American Megatrends Inc. Showcases Latest RAID and Motherboard Products at CeBIT.Business Editors &Technology Writers CeBIT 2000 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2000 Editorial Summary -- AMI will present its newest products at CeBIT this year, including the MegaRAID Elite 1600, MegaRAID Enterprise 1600, MegaRAID Express 500, HyperDisk IDE controller (1) The controlling electronics built into an IDE drive. See IDE. (2) The adapter on the plug-in card or motherboard that connects to the IDE controller. This is technically the IDE host adapter, but is often called the IDE controller. See IDE. and MegaDual dual slot 1 Pentium(R) III i840 chipset-based motherboard. -- Up to 128 MB ECC SDRAM on one DIMM -- Standard support for Microsoft NT(R) clustering -- WebBIOS(TM), a browser-based RAID configuration utility 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 third-party host-based 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 and industry leader in supplying multiprocessor server motherboards and basic server solutions, today announced it will showcase its newest RAID and motherboard products at CeBIT February 24 through March 1, 2000 at the Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany. CeBIT highlights the latest trends in IT and telecommunications. It is the place where product innovations are unveiled for the first time and is an unrivalled source of global contacts and first-hand information. As the world's biggest trade fair, CeBIT offers the world's most comprehensive line-up of products and an incomparable market overview. AMI's booth will be located in the American Pavilion in Hall # 6, Stand F20. &uot;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 International Data Corporation (IDC), the European RAID market is estimated to grow about 20 to 25 percent annually and low-end internal RAID is estimated to grow about 32 percent. This growth is clearly fuelled by the need for continuous access to entry servers and storage data by the deployment of servers in mission critical applications and the onset of e-commerce,&uot; said Linda Ng, Managing Director of American Megatrends International Ltd., UK. &uot;These new AMI product offerings at CeBIT will enable everyone to afford RAID from a quality and reliable supplier.&uot; With its engineering expertise in BIOS, RAID, motherboard 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 newest products in its state-of-the-art MegaRAID(R) family, which ranges from low-cost entry-level controllers to high-performance, high-capacity RAID solutions, include the Enterprise 1600, Elite 1600 and Express 500. &uot;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 (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 channel markets,&uot; said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI's Director of OEM Sales. &uot;AMI MegaRAID controllers offer the most feature intensive line of RAID products, providing servers with the fastest throughput combined with the highest levels of data integrity.&uot; The Enterprise 1600, 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 (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). RAID controller featuring four Ultra160 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, offers four external and two internal Ultra160 SCSI connectors, an i960(R) 64-bit RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. , 500 MB/sec. sustained sequential throughput and supports multiple battery backup See UPS. configurations. The Elite 1600, a 64-bit 66 MHz PCI RAID controller with two Ultra160 SCSI channels, features two external and two internal Ultra160 SCSI connectors and an i960(R) 64-bit RISC processor. The Express 500, a 32-bit PCI single channel Ultra160 SCSI RAID Controller, has an i960(R) RM 100 MHz 64-bit RISC processor and is the ideal low-cost, high-performance solution for entry-level servers and performance workstations. The MegaRAID Enterprise 1600, Elite 1600 and Express 500 also feature: -- Up to 128 MB ECC SDRAM on one DIMM -- Standard support for Microsoft NT(R) clustering -- WebBIOS(TM), a browser-based RAID configuration utility In addition to its line of SCSI RAID products, AMI is now offering an IDE RAID Using ATA (IDE) drives in a RAID configuration. See RAID. solution for desktops, workstations and entry-level servers. HyperDisk(TM) is AMI's new PCI IDE RAID solution that brings the true RAID concept of high performance, continuous 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. and protection to the desktop. HyperDisk is a simple and cost-effective way to increase the performance capability of IDE hard disk drives, allowing users to double their drive performance or double their data security at a fraction of the overall cost of SCSI RAID solutions. &uot;With AMI's position as the leader in SCSI RAID technology, it is only logical that we enter the new IDE RAID arena with a product based on the same advanced technology used in our higher-end RAID offerings,&uot; Sehgal added. &uot;Our customers are very enthusiastic about our new range of product offerings. As RAID technology is beginning to appeal to the low-end mass market, the market is happy to see AMI offering a low cost RAID product - HyperDisk, which targets the more technically savvy home, SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and small business user,&uot; Ng said. &uot;This card aims to enable easy configuration, allowing users to employ all their applications and store files with confidence.&uot; Building on its line of industry-leading multiprocessor server motherboards and basic server solutions, AMI will launch MegaDual(TM), its newest server motherboard at CeBIT. The Dual Pentium(R) III Slot 1 motherboard features a 133 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus ). &uot;The high performance and state-of-the-art manageability features available with MegaDual make it ideal for Solutions Integrators whose customers demand only the best in high-speed processor motherboards,&uot; said Winfried Prohl, Managing Director of American Megatrends International GmbH. The MegaDual, utilized in conjunction with AMI's industry-leading RAID controllers, provides OEMs and Systems Integrators the best-of-breed technology necessary to succeed in the increasingly competitive enterprise server marketplace.&uot; MegaDual, an ideal server motherboard solution for departmental environments, supports up to 4 GB of on-board 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. system memory. The Intel(R) 840 chipset-based board features six PCI slots (two 64-bit, 66 MHz), on-board dual channel Ultra160 SCSI and on-board Wake-on-LAN support. The MegaDual includes two peer-to-peer PCI buses, one 32-bit PCI bus at 33 MHz, one 64-bit PCI at 66 MHz and an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. PRO 4X connector. MegaDual's system slots total seven, including one AGP Pro, four 32-bit PCI at 33 MHz and two 64-bit PCI at 66 MHz. It can also be integrated in standard extended ATX cases. 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: RAID, IDE RAID, Motherboards, Servers, Multiprocessor, Ultra160, Storage, SCSI, Network |
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