Conner enhances capacity, performance of CR2-RAID subsystem.LAKE MARY Lake Mary may refer to:
Conner Peripherals was founded in 1986 by Seagate Technology co-founder Finis Conner, as a merger between a company of his and another started by MiniScribe founders John Squires and Terry Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ), Monday announced support for 4.2 gigabyte (GB) disk drives and FAST/WIDE SCSI-2 in its CR2-RAID subsystem, dramatically boosting storage and performance capabilities. The CR2-RAID now provides the mainstream network user with a level of 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. not typically found in standard mirroring or duplexing packages. Conner's CR2-RAID is a modular dual bay disk subsystem that offers hot-swappable 4.2GB disk drives and power supplies, and dual cooling fans. It supports most FAST SCSI-2 or FAST/WIDE SCSI-2 host adapters in a variety of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , making the CR2-RAID ideal for video and imaging applications where fast performance is critical. The CR2-RAID transfers data at a rate of up to 20 megabytes per second (unit) megabytes per second - (MBps, MB/s) Millions of bytes per second. A unit of data rate. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes per second (not 1,048,576). and the average seek time of its drives is 9.0 milliseconds. It is also available in 1GB and 2GB disk drive configurations. The modular cabinet design of the CR2-RAID makes the subsystem an easily expandable storage solution where a failed mirrored drive or power supply can be replaced on-line without interrupting access or losing data in a mirrored/duplexed environment. The enhanced CR2-RAID subsystem will be available in late July with list prices beginning at $3,095. "With the emergence of multimedia, imaging, video and other storage-hungry applications as well as downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing of large databases to PC LANs, storage requirements on typical networks are growing exponentially," said Joel Reich, director of marketing, Conner Storage Systems. "The cost effectiveness of the CR2-RAID provides MIS departments with limited budgets the ability to obtain increased fault tolerance and higher capacity storage for their servers." Conner's broad product family of disk arrays also includes the CR6-RAID and CR12-RAID fault-tolerant subsystems which support RAID levels 0, 1, and 5. These subsystems offer large storage capacities (ranging from 4GB to 24GB per RAID device), fault tolerance, and high performance. The CR6-RAID and CR12-RAID products include intelligent cabinet electronics and RAID management software for centralized control and monitoring of RAID units. Continuing Conner Storage System's tradition of service and support, the Conner RAID product family is backed by trained customer support specialists and cross-shipment for product repairs under warranty. All Conner RAID systems offer a five-year warranty. Based in Lake Mary, Conner Storage Systems offers a complete line of hardware and software RAID products for a variety of operating systems, including Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows NT Server, SCO UNIX, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2 LAN Server, and IBM OS/2 Warp. The group sells products through a worldwide network of dealers, distributors and value-added resellers. Founded in 1986, Conner sells, designs and builds a comprehensive line of information storage solutions products, including disk drives, tape drives, storage management software and disk array storage systems, for a wide range of computer applications. Conner had 1994 sales of $2.4 billion. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: All trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective owners. CONTACT: Conner Storage Systems, Lake Mary Vicki White, Manager, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most 407/262-4202 or Joel Reich, Director, Marketing 407/262-4843 or Copithorne & Bellows, Boston Albie Jarvis, 617/252-0606 |
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