American Megatrends Announces Availability of MegaRAID Express RAID Upgrade Card.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998-- This Zero Channel RAID Card Adds Greater Flexibility to the AMI's MegaRUM Family of Motherboards and Two Intel(R) Server Boards -- The MegaRAID Express can be utilized on the AMI MegaRUM Family, the Intel N440BX, and Intel T440BX server boards. -- MegaRAID Express, an 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 processor-based RAID upgrade controller enhances the MegaRUM family of motherboards by adding MegaRAID support to the onboard 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. channels. -- By using the MegaRAID Express, users gain the benefit of a quick and easy low-cost RAID upgrade to AMI's award winning MegaRAID technology. American Megatrends American Megatrends Incorporated (AMI) is a Georgia, USA based hardware company that creates PC hardware and firmware. It was founded in 1985 by the current chairman and president, S. Shankar. , Inc. (AMI) today announced the availability of the MegaRAID Express, a low cost zero-channel RAID upgrade card for motherboards with onboard SCSI channels. The MegaRAID Express has been certified on four different motherboards, including the AMI MegaRUM, AMI MegaRUM II, Intel(R) N440BX, and Intel T440BX. The MegaRAID Express enables the 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 and System Integrator to quickly and inexpensively upgrade existing SCSI channels on the motherboard to high performance MegaRAID channels. In addition, this I2O (Intelligent I/O) A standard for offloading input and output to an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor (I/O processor) manages the data transfer while the CPU does something else. ready RAID solution provides the ease of use and performance of MegaRAID's proven advanced management utilities and enhanced software drivers. The MegaRAID Express, an ideal solution for motherboards like the AMI MegaRUM and MegaRUM II, Intel N440BX, and Intel T440BX server motherboards, provides the ability to upgrade an embedded Symbios SCSI chip to a RAID SCSI solution. The Intel N440BX is a dual Pentium A PC with a motherboard that contains two Pentium CPUs. Such machines are designed for use with an operating system that supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), such as Windows NT or 2000. See SMP. (R) II-based motherboard with 100MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. front end bus capability that has an integrated Symbios Logic Symbios Logic was a manufacturer of SCSI host adapter chipsets and disk array storage subsystems. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics America. It was originally a division of NCR Corporation, before NCR's takeover by AT&T. AT&T sold off the division to Hyundai. 53C876 dual channel ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. connector that can be upgraded to RAID using the MegaRAID Express. In addition, the Intel T440BX has the same features of its sister product, the Intel N440BX, but only provides single 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. support. "Intel is very supportive of AMI's efforts to integrate the MegaRAID products and enable Intel Architecture SHV SHV Shareholder Value SHV Standard High Volume SHV Sheave SHV Steenkolen Handels Vereeniging SHV Shreveport, LA, USA - Regional Airport (Airport Code) SHV Sport Horse Versatility SHV Supersonic/Hypersonic Vehicle SHV Super Hybrid Vehicle (Standard High Volume) Server customers to deliver greater functionality out of their on-board storage devices," said Jon Haas, Industry Marketing Manager for Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "The features of I2O architecture support and integrated RAID management/expansion capabilities combined with low cost make the AMI MegaRAID products well positioned to meet the demands of today's SHV Server platform." "The addition of the MegaRAID Express to the American Megatrends' RAID product family extends the reach of hardware RAID technology to entry level servers, which to this date have used software methods to ensure data integrity," said Richard Evins, Director of Marketing at American Megatrends. "The MegaRAID Express is positioned to enable OEMs and Resellers alike to offer their customers a price-competitive hardware solution with many of the same features that our mainstay MegaRAID controllers offer to mid range and high end servers today." In addition, the MegaRAID Express features AMI's Power Console, a powerful object-oriented RAID Manager for Windows NT that offers a user extensive flexibility and power. With the ability to create and manage multiple disk arrays, Power Console enables the user to configure and monitor RAID systems attached to the server. Furthermore, AMI's FlexRAID Software provides on-line RAID level migration and capacity expansion without bringing the system down, thereby creating a RAID solution that combines an easy to use RAID product with powerful management features. As a core technology provider, American Megatrends develops and provides superior system level technologies including RAID products, BIOS, motherboards, and utilities. For additional information, AMI can be reached at (800) 828-9264 or (770) 246-8600 and on the World Wide Web at http://www.ami.com.
CONTACT: American Megatrends, Inc.
Brooke Wallace, PR Marketing Specialist
770/246-8609 or 800/828-9264
FAX (770) 246-8790
email: BrookeW@ami.com
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