American Megatrends Inc. Expands MegaRAID Family with a New Line of Mid-Range Controllers.Business Editors/Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000
Editorial Summary
-- The MegaRAID(R)Elite series consists of two channel PCI
controllers for dual, quad and 8-way servers.
-- Dual-channel host-based RAID controllers will increase from 71
percent of the total multi-channel host-based RAID controller
market in 1999 to 96 percent in 2003.
-- AMI will target this high-performance, mid-range series of
controllers at ISPs, workgroups and departmental servers.
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), the number one RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. manufacturer in the world, today announced it will release a new series in its MegaRAID(R) family of RAID controllers. The new MegaRAID Elite series for mid-range servers consists of two channel PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). controllers for dual, quad and 8-way processor servers and targets ISPs (Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ), workgroups and departmental servers. "The Elite series of RAID controllers makes a significant impact to AMI's line of RAID controllers," said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI's director of 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 Sales. "The expansion of this RAID controller line enables AMI to develop relations with numerous groups, most specifically ISPs, and meet specific user needs." The addition of this new series allows AMI to provide the industry with the most extensive family of RAID controller products in each of the family's four lines. These four lines of RAID controllers allow customers to choose RAID products tailored to their specific data needs and demands. "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the most recent Dataquest research, the dual-channel PCI controller market is the largest and fastest growing segment of the multi-channel host-based RAID controller market," said Roger Cox, chief analyst with GartnerGroup's Dataquest. "Dataquest is forecasting that dual-channel host-based RAID controllers will increase from 71 percent of the total multi-channel host-based RAID controller market in 1999 to 96 percent in 2003." The products in this new MegaRAID series include the Elite 1500 and Elite 1600 mid-range RAID controllers. The Elite 1500 and 1600 controllers employ the latest 64-Bit PCI RAID technology using the Intel(R) i96O(R)RN I/O processor Circuitry specialized for I/O operations. See front end processor. . The Elite 1500 uses 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 and the Elite 1600 uses two Ultra 160/m SCSI channels. The Elite 1500 and Elite 1600 offer advanced management and configuration utilities, including:
-- WebBIOS(TM), a revolutionary RAID utility that features a
browser-user interface (BUI)-based, OS independent configuration
utility at the BIOS level;
-- FlexRAID(R), AMI's unmatched utility for on-line capacity
expansion and RAID level migration;
-- Power Console(R) Plus, an advanced application under Windows(R)
NT which creates and manages multiple disk arrays and controls
and monitors multiple RAID servers; and
-- MegaManager(TM) an on-line management utility, similar to Power
Console Plus, that supports SCO Unix, NetWare, Linux and Solaris
operating systems.
The Elite 1600's newly develop RAID capabilities include:
-- Extended logical drives and arrays - 40 logical drives per
controller and 32 physical drives per logical array;
-- Smart Init., a background initialization feature, - automatically
checks the consistency of logical drives in RAID 5 applications;
and,
-- Auto Resume - picks up array rebuild or reconstruction where it
left off if the system shuts down.
The manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) for the Elite 1500 is $1,199, and the pricing of the Elite 1600 will be available prior to its release date. AMI's other series in its MegaRAID family includes the Enterprise, Explorer and Express lines of RAID controllers:
-- Enterprise Series -- high-end enterprise-level RAID controllers
that feature multi-channel PCI RAID solutions for dual, quad and
eight-way servers. Primarily three and four channel Ultra 160/m
and Ultra2 SCSI controllers.
-- Explorer Series -- OS independent, external RAID controllers for
flexible storage subsystems.
-- Express Series -- high speed, low-cost PCI RAID controllers.
Includes zero channel controllers that convert a server
motherboard's own SCSI channels into high-performance RAID
channels and single channel LVD solutions with up to 100 MHz I/O
processors.
With its engineering expertise in BIOS, RAID, motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the design, diagnostic and management software utilities, AMI has the expertise and infrastructure in place to design and build the industry's most feature-rich RAID controllers that offer the highest levels of performance, availability and manageability. "AMI's family of advanced RAID products, extensive engineering experience and technical support position it now more than ever to meet the most specific needs and demands of new and existing customers in OEM and channel markets," Sehgal added. Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. 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 (operating system) Basic Input/Output System - (BIOS, ROM BIOS) The part of the system software of the IBM PC and compatibles that provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices and controls the first stage of the bootstrap process, including installing the operating 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 Madras. 1 State and former province, India: see Tamil Nadu. 2 City, India: see Chennai. , 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 www.ami.com. Keywords: ISPs, Storage, Mid-Range RAID |
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