Adtron Introduces First iSCSI AdvancedTCA Storage Blade; Model EA8R Delivers RAID5 In-Chassis Functionality.CANNES, France -- Adtron, an industry leader in delivering smart data storage solutions to the industrial marketplace, today introduced the Adtron(TM) EA8R iSCSI storage blade, a first for the telecommunications industry. The Adtron EA8R Bladepak(TM) device delivers an enterprise-class solution optimized for networked storage in an industry-standard PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. (R) 3.0 AdvancedTCA(R) form factor. The blade utilizes Adtron(TM) ActiveRAID(TM) technology. Incorporating four (4) enterprise-class hard disk drives the blade provides up to 292GBytes of RAID0 capacity or 219GBytes of RAID5 capacity in a single ATCA See AdvancedTCA. (TM) chassis slot. The Adtron EA8R blade will be on display at the 3GSM World Congress in Hall 4, Stand L18 and operational in Intel's next generation ATCA chassis in the 3GSM Intel Villa. The Adtron EA8R iSCSI storage blade uses the Intel(R) IOP IOP intraocular pressure. IOP Intraocular pressure, see there 321 I/O Processor Circuitry specialized for I/O operations. See front end processor. with Intel XScale(R) technology running iSCSI Target software to provide the I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output processing on the storage blade over the GigE interface. Adtron's EA8R delivers high performance and the ability to manage data storage and retrieval with support for multiple hosts. Two backplane connected Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. (GigE) interfaces ensure redundancy in a dual star configuration. Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI provide a storage device that is not dependent on a particular operating system. Platforms based on the Motorola HA-Linux, Sun(TM) Solaris(TM) or Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating systems benefit from the flexibility of Adtron's new EA8R storage solution. Designed to deliver high availability, Adtron(TM) ActiveRAID(TM) technology delivers RAID0 or RAID5 functionality at the storage blade level. The Adtron EA8R storage blade is hot swappable at the board level and each of the four (4) hard disk drives are easily accessible via a removable front panel and individually hot swappable providing enhanced serviceability. "Moving the RAID features directly onto the storage blade relieves the host 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. to perform its primary functions," explained Alan Fitzgerald, Adtron Chief Technology Officer. "In high availability telecom platforms, Adtron ActiveRAID technology increases the availability of the least reliable component -- the hard disk -- without impacting other critical functions." "The Intel IOP321 offers customers like Adtron the ability to deliver high performance and reliable solutions," said Seth Bobroff, Director of Market Development for Intel's Storage Components Division. "Because of its high performance, low power and integration, Intel's IOP based on XScale(R) technology enables equipment makers, such as Adtron, to deliver powerful solutions into the blade market." The Adtron EA8R blade is ideal for early ATCA adopters to incorporate in their introductory proof-of-concept and production platforms. The blade is very well suited to serve a myriad of high capacity, high availability wireless and wireline telecom applications that can benefit from networked storage including VoIP, MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. , CRBT CRBT Color Ring Back Tone (telecommunications) CRBT Center for Resourceful Building Technology CRBT Crying Real Big Tears CRBT Caller Ring Back Tone , HLR/VLR and Prepaid Services. Shipments will begin in 2Q 2005. For more information, contact Adtron Sales at 602-735-0300 or by e-mail at sales@adtron.com. About Adtron Founded in 1985, Adtron is a leading designer and global supplier of disk-based and flash-based embedded data storage solutions for the telecom, defense/aerospace, industrial automation, medical, and transportation markets. Incorporating standard form factors (including VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. , cPCI and ATCA) and based on proven Adtron(TM) SmartStorage(TM) architecture, Adtron products are designed to meet the stringent requirements of the world's most demanding industrial applications. The Adtron Quality Management 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. 9001:2000 certified. Learn more about Adtron at http://www.adtron.com. Intel and XScale are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Adtron(TM), Bladepak(TM) and ActiveRAID(TM) are trademarks of Adtron Corporation in the United States. All trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Editors: Download a high resolution image of the EA8R at http://www.adtron.com/photos/EA8R-hires.jpg. |
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