CLARiiON Series 3000 Disk Array Certified For Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Compatibility.SOUTHBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1997-- CLARiiON, the world's leading provider of open RAID-based storage solutions and a Data General Corporation company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), today announced that it has been awarded the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT 4.0 Compatibility Logo for it's 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. Series 3000 RAID disk array. The compatibility logo places the Series 3000 disk array on the internationally recognized Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List HCL stands for hardware compatibility list. In today's world, there are vast amounts of computer hardware in circulation, and many operating systems too. A hardware compatibility list is a database of hardware models and its compatibility with a certain operating system. (HCL HCl hydrochloric acid. ) -- a compilation of computers and system hardware that have been extensively tested with Windows NT for stability and compatibility. The logo was awarded for both the CLARiiON EISA (Extended ISA) Pronounced "ee-suh." A PC bus standard that extends the 16-bit ISA bus (AT bus) to 32 bits and provides bus mastering. ISA cards can plug into an EISA slot. and PCI bus adapter configurations of the Series 3000. The CLARiiON Series 100, 1000, and 2000 SCSI disk arrays were certified by Microsoft in March, 1997. "For enterprise users who want support for their CLARiiON disk arrays in Windows NT 4.0 environments, the logo is essential," said Larry Hemmerich, vice president and general manager of CLARiiON. "It is the guide used by Microsoft Technical Support to determine whether or not a hardware component is supported for use with the Windows NT operating system." The SCSI Series 3000 disk array, also available as a field-upgradable fibre channel host-attached array, delivers an enterprise level solution with connections to the top open system platforms, including Microsoft Windows NT, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and other Intel-based servers. The SCSI Series 3000 delivers terabyte capacity, extensive management tools, and high-availability software extensions, in a product with proven data integrity and availability features. Furthermore, it features the most robust and field-proven RAID software available. Its patented data integrity solutions have been proven over a five-year span in more than 60,000 systems sold by major server manufacturers and storage resellers around the globe. Further information regarding Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 certification testing can be found on the Microsoft WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. site at http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest . With more than 60,000 disk arrays and over 2 petabytes of open RAID-protected storage shipped, CLARiiON is the leading supplier of advanced storage solutions to major computer system manufacturers, value-added storage resellers, and system integrators around the world. CLARiiON high availability solutions are based on Multidimensional Storage Architecture and feature a full range of flexible, scalable products for 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). and Microsoft Windows NT platforms, including SCSI arrays, end-to-end fibre channel arrays, and enterprise storage management software. For more information regarding CLARiiON and its enterprise storage solutions, call 1-800-67-ARRAY, email info@clariion.com, or visit its home page at http://www.clariion.com . Data General Corporation, headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.5 billion for fiscal 1997. Additional information on Data General Corp., its products, and its services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com . -0- CLARiiON is a registered trademark of Data General Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: CLARiiON Nicole Gorman, 508/480-7203 ngorman@clariion.com or Brodeur Porter Novelli David Resnic, 617/587-2841 dresnic@brodeur.com or Data General Corp. Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.com |
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