Amdahl announces agressive launch plans for new storage, server lines; company introduces compatible ESCON/RAID storage subsystems and CMOS-based System/390 servers giving customers wider choice and the industry's best value/performance solutions.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 1995--In a package of simultaneous announcements, Amdahl Corp. today said it will bring to market its first System/390 compatible RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks - Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks ) storage subsystem early next year, and will ship in mid-1996 the most powerful range of CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor See CMOS. (integrated circuit) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (CMOS) A semiconductor fabrication technology using a combination of n- and p-doped semiconductor material to achieve low power dissipation. ) based System/390 servers currently available. "We offer our customers RAID subsystems and CMOS-based servers that address the most demanding needs of our customers," said David L. Anderson David L. Anderson should not be confused with David Anderson (Canadian politician), a Liberal MP from British Columbia David L. Anderson (born August 15, 1957 in Frontier, Saskatchewan) is a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Cypress , Amdahl vice president and general manager of compatible systems. "These new products are part of our continuing commitment to maintain data center attributes of reliability, availability and serviceability Reliability, Availability and Serviceability is a computer hardware engineering term. It originated from IBM to advertise the robustness of their mainframe computers. The concept is often known by the acronym RAS. across the enterprise." The Spectris Series of RAID Storage Systems The new RAID series, called Spectris, is operationally compatible with System/390 environments. Spectris' "fail-safe" design and ease-of-maintenance features will set new standards for availability, competitive performance, value and continuous data delivery regardless of whether systems are centralized or dispersed. With Spectris, service procedures can be performed without taking the system off line. The Spectris series will offer up to 726GB of scalable disk storage in an integrated subsystem that will provide customers with reliable capacity on demand. Spectris has no operational single point of failure. Every Field Replaceable Unit A Field Replaceable Unit or FRU is a circuit board, part, or assembly that can be quickly and easily removed from a personal computer or other piece of electronic equipment, and replaced by the user or a technician without having to send the entire product or system to a (FRU) is "hot-pluggable"--a must in System/390 environments where continuous data availability and redundancy are mission-critical requirements. Spectris is being developed in cooperation with Fujitsu, a long-time Amdahl partner. Spectris will be generally available in the first quarter of 1996. Spectris Storage Subsystem Services Amdahl offers a comprehensive set of services to help customers plan, integrate, and manage the new Spectris storage subsystem. These services include ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. Planning and Migration, Data Characterization, and Data Migration. Amdahl Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AMH) is a worldwide supplier of large scale System/390 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. Note: Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: The Benjamin Group Inc., Sunnyvale Gary Quackenbush, 408/559-6090 or gquack@sv.tbgi.com or Lakeview Associates, Connecticut Stephanie D'Alleva, 203/739-5598 or sdalleva@mcimail.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion