQ storage operating system software. Because the functionality resides in software, LeftHand has the ability to actively drive the rapid market shift to standards-based storage hardware. Standards-based offerings provide users affordability and access to the continual advancements that come with industry-standard solutions.

The LeftHand SAN’s combination of failsafe data availability, simple scalability, and ease of use makes it ideal for mid-tier enterprises, including health care institutions, state and local government agencies, and educational institutions. The solution addresses the primary storage and server consolidation, centralized backup, and disaster recovery needs of the mid-tier.