Aristos Logic Announces Availability of the Industry's First Single Chip 4G RAID Storage Processor.FOOTHILL RANCH ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. , Calif. -- Aristos Logic, the industry leader in RAID Storage Processor (RSP RSP right sacroposterior (position of the fetus). (TM)) technology, announced availability of the AL3400 UltraSlice(TM), the industry's first single chip RAID solution supporting 4G Fibre Channel speed. The AL3400 is Aristos Logic's second-generation product based on the company's breakthrough RAID Storage Processor technology. Aristos Logic's first generation RSP device, the AL3300 FibreSlice(TM), is currently shipping in Aristos Logic's customer's production systems. The AL3400 UltraSlice device integrates the RAID Storage Processor, 4G Fibre Channel host and disk interfaces and a PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. interface for communication to third-party protocol devices such as SAS/SATA bridges. The RAID Storage Processor, a fabric of custom processing elements designed to accelerate the storage data path, delivers advanced RAID functionality while providing 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 customers a framework for integrating their differentiating storage management features. The AL3400 UltraSlice is targeted at cost-effective, yet cutting-edge entry-level and mid-range external storage systems. Its highly automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. pipelined architecture delivers performance that cannot be matched by today's solutions that are built with general-purpose microprocessors. Industry-leading integration results in lower system costs, improved system reliability, reduced real estate requirements and lower power consumption. The AL3400 UltraSlice fully supports advanced, enterprise class features such as RAID 6 and spindle spindle: see spinning. A rotating shaft in a disk drive. In a fixed disk, the platters are attached to the spindle. In a removable disk, the spindle remains in the drive. Laptops use spindle designations to indicate the number of built-in drives. speed rebuild, which dramatically reduces the time required to re-create data from a failed disk drive. The AL3400 UltraSlice is available with Aristos Storage Kernel The nucleus of an operating system. It is the closest part to the machine level and may activate the hardware directly or interface to another software layer that drives the hardware. (ASK(TM)), powerful RAID software that accelerates customer's time to market and significantly lowers development costs. "The industry transition to 4G Fibre Channel technology has begun in earnest ear·nest 1 adj. 1. Marked by or showing deep sincerity or seriousness: an earnest gesture of goodwill. 2. Of an important or weighty nature; grave. See Synonyms at serious. and we expect product announcements and product shipments to pick up significantly as suppliers deliver various pieces of the 4G infrastructure - from servers to disk drives," said Richard Villars, vice president of storage research at IDC. "Ensuring the availability of RAID, a key component of this infrastructure, in these solutions will be critical. Products like the Aristos Logic's AL3400 UltraSlice that help speed this transition will play a major role in enterprises adoption of 4G Fibre Channel." Aristos Logic has completed initial testing of the AL3400 UltraSlice with several popular 4G Host Bus Adapters See host adapter. , disk drives and enclosures. A number of OEM customers are already designing storage systems based on the AL3400 UltraSlice device. It is available immediately in sample quantities to Aristos Logic's OEM partners. About Aristos Logic With headquarters in Foothill Ranch, Aristos Logic creates special-purpose processors that bring new levels of performance, efficiency, features and cost-effectiveness to enterprise storage controllers for networked storage products. The company's dedicated RAID Storage Processors offer unbeatable price performance for entry-level products and scalability for mid-range products. Aristos processors, together with Aristos software, provide a base level of RAID functionality that system vendors can use as a foundation for their own value-added features. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.aristoslogic.com. |
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