DPT announces availability of SmartCache III and SmartRAID for SCO OpenServer Release 5.MAITLAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--Distributed Processing Technology (DPT) Tuesday announced the availability of SmartCache III SCSI host adapters and SmartRAID disk array controllers for SCO OpenServer A server operating system for the Intel platform from SCO. It is based on Unix System V Release 3.2 and includes the Motif and X Window user interfaces and standard Unix networking (TCP/IP, NFS and NIS). SCO OpenServer has optional SMP support for up to 30 processors. Release 5, the next-generation Business Critical Server. The SmartCache III and SmartRAID product families provide SCO's customers with the highest performance solution available in the marketplace today. "DPT has worked closely with 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. to ensure that OpenServer 5.0, in conjunction with the SmartCache III 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 SmartRAID products, will provide the ultimate in mass storage performance, compatibility and functionality," said Joe Ballard, DPT's manager of third party relations. "DPT is a recognized leader in the SCSI and RAID markets and its products are used by many of the leading PC manufacturers," said Mike Shelton, SCO's director of product marketing, "SCO OpenServer Release 5 support for DPT's line of SmartCache III and SmartRAID products enhances peripheral connectivity and provides flexible storage solutions for the SCO OpenServer environment." SmartCache III SCSI host adapters provide a range of intelligent capabilities for SCSI storage subsystems to increase throughput. These capabilities include bus mastering A bus design that allows the peripheral controllers (plug-in boards) to access the computer's memory independently of the CPU. It allows data transfers to take place between the peripheral device and memory while the CPU is performing other tasks. bus mastering - bus master , overlapped I/O Overlapped I/O is an asynchronous I/O extension of the Windows APIs, which was introduced in Windows NT. Utilizing overlapped I/O requires passing OVERLAPPED structure to the ReadFile(), WriteFile() , command queuing and scatter/gather memory transfers. SmartCache III SCSI host adapters also offer users the only caching and RAID upgradable capabilities on the market today. In addition, SmartCache III adapters offer users support for a variety of SCSI peripherals including tape drives, Magneto-Optical drives and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). devices. SmartRAID disk array products offer high performance, fault-tolerant, RAID-ready storage solutions with support for all major operating systems. SmartRAID subsystems are fully integrated, RAID-ready solutions that include the SmartRAID controller, an external peripheral enclosure, disk drives and cables. In addition, SmartRAID supports hardware-based RAID levels 0, 1 and 5, including "dual level" RAID. Integrated "hot-spare" drive support provides for easy, on-line replacement and rapid recovery from disk failure, and when used with DPT's SmartRAID subsystems, SmartRAID supports an "auto-rebuild" function which allows users to replace failed drives without interrupting user activity. Installation and set-up is simplified with DPT's unique Storage Manager software. Unlike other subsystems, subsystem management with DPT's Storage Manager, an easy-to-use graphical utility, is readily accomplished. Storage Manager, which is included free with the SmartCache III and SmartRAID products, offers subsystem management from the server console or attached terminals. Features include array configuration diagnostics for hard drives and array groups, I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output monitoring and event logging and broadcasting. In addition, Storage Manager's event broadcasting function will alert the user to the occurrence of selected errors via Email 24 hours a day, seven days a week, if necessary. SCO OpenServer is the only business Critical Server operating system See network operating system. for the Intel Platform that protects the customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks and hardware. Advanced reliability, availability and scalability features are now built-in, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors. DPT is a leading supplier of high performance peripheral controllers, disk array products and storage management software for microcomputers. Its technology includes the first caching disk controller and disk mirroring (RAID-1) controller for the PC. DPT products are sold worldwide through a network of major distributors and OEMs. 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. , founded in 1977, is based near Orlando, Fla., with European sales offices located in Milton Keynes, England, and Wolfratshausen (near Munich), Germany. SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, having shipped more units than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP's HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, latest analysis 12/94). SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-size businesses of every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of the major UNIX System vendors. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators and OEMs. For additional corporate and product information, see SCO's home page on the World Wide Web: http://www.sco.com. SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , SCO OpenServer, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). is a registered trademark in the USA and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Co. Ltd. CONTACT: Distributed Processing Technology, Maitland Christina M. Hardison, 407/830-5522, ext. 420 407/260-5366 (fax) |
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