Chaparral Network Storage Partners with TIM AG; TIM AG Delivers Chaparral Routers For Server-Free Backup to the German Marketplace.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers BERKSHIRE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. a leading provider of intelligent storage networking products, today announced a distribution agreement with TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) AG, one of the largest specialized distributors for backup and storage solutions. Under this agreement, TIM will distribute Chaparral's FS1110 and FS1310 Intelligent Storage Routers See data mover. as part of its SAN offering to the German market. The combination of performance, reliability and data throughput of Chaparral routers with the storage management capabilities of the optional Extended Copy, enables high-speed, server-free backup over Fibre Channel. "Chaparral plays an integral part in our ability to provide advanced storage networking solutions," said Rainer Hilsenbeck, executive vice president, TIM AG. "Chaparral's routers have been certified by Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. , Computer Associates, and other TIM partners as a part of an interoperable SAN solution. Plus, Chaparral adds an important dimension to TIM's total SAN solution by providing customers with server-free backup for their mission-critical data." In this partnership, TIM AG will distribute Chaparral's FS1110 and FS1310 Intelligent Storage Routers, along with other SAN products, to 1500 resellers in Germany. Chaparral's FS1310 router will be combined with industry partners such as Computer Associates' ARCServe 2000, to bring server-free backup to TIM's German constituents. This integrated solution will provide customers enhanced speed and performance for enterprise network applications as well as increased data flow by offloading the LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and host server. In addition to TIM's comprehensive SAN offering, the company will be offering a consulting and seminar service for TIM resellers to ensure and maintain the highest quality distribution for Chaparral's storage products. "Chaparral is excited to partner with TIM based on the company's history and reputation in the German market, as well as the storage industry as a whole," said Ian Roberts Ian Roberts may refer to:
Chaparral Intelligent Storage Routers provide reliability, performance and fault-tolerance in a variety of mission-critical SAN applications. The Chaparral FS1310 and FS1110 feature an optional Extended Copy capability, enabling high-speed server-free backup by saving data directly from disk to tape without first copying it to the server. Chaparral Intelligent Storage Routers offer several configuration and management options, including Local Area Network (LAN) management, in-band and out-of-band management Out-of-band management (sometimes called Lights-out management or LOM) is the use of a dedicated management channel for device maintenance. It allows a system administrator to monitor and manage servers and other network equipment by remote control regardless of and an imbedded imbedded, adj See embedded. Application Programming Interface (API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ) that allows third party management tools to be easily integrated with Chaparral routers. About TIM AG Founded in 1985 as a storage integration partner for resellers, TIM AG exclusively specializes in storage solutions. Located in Wiesbaden, Germany, TIM offers a complete range of storage solutions including leading vendors for backup, storage management, Network Attached Storage (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 Storage Area Networks (SANs). TIM's customers are national resellers, VARs and system houses specializing in networking and storage solutions for midsize and large corporate customers. TIM supports their customers with a full-service program including SAN and backup consulting, concepts, installations, integration, training and on-site maintenance. TIM is a member of the International Fibre Channel Association Europe (FCAE FCAE Fiber Channel Avionics Environment ) and also focuses on selected partners for Storage Area Networks: "The SAN Solution Provider." The SAN Solution Provider Program was initiated by TIM and is supported by leading storage vendors and the FCAE. 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 facilitate the interconnection of SANs with existing SCSI-based servers and storage systems. Chaparral's external 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. distribute data across multiple hard disk drives to increase data transfer speeds and deliver 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. . 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: 303/845-3200 European Office: 44/1344-305528 Or visit our web site at www.chaparralnet.com |
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