ANDATACO delivers fault tolerant storage with remote Internet manageability.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1996--ANDATACO Wednesday announced the coupling of their Enterprise Storage Packaging (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. ) and Web Storage Manager (WSM WSM Samoa (ISO Country code) WSM Wave Structure of Matter WSM Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland) WSM Web Services Management WSM Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) ) proactive network storage management technologies. This intelligent hardware/software package warns system administrators of potential failures before they occur and enables them to remotely monitor and configure their network storage system. ESP is a revolutionary cable-less enclosure for disk, tape, optical and RAID devices -- scalable in design. Its intelligent microprocessor monitors a system's weakest components (i.e. its drives, power supplies, fans and temperature variance) and locally alerts administrators of possible failures with visual and audible alarms. When used in conjunction with WSM, administrators also receive pre-failure notification through e-mail and alphanumeric pagers. Utilizing Netscape as its graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (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. ), WSM enables administrators to see a live image of their ESP storage system via their intranet or the Internet. This GUI provides information relative to location, SCSI ID (hardware) SCSI ID - The unique address of a SCSI device. SCSI IDs range from 0 to 7 for 8-bit SCSI systems, 0 to 15 for 16-bit and 0 to 31 for 32-bit systems. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned ID 7. A device's SCSI ID is often set by switches on the device. , device type and condition of peripherals that are installed into a storage enclosure. Status of electronics within the enclosure is also displayed by the GUI which enables detection and advanced warning of potential malfunctions. WSM allows the user to clear error conditions, power drives up and down and pinpoint problem components within the ESP enclosure. "The union of ESP and WSM finally cuts the chains between a system administrator and his or her network. With our products, instead of rushing to the office at 2 a.m. to power down a failing drive, an administrator simply clicks a mouse wherever he or she may be -- problem solved," ANDATACO's Director of Storage Products Alan Campbell Alan Campbell may be:
Besides being the first storage system to eliminate unplanned downtime through proactive monitoring and notification, ESP is also technologically advanced in mechanical design. It features a cable-less electronics package (for increased 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. integrity), can accommodate Ultra-SCSI and FC_AL, cools up to 10,000 RPM drives and has hot-swappable active components. "By coupling ESP with WSM, we have created a package that makes data protection both 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. and easy to manage anywhere, anytime," Campbell said. ANDATACO creates business-critical network storage solutions, increases data accessibility and user productivity by eliminating unplanned downtime. To learn more about ANDATACO's innovative Enterprise Storage Packaging, visit http://www.andataco.com or call 800/334-9191. CONTACT: ANDATACO Joy Wheeler, 800/334-9191, ext. 1117 Fax: 619/453-9851 E-mail: joyw@andataco.com Pager: 800/225-0256, PIN No. 602-6252 |
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