American Megatrends Partners with JMR's Fortra Enclosure for the MegaRAID Explorer 500.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999-- American Megatrends: Editorial Summary -- JMR's unit holds up to two half-height Explorer 500 RAID controllers and allows the user to take advantage of the Explorer 500's high performance in a small form factor. -- The Explorer 500's 3.5" form factor makes it the most cost-effective external RAID controller on the market. 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 announced the availability of JMR's MegaRAID(R) compatible Fortra(TM) enclosure with its MegaRAID(R) Explorer 500 Fibre-to-LVD external RAID controller. "We expect this technology and marketing partnership between AMI and JMR JMR Journal of Magnetic Resonance JMR Journal of Marine Research JMR Jason Microwave Radiometer JMR Joint Movement Request (US Army transportation) JMR Junk E-Mail Reporting (Microsoft program) to open additional channels for both companies and are very pleased to launch the newest addition to our Fortra(TM) product line," said Steve Katz, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for JMR. "The combination of the Fortra(TM) and MegaRAID(R) Explorer 500 provides excellent performance and an attractive, fault-tolerant enclosure to provide users with a great cost-performance ratio." JMR's new "turnkey" RAID enclosure fully supports AMI's Explorer 500 controller. JMR's unit holds up to two half-height RAID controllers and allows the user to take advantage of the Explorer 500's high performance in a small form factor. Additional features include dual AC inlets for separate power sources and three redundant hot-swappable (N+I) power supplies to ensure system uptime. The product is internationally compliant for product safety and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. . The new JMR model numbers for its enclosure are FR10-L21-2SAI, FR10-L22-2SA1, FT10-L21-2SAI and FT10-L22-2SA1. These are all fault-tolerant, high-availability RAID subsystem enclosures. Each support ten 3.5" HH or LP LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential Ultra2 disk drives in two 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 in a 3U form factor enclosure. "This partnership with JMR for the Explorer 500 enables our product to be more accessible to our customers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an advanced rackmount," said Sanjay Sehgal, AMI's Director of RAID Sales. The 3.5" form factor Explorer 500 features two FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - 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 on 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. The Explorer 500 can be easily installed into Fortra(TM)'s removable, warm-pluggable canister that creates the host and drive channel interfaces. The Fortra(TM)'s other features include redundant power and cooling, a SAF-TE SAF-TE SCSI Access Fault-Tolerant Enclosure controller and interface, 10 fully shielded metal canisters with a cam-action insertion mechanism, bi-color lightpipes for optical drive and enclosure condition status. It also includes SCSI expansion ports to chain to additional storage, interchangeable FRUs between the rackmount and tower products, an off-the-shelf tower conversion kit, a complete accessory pack and rackmounting kit with all hardware and a reusable ISTA-tested and certified shipping container. "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(R) Product Manager. "The Explorer 500 will serve as the foundation in providing SAN-ready solutions to the storage industry." The Explorer 500's 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 JMR's industry-standard canister enclosure positions it 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. Powerful management and configuration utilities, combined with high performance throughput and advanced 64-bit memory architecture make the Explorer 500 a competitive leader in the market today. 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. 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. 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 our website at www.ami.com. About JMR Electronics Inc. JMR is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 vertically integrated enclosure manufacturer. Established in 1982, JMR can produce customized enclosures to any OEM specification. The company's broad product line includes enclosures for RAID and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). storage, fibre channel towers and rackmounts, a complete set of rackmounts and 19" electronic cabinets. JMR Electronics is headquartered at 20400 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. For additional information about the company, visit its website at www.jmr.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: 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, JMR, Rackmount |
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