3ware Announces Escalade, the First ATA RAID Storage Controller for Linux Servers and Workstations.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld 2000, Booth No. 266 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 New Scalable Controllers Meet Linux Users' Demands for High Reliability at Low Cost, Deliver Performance, Fault Tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and Capacity Required for Internet Economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. 3ware Inc. is announcing Escalade es·ca·lade n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart. [French, from Italian scalata, ultimately from Latin sc (TM), a family of high-performance storage controllers that use advanced RAID techniques, specifically designed for Internet servers running on the Linux operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . 3ware controllers use standard ATA drives that reduce the total cost of the ever-increasing demand for storage. The products will be demonstrated at booth No. 266 this week at LinuxWorld. Linux device driver support is available on three controllers -- Escalade 2-port, 4-port and 8-port, offering the most scalable ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment controller in the industry. The Escalade products, based on 3ware's innovative TwinStor(TM) technology, are particularly well suited for Linux systems, including Web servers, with their capability to deliver high-speed read performance for users accessing the server, and their fault-tolerant capability ensures that the storage is available at all times. 3ware controllers are used with low-cost Ultra ATA An enhanced version of the IDE interface that transfers data at 33, 66 or 100 Mbytes/sec. These enhancements are also called "Ultra DMA," "UDMA," "ATA-33," "ATA-66," "ATA-100," "DMA-33," "DMA-66" and "DMA-100." See IDE for all the ATA types and speeds. disk drives, yet offer features typical of SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. drives; Linux users can realize these benefits without paying the higher cost of SCSI. Peter Herz, 3ware president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said: &uot;The Linux community was formed around the idea of putting UNIX-like robustness on an Intel PC platform. Because the majority of Linux applications are server-class applications, such as file and Web servers, this community is equally demanding when it comes to high-performance, reliable storage. Their options have been limited until the advent of 3ware's Escalade controllers.&uot; &uot;TurboLinux is pushing clustering technology for Linux into the enterprise, and we look to companies such as 3ware for enabling technologies,&uot; said Steve Quan, senior director of product marketing for TurboLinux. &uot;With 3ware hardware accelerated RAID controllers for ATA drives on Linux, TurboLinux Server and TurboLinux Cluster Server See Microsoft Cluster Server. provide a robust solution for business-critical applications running on Linux.&uot; Escalade Product Family Supports Linux Open Source Software The 3ware Linux driver software is available to 3ware customers as source code that resides in the Linux 2.3 kernel. &uot;Because their intellectual property typically is in the device drivers, storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. vendors have been reluctant to give out their driver source code,&uot; Herz added. &uot;But this opposes the Linux position, which is all about open source software. 3ware's added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Escalade Is Available Now Available immediately, 3ware's Escalade 2-port (3W-5200L), 4-port (3W-5400L) and 8-port (3W-5800L) storage controllers are list-priced at $125, $255 and $445, respectively, including the Linux device driver software. Products include 3DM, a simple disk management utility that provides an audible alert when one drive fails, and a 3-year warranty About 3ware 3ware Inc. was founded in February 1997 to develop a new I/O architecture that would raise the performance and lower the cost of storage subsystems in servers, workstations and high-end desktop systems. The company's Escalade storage controllers apply the principles of packet-switched networking to storage subsystem design; each drive has fully dedicated bandwidth, eliminating the limitations of shared-bus architectures and allowing low-cost Ultra ATA drives to be used in place of SCSI drives with no performance penalty. 3ware has raised $14 million in two rounds of venture funding from New Enterprise Associates, Selby Venture Partners, Vantage Point Venture Partners and individual investors. Note to Editors: Specifications subject to change without notice. 3ware, DiskSwitch, AccelerATA and TwinStor are registered trademarks of 3ware Inc. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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