Bus-Tech Announces New Mainframe Appliance for Storage Models for EMC Centera; New Models Offer Significant Performance Enhancements.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Today, Bus-Tech(R), Inc., a leading supplier of data center connectivity products, announced two new models of the Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) for 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. Centera Content Addressed storage A storage technique from EMC for content that is in its final form (fixed content). CAS assigns an identifier to the files so they can be accessed no matter where they are located. (CAS) support. These new products, the MAS-FX and the MAS-EX, significantly enhance performance capabilities for online fixed content allowing customers to meet increased regulatory requirements across multiple industries. EMC Centera CAS is a software-driven storage architecture specifically designed to address the unique information storage requirements of fixed content. Once relegated to tape archives, optical disks, or file cabinets, fixed content is now being driven online, fueled by regulatory requirements, digitization dig·i·tize tr.v. dig·i·tized, dig·i·tiz·ing, dig·i·tiz·es To put (data, for example) into digital form. dig of industries and the desire to leverage content in new services and revenue streams. MAS-FX features dual FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. Express attachment to the mainframe, and the MAS-EX features dual ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. attachment to the mainframe. The two models are pre-packaged to provide a turn-key implementation of MAS with EMC's Centera. Both the MAS-FX and MAS-EX manage object retrieval by providing support for mainframe DB2 to house the database The new MAS models for EMC Centera Support provide improved direct IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. connection to EMC's Centera allowing mainframe tape volumes and optical images to be stored as objects on EMC's content addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be storage. This doubles the speed over previous versions, provides dramatic boosts in performance, and improves connectivity options for EMC Centera customers in IBM mainframe environments. MAS-FX with dual-FICON Express adapters delivers performance of up to 35 MB/sec. per device, more than doubling the speed of previous MAS FICON implementations. The MAS-FX is available with single or multi-mode fibre. The MAS-EX with enhanced ESCON connectivity delivers up to 25 MB/sec. per device, more than doubling the speed of previous MAS units with ESCON adapters. Higher performance means greater value for customer looking to store fixed content tape or optical based data on EMC's Centera. "With these products, we are building upon the strong relationship Bus-Tech already has with EMC," said Ralph Armstrong, vice president of product management for Bus-Tech. "The MAS, with its ease of implementation and extraordinary performance improvements, provides an even more compelling reason for IT managers to redeploy re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. existing tape or optical applications using EMC's Centera." The two new models of the MAS are available immediately. About Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech, Inc. founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter and platform solutions satisfies even the most rugged demands of data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability, and high-performance connectivity. With more than 15,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with locations around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send e-mail to info@bustech.com or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. |
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