Amdahl Achieves Volume Shipment Of Spectris Storage Subsystem; Company Also Announces Major Enhancements to Future Spectris System Offerings.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1996--Amdahl Corporation, an enterprise computing company, today announced that it has met its commitment date for volume shipment of Spectris RAID Storage Subsystem. The Spectris system provides non-stop System/390 storage and consistent performance for Parallel Sysplex environments. When configured with the Amdahl Millennium processor, the Spectris system will provide a superior Parallel Sysplex environment.

Amdahl also announced new enhancements to the Spectris storage system: Dual Copy; Extended Remote Copy; Amdahl Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy; and 3380 Volume Format. The new features will be easily upgradable from the existing Spectris model. The features extend the market for the Spectris offering, allowing more customers to enhance their disaster recovery capabilities.

"The Spectris subsystem has been welcomed by customers as a breakthrough by providing a storage platform robust enough to take the full demand from a Parallel Sysplex complex," said Greg Grodhaus, Amdahl vice president and general manager, Enterprise Storage Systems. "Non-stop performance means Spectris is designed to run continuously without losing fast access to data."

The Spectris storage subsystem is the first RAID product to provide fast response times for any workload even if a disk drive fails. It is a scalable system that can be upgraded to a maximum of 726 GB of user data, all of which is protected by RAID parity drives. The system is easy to integrate because it is fully compatible with S/390 operating standards.

The new Dual Copy feature, and two remote copy versions, will complement the existing Spectris Concurrent Copy feature to provide a comprehensive copy suite compatible with industry standards. The Dual Copy pairs can be used to set up permanent mirrored images for double protection against disk failure.

Customers will also have the choice of using the versatile top-performance Extended Remote copy (XRC) feature or the synchronous Amdahl Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) feature. This allows them to set up and maintain off-site copies of data in on-line format and simplifies disaster recovery planning. Remote Copy also allows the migration of data between different hardware assets.

The 3380 Volume Format feature will allow users to migrate older 3380-compatible DASD into the Spectris subsystem. This feature will also be a benefit to users requiring maximum operational flexibility.

Since the first customer shipment in December 1995, more than twenty Spectris systems have been shipped to customers worldwide. Dual Copy, XRC support and the 3380 Volume Format will be available in October 1996. Amdahl PPRC will ship in mid-1997.

"Our customers' experiences have been excellent," said Keith Perry, Director, Enterprise Storage Systems. "Spectris has surpassed all of their expectations including functionality, continuous access to data, and response times substantially faster than they experienced with 6390 DASD."

Amdahl offers a comprehensive set of services to help customers plan, integrate, and manage the Spectris subsystem technology. These services include ESCON Planning and Migration, Data Characterization, and Data Migration.

Amdahl Corporation (AMEX: AMH) is a worldwide supplier of large-scale System/390 compatible processors, UNIX systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and consulting services. Amdahl products are sold in more than 30 countries for use across all types of computing environments.

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