Bell Microproducts Chooses FalconStor's IPStor to Build the World's First Coast-to-coast IP-based Storage Network.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MONTGOMERY, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 Data Centers in Alabama and California Leverage IPStor's Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and Mission-Critical Storage Services, Including Nationwide IP-Based Replication FalconStor, Inc., a storage networking infrastructure software company, today announced that Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), an industry leader in value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. storage products and solutions, has chosen FalconStor's IPStor(TM) to consolidate, virtualize To cause a virtual technique to be performed. See virtualization. , manage and protect Bell Microproducts' internal storage in their new Montgomery, AL, facility, whose opening ceremony was celebrated last week. The deployment of IPStor enables Bell Microproducts to implement an IP-based, fully virtualized storage network with enterprise-class storage services including high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , just-in-time capacity management, snapshot, fast backup/restore, and replication technology across the U.S., from Alabama to California to facilitate remote disaster protection. "An IP-based SAN is not only feasible, it already exists" said John McArthur John McArthur (November 17, 1826 – May 15, 1906) was a Union general during the American Civil War. McArthur was born in Erskine, Scotland. He learned to be a blacksmith and emigrated to the United States at age 23 and settled in Chicago. , vice president, Storage Research at IDC. "FalconStor's IPStor in Bell Microproducts' data center is evidence that IP-based storage can be done right now." Bell Microproducts wanted to shift the hosting of its data center operations, including all application servers and data, from California to Alabama, with the intent to transition the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. location to become a passive site holding replicated data from its Montgomery location. This infrastructure change led to the opportunity to review their business continuity, storage capacity, and disaster prevention needs. After evaluating several alternatives, IPStor emerged as the clear winner that not only satisfies all of Bell Microproducts' technical requirements, but also delivers the lowest total cost of ownership with the greatest return on investment. "We knew the benefits of centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , virtualizing and provisioning storage over IP through IPStor would be enormous to our customers when we added it to our solutions portfolio in March," said Don Bell, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bell Microproducts. "Utilizing IPStor to manage our Rorke Data division's Galaxy RAID products for internal use is certainly a bold statement of confidence, and is consistent with our commitment of quality: the products must first be good enough for Bell Microproducts in order to be good enough for us to recommend them to our customers." "We're pleased that our relationship with Bell Microproducts has blossomed into a deeper partnership," said ReiJane Huai, president and CEO of FalconStor. "An IP-based SAN will help make it possible for Bell Microproducts to transition their data center from San Jose to Montgomery. IPStor will play a vital role in this transition and ultimately in Bell Microproducts' disaster-recovery/business resumption plan." A joint Bell Microproducts, Rorke Data, and FalconStor team worked together to design the IP-based storage network, consisting of two IPStor servers working in high availability (failover) mode in Montgomery, AL, with both servers connecting to two Rorke Data Galaxy 55 RAID arrays in a mirrored configuration. IPStor servers are provisioning virtualized storage to multiple 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. servers, which in turn, are hosting email, Internet and intranet for the entire Bell Microproducts enterprise. In addition to the Montgomery primary site, a remote replication site was also established in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , along with replication capabilities between the two sites connected via IP links on wide area networks. In the unlikely event of a total primary site failure - a highly unlikely scenario given the high-availability features of IPStor- the replicated site will act as the hot-spare site to ensure minimal down time. All of the deployed hardware devices consists of off-the-shelf, industry standard components, including: Intel Xeon 700MHZ CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. based servers, Intel Pro/1000 Network Interface Cards supporting iSCSI protocol, Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switch with 4 x 16 ports Jumbo Frame In computer networking, jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with more than 1500 bytes of payload (MTU). Conventionally, jumbo frames can carry up to 9000 bytes of payload, but variations exist and some care must be taken when using the term. capability, Rorke Data Galaxy 55 RAID systems and ADIC DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. tape libraries. For more information, call a Bell Microproducts representative toll free at 888-394-2355, or visit the Bell Microproducts website at http://www.bellmicro.com. About Bell Microproducts Bell Microproducts is an international value added provider of a wide range of high technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial marketplace. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, Fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, 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 and SAN storage systems, and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors. The company's products are available at any level of integration from components, to subsystem assemblies, to fully integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' 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. 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 150 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor storage and Trademark(R) computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at http://www.bellmicro.com. About FalconStor FalconStor, Inc., is a storage networking infrastructure software company. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. IPStor software uses Ethernet/IP/iSCSI/Fibre Channel to unify Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS), delivering both block and file level sharing to application servers and workgroup users under a common management umbrella. Founded in 2000, the company is privately held with corporate headquarters based in Melville, NY. International offices include Paris, France; Taichung, Taiwan; and, Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement. This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect Bell Microproducts' current views of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: the ability to successfully integrate the operations of recent acquisitions, industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing, and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the computer and electronic components markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, foreign currency fluctuations and the other risks described from time to time in Bell Microproducts' reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. ). Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Bell Microproducts undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements. Copyright (c) 2001 by FalconStor. FalconStor and IPStor are trademarks of FalconStor, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein are trademarks of the respective holders. |
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