DPT Live Demos of New SmartRAID V Family of Ultra2 SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID Controllers at Comdex/Fall 1998.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Distributed Processing Technology(r) (DPT(r)), a leading supplier of high-performance 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. and Fibre Channel RAID solutions for servers and workstations, will be conducting live demonstrations of new products at COMDEX/Fall 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada. SmartRAID V, DPT's fifth generation of intelligent peripheral controllers, include the Millennium High Performance RAID Controllers, the Century Mid-Range Performance Hardware RAID Controllers, and the Decade Low-Cost Entry-Level Hardware RAID Controllers. All SmartRAID V products include PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). host bus interface support for Ultra2 SCSI and Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (hardware, standard) Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop - (FC-AL) A fast serial bus interface standard intended to replace SCSI on high-end servers. FC-AL has a number of advantages over SCSI. . DPT can be found at COMDEX/Fall 1998 at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , South Hall, Booth L2462, November 16-20. "The SmartRAID V family of intelligent controllers include RAID solutions for entry-level to enterprise environments," said Johnny Cardosi, vice president of worldwide distribution sales and marketing for DPT. "Utilizing DPT's revolutionary ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. design, advanced firmware architecture, a modular hardware design, and the Intel(r) i960(r) I/O processor, SmartRAID V controllers offer extreme performance, and the ultimate in flexibility and scalability for our customers. Benchmark performance tests show SmartRAID V controllers easily outperform the competition, even their latest products." The Millennium is the controller of choice when performance is the top priority. DPT's superior design has been the difference in test environments ranging from loaded mixed transaction processing to high-volume data streaming. The PM3754U2-16M 32-bit Ultra2 SCSI controller (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) $1,658), the PM3755U2B-16M 64-bit Ultra2 SCSI controller (MSRP $1,992), and the PM3755F-16M 64-bit Fibre Channel controller (MSRP $2,075) will be demonstrated live at Comdex in DPT's booth. When requirements demand the lowest cost intelligent Ultra2 SCSI controller available, the SmartRAID V Century PM2554U2 (MSRP $592) stands out on top. Not only an intelligent Ultra2 SCSI adapter, it offers hardware RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 with an easy upgrade path to RAID 5, 0+5 and up to 64MB of cache via the snap-on RA4050 RAID Accelerator module. When high-end hardware RAID features are required, but a low price point is critical, the SmartRAID V Century PM2654U2-R-16M mid-range hardware RAID controller (MSRP $992) provides the perfect solution. It offers a more powerful processor, RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1, 0+5, and up to 64MB of cache capacity. Both Century Ultra2 SCSI controllers will be demonstrated live at Comdex. The Decade PM1554U2 low-cost entry-level hardware RAID controller (MSRP $658) provides full RAID functionality and exceptional performance at a price well suited to the entry-level RAID market. Never before have high-end hardware RAID features and performance been available at such a low price point. All SmartRAID V controllers include an embedded Intel i960 I/O processor and are PCI 2.1 and I20 compliant. Other features include hardware-based RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1, 0+5, and up to 256MB of cache using DPT ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. (Error Correction Code Noun 1. error correction code - (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors ECC telecommunication - (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic ) EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. cache or standard EDO cache, flash-upgradable firmware and BIOS, BIOS-based setup and RAID configuration utility, and full-featured storage management GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. configuration and storage management software. Operating system compatibility includes Windows(r) NT(r), Win 95/98, NetWare(r), SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. (r) OpenServer 5, SCO 3.2.4.2, SCO UnixWare(r) 7, UnixWare 2.1.4.2, OS/2(r). Available in the distribution channel late December, SmartRAID V Ultra2 SCSI controllers will be available with one, two or three Ultra2 SCSI channels or may be field-upgraded, as user's needs grow, to as many as three Ultra2 SCSI channels. In addition, SmartRAID V Ultra2 SCSI controllers can be upgraded to support Fibre Channel via a Fibre Chars, SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID controllers, RAID subsystems, and storage management software for servers and workstations. DPT products are sold worldwide in more than 100 countries through OEMs and a network of distribution channel partners. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Maitland, Florida. DPT's internet web site address is http://www.dpt.com. Note: MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested List Price) does not include freight, duty, customs fees, value-added taxes, or any other expenses related to international shipment. Refer to your local distributor for more information. Editor's Note: For photos/images on CD or spec sheets of DPT products, contact DPT Marketing at (407)830-5522, extension 311. Downloadable photos/images are available via the DPT web site (http://www.dpt.com/dptart.htm). DPT, SmartCache and SmartRAID are registered trademarks of Distributed Processing Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. Pricing and availability are subject to change without notification. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion