Adaptive debuts next generation RAID storage with Ultra SCSI interface, fibre channel upgrade.MISSION VIEJO Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1997--Adaptive Information Systems Tuesday announced the debut of upgraded versions of its AdaptStor 6500 Ultra Series The Ultra Series (ウルトラシリーズ RAID Subsystems which feature the Ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. interface and a clear upgrade path to the next generation of fibre channel systems. Employing 9GB 3.5-inch disk drives and as much as 512MB of battery backed up cache, the new AdaptStor Ultra Series RAID offers four chassis models with maximum storage capacities per cabinet ranging from 43GB to 728GB, scaleable up to a maximum of more than five terabytes in a seven-cabinet daisychained configuration. Each model supports RAID Levels 0, 1 and 5 with the capability to support a mixture of different levels as usage demands. Its advanced Ultra SCSI fast and wide interface allows 40MB per second data rates and features multiple internal channels and command queuing The ability to store multiple commands and execute them one at a time. to maximize performance levels. Other interfaces supported include SCSI-2 Fast-Wide Differential, SCSI-2 Wide/Single-Ended and SCSI-2 Single-Ended. Reliability features include 24-hour non-stop operation ensured by hot-swappable components which include hot standby A hardware device that is connected to the computer or computer complex and remains powered on. It is ready to take over immediately if the primary unit fails. A hot standby may refer to a complete computer system; for example, a standby server, or a component in a computer such as a disk drive, power supply and duplexed controllers that permit servicing multiple hosts concurrently. In addition, a diagnostic control panel allows users to set up RAID level configurations, and change and tune system parameters on-the-fly. Users can maintain complete fault-tolerance and eliminate catastrophic failures with redundant components and auto-fail software. AdaptStor 6500 models can simultaneously support multiple operating systems and protocols, including 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). support for 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) , 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. , Sequent, DEC, Alpha and AT&T, Windows NT and Novell, among others. In addition, remote administration tools allow users to manage systems from anywhere in the world. Pricing starts at $21,000 for a base configuration consisting of 21.5GB of storage and 8MB cache and can reach $577,940 for a top-of-the-line single-cabinet configuration consisting of 728GB of storage and 512MB of cache with total redundancy. Availability is 30 to 45 days ARO. For further information, contact Adaptive Information Systems on the Internet at www.ais-hitachi.com, by phone at 800/678-6978, by fax at 714/587-1933 or by e-mail at info@ais-corp.com . The company is located at 26001 Pala, Mission Viejo, Ca. 92691. Adaptive Information Systems Inc. was founded in 1989 as a member of the Hitachi group of companies. The company specifically focuses on the data storage, document imaging and workflow management marketplaces as a developer of network storage solutions, a master reseller of Hitachi Technologies and as an integrator of document management systems. CONTACT: Daly-Swartz PR Jeffrey Swartz, 714/361-6888 jeff_swartz@prodigy.com |
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