American Megatrends Brings Fibre Channel to Market with MegaRAID Explorer 500.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- American Megatrends Editorial Summary -- AMI's external RAID controller features two fibre channels for host connection and two Ultra2 LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential 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 to the drives. -- The Explorer 500's 3.5" form factor makes it the most cost-effective external RAID controller in the market. -- With unmatched fault tolerant features and multiple hardware configurations, the Explorer 500 is the ideal solution for storage area network (SAN) environments. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in supplying RAID technology to 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 server and storage marketplace, today released the MegaRAID(R) Explorer 500 Fibre-to-LVD external RAID controller. Powered by the Intel(R) 64-bit i960(R)RN processor with embedded RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. 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. running at 100 MHz (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. and surrounded completely by true 64-bit bus architecture, the Explorer 500 can reach a sustained data transfer rate of greater than 110 MB/sec. The 3.5" form factor Explorer 500 features two FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. (Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop) channels for host connection and two Ultra2 LVD SCSI channels to the drives, making it the most cost-effective external RAID controller in the market. The OS independent external RAID controller for flexible storage subsystems also includes configurable cache support using up to 128 MB ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , enhancing its performance beyond EDO-based external controllers. "With support for all RAID levels and advanced MegaRAID management utilities including on-line capacity expansion and RAID level migration, the Explorer 500 outperforms all other controllers in its class," said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI's Director of RAID Sales. Other advanced management features include truly automatic RAID setup and configuration and monitoring via front-end LCD or serial port. The Explorer 500 also offers powerful host server management support from AMI's industry-leading management and configuration software including Power Console Plus(TM) under Windows(R) NT and MegaRAID Manager(TM) under SCO Unix and Netware. Application program interfaces (APIs) are also available for OEMs to port their management software. Its revolutionary baseboard base·board n. A molding that conceals the joint between an interior wall and the floor. Also called mopboard. Noun 1. and daughter card approach within an industry-standard canister enclosure, positions the Explorer 500 as the industry's easiest and most flexible external controller for integration into a storage environment. By utilizing Ultra2 SCSI and fibre channel technologies together, AMI's external controller is the ideal solution for OEMs and integrators to develop flexible, cost-effective SAN strategies. The Explorer 500 offers unmatched fault tolerant features such as an on-board battery backup module for cache memory, providing up to 72 hours of data retention. Other advanced features include automatic detection of failed drives, automatic and transparent rebuild of hot spare drives, configuration on disk (COD) and hot swapping of new drives without bringing the system down. "With multiple hardware configurations, including canister and back-plane versions, the Explorer 500 offers easy and flexible integration into a storage subsystem," said Siamak Iranpour, AMI's MegaRAID Product Manager. "The Explorer 500 will serve as the foundation in providing SAN-ready solutions to the storage industry." The Explorer 500's strengths over the competition include high-performance throughput and advanced 64-bit memory architecture. These features, combined with powerful management and configuration utilities, can only be offered together by AMI. As the industry's most reliable manufacturer of RAID technology, AMI designed the Explorer 500 around the technology that is part of over 500,000 MegaRAID controllers in the field today. Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading edge computer technologies. This privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , best known for its Basic Input/Output Systems or BIOS, also supplies its state-of-the-art hardware, software, utilities and RAID controllers to over 55 percent of today's high-tech manufacturers. Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S. and throughout the world including London, Madras, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo to better serve our customers. For more information on AMI, its products, services or reseller opportunities call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit our website at www.ami.com. Key Words: Fibre Channel, RAID, FC-AL, SAN, NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular , Storage, External RAID, Servers, Mass Storage, Subsystem Storage, Computer Peripherals. |
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