DISK/TREND Names Mylex World's Number One Non Captive Network and Midrange RAID Vendor in 1998 Disk Drive Array Report.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998--Mylex Corporation's (Nasdaq:MYLX) worldwide leadership in the non-captive RAID controller 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. market was again confirmed this week when DISK/TREND, Inc., a leading storage industry market research firm, published its 1998 Disk Drive Array Report. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report, which analyzed worldwide 1997 unit shipments of disk drive arrays for use in network and midrange system applications, Mylex was the world's number one supplier. This is the fourth consecutive year Mylex was ranked number one by DISK/TREND. "This is the third time in three months that a leading industry analyst firm has confirmed Mylex's RAID leadership position," said Eric Herzog, Mylex vice president of marketing. "We're working to extend our leadership in 1998 and beyond. We've completely refreshed our product line with exciting new products for entry level, mid-range and enterprise markets. We've also enhanced our channel sales and support infrastructure, and are better prepared than ever to address the 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. requirements of our customers." Mylex Offers Industry's Broadest Line of RAID Controllers Mylex offers the industry's most complete line of high performance, highly fault-tolerant RAID solutions, with products ideally suited for high-performance desktops, entry-level servers, mid-range servers, and enterprise-class super-servers. All Mylex products can be remotely managed in enterprise environments with Mylex's GAM(tm) RAID management software, which ships standard with all Mylex products. Mylex RAID controllers have established more TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. world records over the last twelve months than any other vendor. Mylex's product line includes low-cost host-based internal RAID adapters such as the AcceleRAID(tm) family; high-performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). RAID controllers such as the DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter 960PJ(tm) and the eXtremeRAID(tm) 1100; and high-performance external RAID controllers such as the DAC960SX, the DACSF, the DACFL and the DACFF. Mylex's product line provides support for all the latest disk drive interface technologies, including Ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. , Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential and Fibre Channel. In 1999, Mylex plans to add support for emerging interface technologies such as Ultra3 SCSI/Ultra160/m. About DISK/TREND, Inc. Founded in 1977, DISK/TREND, Inc. is a leading storage industry market research firm based in Mountain View Calif. DISK/TREND's 1998 Disk Drive Array report can be purchased for $2,215.00 by contacting the company via phone at 650-961-6209 or via fax at 650-969-2560. The company's web address is http://www.disktrend.com. About Mylex Founded in 1983, Mylex Corporation is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified developer of high-performance hardware and software for moving, storing, protecting and managing data in network and desktop environments. Ranked as the No. 1 supplier of RAID controllers in the non-captive network systems disk array market in the 1998 Dataquest and IDC reports and No. 1 in the 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995 DISK/TREND reports, Mylex produces high-performance RAID controller subsystems, SCSI adapters and complementary computer products for network servers, mass storage systems, workstations and system motherboards. Mylex products are sold globally through a network of OEMs, major distributors, VARs and system integrators. Mylex Corporation is headquartered at 34551 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont, CA 94555, and can be reached by phone at 510-796-6100 or toll free at 800-77-MYLEX, by fax at 510-745-8016 or on the Internet at http://www.mylex.com. |
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