Adtron Announces High Durability and Reliability Flash SCSI Storage Subsystem on a Single Slot CompactPCI 6U Plug-In Card.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 Adtron Corp. Wednesday announced its newest storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. , the SC6F, with the highest reliability and durability ratings in its series of Managed Reliability Technology storage solutions. The SC6F is a fully integrated 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 subsystem incorporating up to 4 GBytes of flash memory, a hot swappable See hot swap. PC card slot A socket for inserting a printed circuit board or a PC Card (CardBus card). See PC Card. , and a SCSI controller A common term for a SCSI host adapter. See SCSI. SCSI controller - SCSI adaptor with boot BIOS ROM on a single slot 6U CPCI See CompactPCI. plug-in card. Targeted to meet the mission critical demands for fixed and removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. storage in military and aerospace applications, this CPCI rack-based subsystem provides all solid-state storage without moving parts or motors. "The SC6F storage system provides rack based plug-in storage for the growing number of CPCI computing platforms found in advanced military and aerospace systems. Our years of experience providing flash-based storage to replace 3.5- and 2.5-inch hard disk drives in harsh environment applications has been applied to the SC6F. "Integrating system and storage components onto the same board enhances overall system reliability and performance," said Alan Fitzgerald, president of Adtron. The SC6F SCSI subsystem may be configured for operation either through the CPCI bus using the onboard SCSI controller and boot BIOS ROM, or through the host system SCSI adapter via J5 as an ultra-wide LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential or SE SCSI peripheral. The simplicity of installation and single slot size eliminates external drive mounting brackets and cabling, thereby significantly increasing system integrity. The flash-based SC6F is one of several unique storage products in this family of 6U CPCI single slot storage subsystems. Other members include dual, hot swappable mirrored hard disks in the SC6M model, and the high capacity SC6H model with up to 80 GBytes of hard disk storage. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and pricing for a 4 GByte flash and a removable PC card slot is $7,825. Lead time is stock to eight weeks ARO. For additional information, contact Adtron Sales at 602/735-0300 or via e-mail at sales@adtron.com. Through the philosophy of Managed Reliability Technology, Adtron delivers a complete spectrum of storage system solutions to directly meet application specific requirements for availability, reliability and durability. The product range begins with entry level products offering the reliability and high capacity of a hard disk drive subsystem. Offering significantly increased reliability, the next product level implements dual hard disks in a redundant mirrored, hot swappable configuration that permits the computer system to continue operating with one disk failure. The on-board IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) A protocol for monitoring server hardware for temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, etc. Introduced in 1998 by Intel, HP, NEC and Dell, IPMI defines a standard set of messages for the characteristics of hardware function notifies the network controller of a failing drive which can be replaced and rebuilt without system interruption. At the top end of the product range is Adtron's solid-state flash storage systems developed specifically to ensure mission critical performance and nonstop operation without user intervention. Flash media offers the longest life and highest durability of any storage technology media available today. Adtron designs and manufactures electronic data storage systems tailored to OEM requirements for optimum reliability, durability and availability. Adtron integrates flash memory or disk storage media into configurations that match application specific form, fit and function. This flexibility solves problems associated with integrating traditional disk and tape drives into commercial, industrial and military computer systems. Solid-state flash-based storage products emulate disk and tape drive functions providing extreme durability and reliability in harsh environments, while disk-based storage products provide long term availability, thereby eliminating requalification, last time buys and inventory management costs. The Adtron Quality System is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered. You can find more information about Adtron at the www.adtron.com Web site. |
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