American Megatrends Inc. Launches HyperDisk 100 with ATA/100 Drive Support.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000 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:
Editorial Summary
-- AMI unveils HyperDisk(TM) 100 with support for ATA/100 drives.
-- The IDE RAID family meets the performance requirements of the
desktop publishing entrepreneur, the capacity requirements of
the home office and the graphic workstation requirements of
the small office server.
American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced the addition of HyperDisk 100 to its IDE RAID Using ATA (IDE) drives in a RAID configuration. See RAID. product family. "With the addition of ATA/100 hard drive support to AMI's family of PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). IDE RAID controllers, AMI can meet the demands of OEMs, VARs and System Integrators seeking low-cost RAID solutions using the latest hard drive technology," said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI's Director of Sales. AMI's IDE RAID family meets the performance requirements of the desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, and the graphic workstation (graphics, computer) graphic workstation - A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. entrepreneur and the capacity requirements of the small office/small business server. By providing solutions aimed at desktops and workstations, AMI offers RAID solutions for the entire spectrum of system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. and solidifies its position as the leader in RAID technology. "Quantum is pleased to have AMI support Ultra ATA/100 on its HyperDisk 100 IDE RAID controller," said Jim McGrath, technical marketing director for Quantum's Desktop Storage Division. "AMI's customers will benefit from the increase in performance and headroom that Ultra ATA/100 provides for today's and tomorrow's applications." Using two or more low-cost Ultra ATA/DMA drives, HyperDisk 100 provides excellent drive performance and data redundancy Writing data to two or more locations for backup and data recovery. For example, data can be stored on two or more disks or disk and tape or disk and the Internet. See disk redundancy and data recovery. . In most cases, the performance gains achieved by the addition of HyperDisk 100 with an additional drive dramatically surpass those seen with an upgrade in processor and increased memory. RAID allows multiple drives to perform the work of a single drive (increased performance), provides mirroring of data to another drive (protection) and presents the combined capacity of the drives as a single larger drive to the OS. The Manufacturer's 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 HyperDisk 100 is $179 and it will be available July 2000. Its features include:
-- Maximizing Hard Drive Performance - supports the fastest Ultra
ATA/100 hard drives, transfers data simultaneously from
multiple drives and optimizes drive access;
-- Hard Drive Failure Protection - duplicates all drive data to a
second drive, continues to work even if one drive fails and
issues warnings before drives go bad; and
-- Advanced Manageability - an easy pre-boot setup program with
automatic drive detection and configuration, a software
utility for complete configuration information, software
agents to track drive errors and automatic mirror drive
rebuilding.
HyperDisk 100's IDE channels, which include data striping See disk striping. (storage) data striping - Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1), make the entire solution an important tool in today's computing environment. These RAID levels provide users with a better application performance every time a file is saved or retrieved and offers greater economy and longevity for nearly every PC made today. There will be little to no downtime in case a drive crashes. HyperDisk 100 includes a HyperDisk PCI adapter card See adapter and expansion board. with on-board ROM BIOS support and a boot-up configuration utility, mini-port device drivers for Windows(R) 95(R)/98(R)/NT(R)/2000(R), a control panel applet and a management console program. It also features BIOS Boot Specification (BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. ) Support, which enables HyperDisk 100 to appear as a bootable device inside the system BIOS. As IDE RAID gains acceptance in the marketplace, AMI will continue to provide expertly designed solutions for all levels of data protection, from entry-level and desktop IDE RAID to enterprise-level 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. RAID. AMI's excellent track record, award-winning designs and leading position in the RAID marketplace make it the perfect choice for businesses of all sizes. "With its full range of RAID products and strong engineering background, AMI is able to offer the best possible support to the widest range of customers," Sehgal added. About AMI 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 www.ami.com. Key Words: IDE RAID, Storage, Hard Disk, Drives, Low Cost, Entry-Level, Server, Desktop, Workstation, Graphic Applications, ATA/100 |
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