ANDATACO brings automatic failover to UNIX; GigaRAID FT offers disk and server fault tolerance.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1995--ANDATACO announced the availability of GigaRAID/FT Fault Tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. Disk Arrays designed specifically for business-critical and mission-critical 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). applications. The high-performance GigaRAID family adds many innovative new features, including support for redundant active RAID controllers resulting in greater performance and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. . Other features include up to 64MB of mirrored, battery-backed, write-cache memory for lightning quick user response time, and global sparing to eliminate the requirement for one spare per RAID rank. In addition, ANDATACO offers the unique ability to support automatic failover at the application level, at the server level and at the RAID controller level. GigaRAID/FT pricing ranges from $23,625 for a 10GB entry-level system, up to $164,000 for an 80GB configuration with dual RAID controllers and 64MB of mirrored cache memory. GigaRAID/FT is designed from the ground up to provide the 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 performance needed in environments that process a high volume of transactions consisting of critical data. In these environments, system administrators have for a long time dreamed of automatic failover for their UNIX servers and storage systems. Giga RAID/FT extends the model for UNIX fault tolerance beyond redundant power supplies and hot swapping (hardware) hot swapping - The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software. drives to make that dream a reality. ``This continuous availability of business information is essential to achieving the competitive edge,'' said W. David Sykes, president of ANDATACO. For performance, GigaRAID/FT offers a large and efficient write cache. This is in response to the fact that disk arrays are required to execute a much higher ratio of writes to reads than in the past. ``Operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and relational databases read data from system cache instead of reading the data from disk. What's left for disk arrays is a high percentage of writes,'' said Frank Berry, RAID product manager at ANDATACO. Summary of Key GigaRAID/FT Features & Benefits: o Redundant active RAID controllers for fault tolerance and performance. Each RAID controller operates independently with the ability to automatically failover drives from one RAID controller to the other. o Up to 64MB of mirrored cache for superior write performance. o Up to 80GB capacity in a compact 19" by 14" deskside or rack mount enclosure. o Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 0/1, 3 and 5. More than one RAID level can be run simultaneously to provide optimum performance for a variety of applications using the array. o User replaceable disk drives, RAID controllers, power supplies and battery-backup for self-maintenance. o GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. , client/server, RAID management utility for remote monitoring and control. GigaRAID/FT can even e-mail a list of users that a fault has occurred. o On-site installation and maintenance. o Optional Veritas Volume Manager The Veritas Volume Manager, VVM or VxVM is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (now part of Symantec). It is available for Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. A modified version is bundled with HP-UX as its built-in volume manager. (VxVM) and File System (VxFS) software for on-line storage management, including performance monitoring, on-line backup, fast file recovery, defragmentation See defragment. and resizing. o Wide cross-platform compatibility in the UNIX market. GigaRAID/FT systems are certified by ANDATACO for compatibility with UNIX workstations and servers from Sun, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. . ANDATACO is a leading designer and manufacturer of enterprise-wide storage solutions and a leading system and network integrator for the UNIX client/server market. ANDATACO markets to server and workstation users from 12 sales and service offices across the United States, through worldwide business affiliates in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and Australia, and now through the World-Wide Web (http:\\www.andataco.com). ANDATACO corporate headquarters can be reached at 619/453-9191, 800/334-9191; fax, 619/453-9294; e-mail, inquire("at-sign")andataco.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: GigaRAID is a trademark of ANDATACO. ANDATACO is a registered trademark of ANDATACO Corp. All other products are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: ANDATACO Corp. Emily Ospenson, 619/453-9696, ext. 1101 e-mail: emily("at-sign")andataco.com Linda Berry, 714/470-3678 |
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