A.I.R. Announces Adaptec RAIDport on Server Boards; RAID On Board Brings Cost Down -- Way Down.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1996--Today Advanced Integration Research (A.I.R.) announced a new series of 200 MHz server boards with the newly introduced Adaptec RAIDport. RAIDport leverages on-board UltraSCSI, bringing down hardware count and providing for the lowest cost ever for incorporating RAID. A.I.R.'s new offerings -- designed for high performance entry level servers -- include dual Pentium, Pentium Pro, and dual Pentium Pro based solutions with ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. , EISA (Extended ISA) Pronounced "ee-suh." A PC bus standard that extends the 16-bit ISA bus (AT bus) to 32 bits and provides bus mastering. ISA cards can plug into an EISA slot. , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. support. Adaptec RAIDport Adaptec, the industry leader in SCSI controllers, developed the RAIDport concept to leverage existing embedded UltraSCSI chips on today's leading servers. It consists of two parts -- an on-board RAIDport connector, and the Adaptec ARO-1130 PCI RAID card. The ARO-1130 communicates directly with the on-board UltraSCSI controller enabling RAID operations to be handled at the motherboard level. This radically simpler design represents the lowest-cost approach ever, allowing PC vendors to economically incorporate RAID into their entry-level server products. "RAIDport provides a RAID solution to a segment of the market that previously could not afford it," according to Roger Cox, Manager of Array Products for Adaptec's Mission Critical Systems. A.I.R. Server Motherboards A.I.R. is offering three high-performance server boards with built-in RAIDport -- the P6-NDP dual Pentium Pro (150-200 MHz) with EISA/PCI expansion, the P6-NPI single Pentium Pro (150-200 MHz) with ISA/PCI expansion, and the P5-TDP dual Pentium (75-200 MHz) with EISA/PCI expansion. The new system boards incorporate Intel's 82430/40 FX chip sets, that support Error Checking and Correction (ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. ), and two USB, two serial (16550) and one parallel (ECP/EPP) port(s). All of the new products have been extensively tested for compatibility with SCO UNIX v. 3.x, 5.0; Windows NT 3.51, 4.0; Windows 95; O/S/2 v. 2.0., 2.1, WARP, 3.0; NetWare v. 3.1x, 4.1x; Solaris X86 v. 2.4, 2.5; and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). v. 3.2, 2.0, 2.1. About Advanced Integration Research (A.I.R.) Since 1988, A.I.R. has been an award winning supplier of high-performance workstation and server motherboards. Located in the "Heart of Silicon Valley" A.I.R. works closely with the leaders in the PC industry to quickly bring the newest in high-performance computing to the marketplace. Every year since the company's founding, A.I.R.'s OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers have won numerous Editor's Choice and Product of the year awards for performance from leading industry publishers such as PC Magazine, BYTE Magazine and Computer Reseller News. Located in San Jose, the company has an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000 certified production facility in Taiwan. About Adaptec Adaptec provides bandwidth management technologies for organizations building the global information infrastructure. Its high performance I/O connectivity and network products are incorporated into the systems and products of major computer and peripheral manufactures. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. Adaptec (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADPT ADPT Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications ADPT Adaptec Corporation (stock symbol) ADPT Adaptive Prediction ADPT Auger Depth Profiling Technique ADPT Automated Data Processing Telecommunications ADPT Adapter ) employs 2,500 people worldwide in design, manufacturing, sales, service and distribution. Adaptec's homepage is http://www.adaptec.com. Price and Availability The new motherboards are immediately available for evaluation. Limited quantities are available from stock to 3 weeks. For deliveries of OEM quantities, please consult the factory. Price for the P6-NDP dual Pentium Pro starts at $960, the P6-NPI single Pentium Pro at $560; and the P5-TDP dual Pentium at $860. For quantity pricing, please consult the factory. For more information, contact sales at 800/866-1945, send e-mail to sales@airwebs.com, or see us on the World Wide Web at http://www.airwebs.com. CONTACT: Advanced Integration Research, Inc. Annemarie Mathews, 408/428-0800 |
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