American Megatrends Inc. Premiers Cutting-Edge RAID Solutions at Server I/O Conference.Business Editors & Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 AMI's next-generation Ultra 160 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). 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 controllers on display at Intel's booth
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-- Intel(R) will display AMI's new Ultra 160 capable MegaRAID(R)
Enterprise 1600 and Elite 1600 RAID controllers at this week's
I/O Technologies Forum and Expo and Server I/O conference.
-- The Enterprise 1600 is a 64-bit 66 MHz PCI RAID controller with
four Ultra 160 SCSI channels.
-- The Elite 1600 is a 64-bit, 66 MHz short card PCI RAID controller
with two Ultra 160 SCSI channels.
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), a leading world wide manufacturer for RAID controllers, today announced Intel(R) Corporation will display AMI's newest Intel 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 compatible MegaRAID(R) Enterprise 1600 and Elite 1600 RAID controllers at the I/O Technologies Forum and Expo and Server I/O conference. The I/O Technologies Forum and Expo 2000 takes place Jan. 17 through Jan. 20, 2000, and the Server I/O 2000 runs Jan. 18 through Jan. 20, 2000, at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, Calif. The Enterprise 1600 is a 64-bit 66 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. PCI RAID controller with four Ultra 160 SCSI channels and supports an optional transportable battery-backed DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module module or standard battery pack. AMI's high-end enterprise-level RAID controllers feature three- and four-channel PCI SCSI controllers for enterprise-wide server environments. The Elite 1600, a 64-bit short card, 66 MHz PCI RAID controller with two Ultra 160 SCSI channels, is the newest product in the Elite series of MegaRAID controllers. It is also equipped with an optional battery back-up unit. The Elite series of high-performance, two-channel PCI SCSI controllers target ISPs, workgroups and departmental servers. Both controllers, based on the Intel I/O processor Circuitry specialized for I/O operations. See front end processor. , offer standard support for NT(R) clustering and support 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. on one DIMM. "With our latest generation of high-performance RAID products, AMI is positioned now more than ever to meet the I/O throughput demands of today's enterprise server environments," said Sanjay Sehgal, 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 at AMI. "AMI MegaRAID controllers offer the most feature-rich line of RAID controllers, providing servers with the fastest throughput combined with the highest levels of data integrity."
Standard MegaRAID management utilities include:
-- AMI's FlexRAID(R) utility for on-line capacity expansion and RAID
level migration;
-- Power Console(R) Plus, an advanced application under Windows(R)
NT that creates and manages multiple disk arrays and controls and
monitors multiple RAID servers;
-- MegaManager(TM), an on-line management utility that supports SCO
Unix, NetWare, Linux and Solaris operating systems; and,
-- WebBIOS(TM), a browser-based RAID configuration utility.
The Enterprise 1600 and Elite 1600 also offer enhanced RAID
capabilities, including:
-- 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.
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. |
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