Ciprico Debuts Latest RAID Storage at 2006 IBC Show - the MediaVault 4440.AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Innovative high bandwidth storage solution employs multiple 4Gb Fibre Channel RAID 6 controllers and shock-resistant 2.5" drives for portability with enhanced protection for digital media Ciprico Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CPCI See CompactPCI. ), a leading storage solutions provider for content creation, management and delivery applications, is introducing its newest MediaVault(TM) RAID array - the MediaVault(TM) 4440 - at the 2006 IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention show in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 8-12. Ciprico will be located in stand 7.510 in the RAI rai n. A form of popular Algerian music combining traditional Arabic vocal styles with various elements of popular Western music and featuring outspoken, often controversial lyrics. Convention Centre. The MediaVault 4440 is an innovative new product that delivers the next level in high performance, scalable RAID storage, designed for desktop or portable digital media applications including non-linear editing, real-time 2K and 4K film playback and conforming, uncompressed HD capture to disk, and digital intermediate. The unit is configured with four (4) removable vPODs or Video Pods, each containing its own 4Gb Fibre Channel controller and ten (10) 2.5 inch SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. disk drives, for a total of four (4) channels and forty (40) drives, resulting in a combined data transfer rate of over 1GB/s and a total capacity up to 6.4TB. Each vPOD is designed to function as a self contained RAID unit which can be used remotely when inserted into another 4440 enclosure. The benefit will be evident to users who travel for location shooting, remote editing or post production and need to be able to transport content securely, compactly and easily. The use of 2.5" disk drives is instrumental to the portability feature as these drives are designed for use in the ultimate portable environment - laptop computers. As such, their environmental specifications make them perfect for the 4440. To withstand the rigors of transport via checked baggage This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. or common carrier, such as FedEx or UPS, Ciprico also offers customized, high impact shipping containers specifically designed for shipping the canisters or the entire 4440. Increased reliability 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. is delivered with the availability of RAID 6 technology within each vPOD, ensuring both data integrity and read/write performance even in the event of any two disk drive failures. This means the 4440 subsystem can sustain up to eight (8) failed disk drives and still continue to serve the application with maximum read and write throughput. An additional security feature is provided through hardware data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign so valuable data can be transported without concern of loss or theft. "The MediaVault 4440 represents an important new milestone for Ciprico in its mission to be the preeminent supplier of high performance, high value, high reliability storage to the film, video and content creation arenas of the growing European content creation and delivery communities," states Don McDonell, VP of Sales and Marketing at Ciprico. "The MediaVault 4440 will provide extremely fast performance and industry leading real-time RAID 6 reliability, all in an innovative format that offers the portability our industry demands." About Ciprico Ciprico designs products and provides system solutions for digital media workflows. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. , with sales and reseller offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan, and China. More information about Ciprico is available at www.ciprico.com. Copyright (C) 2005 Ciprico - All Rights Reserved. Ciprico is a registered trademark of Ciprico Inc. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Ciprico Inc. |
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