Addonics Announces NetCD 2000; Low Cost, High Speed CD-ROM/DVD Server Lets You Share CD Titles, Audio or Video; CD Across LAN With One CD-ROM -- True Virtual CD.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Addonics Technologies Inc., today announced the NetCD 2000, a compact plug-and-play, high-performance, multi-protocol CD/DVD server. The NetCD 2000 operates stand alone without a file server. By mirroring the CD images onto high performance IDE hard drives, this new CD/DVD server allows network users to share CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. titles with just one CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . The new CD/DVD server is designed as a cost-effective solution for library, corporate, small work groups, educational and government markets. Pricing for the NetCD 2000 ranges from $1,295 (base units) to $2449 fully configured (one 50X CD-ROM, two 34GB hard drive). The NetCD 2000 offers maximum throughput of up to 7MBs per second across 100BaseT Ethernet; features high speed CD image mirror performance - 600MB in four minutes; and simple plug-and-play LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. installation. Other features of the NetCD 2000 include the ability to read most title formats (DVD Video, Audio CD, and Video CD); 10/100BaseT Ethernet support; no file server downtime for installation; and the ability to off load CD traffic from servers. With its multi-protocol support the NetCD2000 can also be easily integrated into Microsoft Windows/NT, Novell, OS/2, 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). , LINUX, and HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. over TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. networking environments. To simplify the set up, Addonics NetCD2000 incorporates Web based management software. The NetCD2000 is configured via any PC on the LAN using Web browsers such as Windows Explorer or Netscape. User and file access rights can be set up via the NetCD2000 management tool or via the NT or Novell server. The NetCD 2000 offers a distinct price/performance advantage over similar CD-ROM/DVD servers by using more cost-effective IDE hard drives, according to Addonics. With its maximum data throughput of 7MB/sec., the NetCD 2000 can support applications such as video on demand with up to 20 user simultaneous access "Corporate, government, and education markets and training centers will now be able to have a cost-effective way to share CD titles (up to 80 tittles per unit depending on the capacity of the hard drive)," said Bill Kwong, President of Addonics. "This is a much more cost effective solution compares with traditional CD Towers. The open architecture design enable the user to add storage capacity as needed. Besides the CD sharing, the high performance capability enables the NetCD 2000 to handle many shared multimedia applications such as video on demand, CD music on demand that used to require equipment costing tens of thousands of dollars!" About Addonics Technologies Addonics Technologies Inc. is a member of the multi-billion-dollar ACER Group. ATI designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of mobile storage products that connect to many PC platforms including Desktop, Notebook, Win CE, iMAC and Apple Power Book, through the PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. 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. interfaces. The company also has a broad line of communications A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects an operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and military forces move. Also called LOC. See also base of operations; route. products and multimedia audio and graphics solutions. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com Note to Editors: All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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