Andataco Obliterates Price/Performance Barrier With the First Full Featured External Storage Raid Array; Fully Scalable to 576GB, GigaRAID/SXL Supports NT and UNIX.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1999--ANDATACO (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ANDA ANDA abbr. abbreviated new drug application ), a global leader in 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. and RAID storage, today announced GigaRAID/SXL, the world's first full-featured, external RAID storage system. The GigaRAID/SXL was specifically designed to fulfill today's requirements for a lower cost storage solution that still provides high performance, scalability and availability for both Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and UNIX operating systems. "This solution provides piece of mind to any computer user who has important data storage requirements. You will get all the advantages of RAID storage at the same price you would pay for standard internal or external disk," explained W. David Sykes, president, ANDATACO. "The computing community no longer accepts disk drive failures as the reason for bringing down their networks and this product brings them a step closer to fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. computing." The GigaRAID/SXL is available immediately through direct or reseller channels, or internationally through ANDATACO's global distribution network. With its full range of features at an unparalleled cost, GigaRAID/SXL sets the new price/performance standard with fully configured systems as low as $.10 per megabyte. And, the GigaRAID/SXL's scalability further saves cost by protecting an organization's initial investment. It is just the latest standard-setting storage product to come from the engineering labs of ANDATACO, whose GigaRAID products are recognized leaders in the storage industry. Starting with an 8-bay, 12GB configuration, GigaRAID/SXL is available in deskside tower or rackmounted enclosures and is scalable to 16-bays, 576GB per base system. Other features included in the GigaRAID/SXL are: -0-
--Up to 11 multi-platform host connections and up to 3.5TB of
storage in a single data center;
--The industry's fastest 10,000 RPM disk drives speed up disk
access time;
--Redundant load-sharing power supplies ensure a source
of continuous power;
--Automatic rebuild to hot spare disk drives enable GigaRAID/SXL
to repair itself;
--RAID levels 0, 1, 0/1, 3 and 5 to suit the specific needs of a
variety of applications;
--User Upgradable to GigaRAID/SX with a simple board swap.
ANDATACO develops industry-leading SCSI technology with private label customization, disk drive pre-certification for the fastest time to market, and the most scalable external storage configurations available today. The "Keep the Drive Alive" Program offers proven scalable storage architecture, 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 pricing, dedicated support and regular product and program updates. About ANDATACO: ANDATACO designs and manufactures storage solutions for Windows NT and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environments. The company's products include desktop, workgroup and enterprise level SCSI and Fibre, RAID and RAID ready (JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks ) storage arrays. ANDATACO's storage enclosures also support tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. and restore products and storage management software. Learn more about ANDATACO's products and OEM "Keep the Drive Alive" Partnership Program at http://www.andataco.com. |
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