Chaparral Technologies and Crag Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance for SAN Development; Partnership To Focus On Delivering Integrated SAN Solutions.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998--Crag Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of storage area network (SAN) systems, and Chaparral Technologies, a provider of intelligent storage networking solutions today announced an agreement that includes the joint development of advanced SAN products, technologies and architecture. Crag and Chaparral's engineering departments have been working together on new, scalable, SAN building blocks for complete SAN systems. The relationship is targeted at moving platform-independent SAN solutions into mainstream deployment. Crag brings systems and interface expertise to this alliance while Chaparral provides high performance storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. connectivity. Crag's initial building blocks include platform and hardware independent Java-based storage management software and industrial strength RAID (redundant array of independent disks) subsystems, both of which are currently in 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 evaluation. Chaparral's current product line includes external RAID controllers designed for industry-leading performance and complete data protection for the midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually to high-end storage markets and intelligent storage routers that offer the advantages of Fibre Channel technology while continuing to deploy new and legacy 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. storage devices. "The leaders in SAN storage systems will be the companies that use strategic alliances to create comprehensive customer-centered solutions," explained Bob Graham
For other persons named Daniel Graham, see Daniel Graham (disambiguation). , chairman and chief executive officer of Crag. "Together we will create a more efficient and reliable storage area network." "Our companies represent a different way of looking at the SAN marketplace," added Gary Allison, chairman and chief executive officer of Chaparral. "We are both seeking to offer an intelligent and easy to use systems-based solution for departmental mid-range storage needs." About Chaparral Technologies Chaparral is headquartered in Longmont, Colo. and provides external RAID and Fibre Channel storage products and solutions to OEM and distribution customers. Chaparral is privately held and has a strategic relationship with Adaptec, including equity participation. Additional information about Chaparral and its products can be found at http://www.chaparraltec.com. About Crag Technologies Crag Technologies specializes in providing storage solutions for the OEM market. The company provides highly reliable and manageable, cost effective, distributed storage Storing data in multiple computers or in computers that are geographically dispersed. This was an early term for storage that evolved into SANs and storage virtualization. See SAN and storage virtualization. for departmental servers. Its systems are scalable in capacity and performance, and allow single point management necessitated by the migration from server-centric to storage-centric environments. Crag's offerings focus on world-class manageability. Crag tightly integrates its systems and software using the best available technologies for SAN implementation -- using Fibre Channel switched In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. fabric and Fibre Channel and Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. devices. Crag Technologies' employee team has been specializing in storage systems and SAN management solutions since 1997. Crag is a privately held, VC-funded company. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.cragtech.com. |
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