Chaparral First to Market With Ultra 160 RAID Controllers; Chaparral Ultra 160 RAID Controllers Offer Unprecedented Speed and Performance.Business Editors LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Chaparral chaparral (chăpərăl`), type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with a Mediterranean-type climate. Network Storage, Inc., a leader in storage networking solutions, today announced it is now shipping its third-generation Ultra 160 RAID controllers A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. . Chaparral's G-Series Ultra 160 RAID controllers, which include the G7324 and G6322 models, offer unmatched 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. and 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. for mission critical applications. Chaparral is first to market with Ultra 160 RAID controllers, providing the advantages of Ultra 160 performance for today's most demanding storage applications. "Performance is king, but not by itself," said Michael Peterson, president of Strategic Research Corporation. "Chaparral's new Ultra 160 RAID controllers provide the key features to meet the ever growing demand for more storage performance, including flexibility and fault tolerance." Chaparral's third-generation G-Series RAID controllers are designed for mission critical applications requiring the highest levels of performance and data reliability. The Chaparral G7324 Fibre Channel-to-Ultra 160 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. offers continuous access to data and a seamless connection to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs). The Chaparral G6322 Ultra 160-to-Ultra 160 ensures data availability in SCSI environments and offers flexible configurations to fit end-users' particular storage needs. Both the Chaparral G7324 and G6322 feature dual controller Active-Active failover. Active-Active failover allows continuous operations should an individual controller fail and allows individual controllers to be taken off-line for firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. upgrade operations. This results in no downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. for maintenance operations, a key requirement for mission critical applications. "Chaparral's ability to be first to market with products demonstrates its competitive edge, technical expertise and commitment to meeting end-user demands," said Mike Hardy, vice president of marketing, Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. "Partners are already developing, and in some cases, shipping enclosures for Chaparral's Ultra 160 RAID controllers, including JMR JMR Journal of Magnetic Resonance JMR Journal of Marine Research JMR Jason Microwave Radiometer JMR Joint Movement Request (US Army transportation) JMR Junk E-Mail Reporting (Microsoft program) , Trimm and Kingston." About Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. Chaparral is a leading provider of high performance products that facilitate the movement of data between networked storage devices. Chaparral is focused primarily on developing products for use in the emerging market for SANs. Chaparral's Intelligent Storage Routers See data mover. facilitate the interconnection of SANs with existing SCSI-based servers and storage systems. Chaparral's external RAID controllers distribute data across multiple hard disk drives to increase data transfer speeds and deliver fault tolerance. Chaparral's products are designed to provide a high level of performance, availability and functionality. For additional information about Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. and their products call: Headquarters: 303/684-3200 Western Region: 408/264-1285 European Office: 44 1256-782751 or 44 1344-302200 Or visit our web site at www.chaparralnet.com. |
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