Addonics Announces 4-Port, PCI-X SATA II Raid Controller; Low CPU Utilization and Maximum 3 Gbits/Sec Throughput for High-Performance Storage Applications.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Addonics Technologies today announced its SATA II PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. RAID controller -- an integrated, 4-port bus adapter for high performance storage applications, which require maximum I/O performance, RAID data integrity, and low CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. usage at a lower cost. The new Addonics controller has been designed to work with the fast 133 Mhz 64bit PCI-X bus architecture to ensure maximum data throughput of 3 Gbits/sec per port. PCI-X technology also ensures hardware investment protection by retaining backward compatibility with the standard PCI bus architecture at the device and driver level. The heart of the Addonics controller is Silicon Image's SATA II ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , which provides embedded support for first-party DMA commands for Native Command Queuing, and on-chip hardware RAID. DMA support allows more commands to be processed and frees the CPU for other operations. Together, these features enable the Addonics SATA II PCI-X RAID controller to deliver the fastest speed in the market to meet the demands of a broad range of storage applications, which include NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular , SAN, and RAID Storage Arrays. The Addonics PCI-X controller fits standard desktop cases and low profile systems. The four drives attached to the controller can be configured as RAID 1, RAID 0, RAID 1+0, RAID 1+S or as four individual drives. When combined with the Addonics optional Disk Array 4SA, users can add build a high performance storage system that matches traditional 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. storage at less than half the cost. The Addonics SATA II PCI-X RAID controller is compatible with DOS, Windows 95, NT, 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP. The controller (Model: ADSA ADSA Aging and Disability Services Administration ADSA American Dairy Science Association ADSA American Dental Society of Anesthesiology ADSA Axisymmetric Drop-Shape Analysis ADSA Association for Dietetics in South Africa 3GX4R) has a MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $95, which includes the SATA II PCI-X 4-port RAID controller, 1 standard height bracket, 1 low profile bracket, software CD, and user guide. Addonics products are available through the company online store www.shopaddonics.com, major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, Newegg.com, Amazon.com, PC Connection, CDW, Buy.com, Provantage.com, Insight, Ingram Micro, and Ma Labs. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external and mobile storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 2466 Kruse Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, Phone: 408-433-3899. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com. All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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