Chaparral Announces Canister Size Fibre Channel and Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controllers.LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999-- The K-Series Family Offers New Compact Half-Height Controllers for Easy Integration Into Storage Subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. Enclosures Chaparral Technologies, a developer and producer of high performance connectivity solutions for storage subsystems, today announced the availability of two new external RAID controllers in their K-Series family. Both models--K5412 and K7413--provide exceptional RAID performance in a small pre-configured canister. Each unit fits in a standard 5.25-inch half-height bay for ease of integration. These plug-and-play units provide high performance, fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. for storage-intensive applications such as film and video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. , CAD, digital pre-press and 3-D imaging. Chaparral's K7413 is the industry's first canister size Fibre Channel-to-Ultra2 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. RAID controller. The convenient canister enclosure enables simple integration into a storage subsystem, there is no need for a special backplane design. Integrators may simply install the unit into a standard 5.25-inch half-height bay. This feature allows system designers more flexibility by providing the powerful benefits of Fibre Channel without the lead times and up-front development costs of a customized solution. Chaparral is the first to provide this superior combination of price, performance and configuration flexibility to the mid-range and high-end storage market. Chaparral's Ultra2-to-Ultra2 SCSI model is called the K5412. Combining low voltage differential (hardware) Low Voltage Differential - (LVD) A method of driving SCSI cables that will be formalised in the SCSI-3 specifications. LVD uses less power than the current differential drive (HVD), is less expensive and will allow the higher speeds of Ultra-2 SCSI. LVD requires 3. (LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential ) technology for extended cable length capabilities (up to 12 meters), as well as enhanced device support, the K5412 meets the demands of this popular high speed SCSI interconnect supported by all servers and storage devices today. "The K-Series architecture is third generation RAID controller technology," said Brian Allison, Vice President of Sales. "The RAID controller is the backbone of a storage array...performance, reliability and fault-tolerance are critical. The new canister enclosures for both Fibre Channel and Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. controllers offer OEMs, system integrators and VARs plug-and-play flexibility, an optimum configuration, and lower cost-of-ownership. The performance and data integrity of their storage subsystems will be enhanced." The highly modular architecture of Chaparral's K-Series external RAID controllers delivers more than 90 MBytes per second for sequential reads and writes. Random access performance is up to 10,000 I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output per second. On the host connection, the K5412 supports 80 Mbyte per second performance over Ultra2 SCSI, and the K7413 supports 100 Mbytes per second performance over Fibre Channel. On the device channels, both controllers support Ultra2 SCSI--two channels on the K5412 and three on the K7413. "Chaparral's new line of high performance products are the initial building blocks in providing Storage Area Networking (SAN-ready) solutions," adds Michael Gluck, President and COO. "RAID is an essential and indispensable component in the storage area network configurations. By utilizing Ultra2 SCSI and Fibre Channel technologies, the K-Series products are ideal for customers beginning to implement a SAN. Continued efforts in developing SAN intelligence into our products will advance the future applications of network storage and the growing needs of the enterprise." "Storage Area Networks have emerged as the leading network architecture to achieve high levels of performance and data availability across heterogeneous environments," stated Michael Peterson, President of Strategic Research. "Chaparral's products are core to advanced SAN and RAID solutions such as server-less backup, disaster tolerance, replication, and data sharing." Pricing and Availability The Chaparral products are targeted at the growing 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). market segment. The worldwide revenue for these two segments is expected to double from approximately $9.1 billion in 1998 to approximately $17.1 billion in the year 2001. Chaparral's K-Series products are available immediately from Chaparral's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distribution channel. The list price for the SCSI host model--K5412--is $3,360 and the list price for the Fibre Channel host model-- K7413--is $4,195. To order contact Bell Microproducts at 800-995-1999 or Consan at 800-221-6657. About Chaparral Technologies Chaparral Technologies is headquartered in Longmont, CO and provides external RAID and ROUTER Fibre Channel and SCSI storage products and solutions to 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 and distribution customers. Chaparral is privately held and has a strategic relationship with Adaptec encompassing selected product development, investment, and product manufacturing. Additional information about Chaparral and its products can be found at www.chaparraltec.com. |
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