DPT earns Olivetti Server Club Strategic Partner Status.MAITLAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1997--Distributed Processing Technology (DPT), 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 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) solutions for servers and workstations, has earned charter member status as an Olivetti Personal Computers (OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific ) Server Club Strategic Partner and will join OPC at its Server Club International Business Convention in Venice, Italy, March 3-4, 1997. The Olivetti Server Club is a group of server technology companies and European corporate resellers dedicated to providing end users with one point-of-contact and information on today's high-performance PC server-based computing Refers to applications that run in a server. Also known as "thin client computing," it may refer to a browser-based environment that uses a Web browser as the client with all applications running on a Web server on the Internet or in an intranet on the LAN. solutions. Resellers can earn designation as an Olivetti Personal Computers Qualified Center via a qualification program that provides specific training courses for their sales associates and engineers. DPT earned Server Club Strategic Partner status because it is the exclusive provider of RAID technology to OPC's high-performance, feature-rich NetStrada server product line. With its participation, DPT will broaden and support OPC's NetStrada product offering to the European server market. Following thorough test and evaluation, OPC chose the DPT RAID solution over those from other vendors due to the DPT product's performance, features and reliability. OPC's NetStrada line includes DPT's SmartRAID IV PM3334UW PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Ultra Wide 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. , offering high-performance hardware RAID, up to 64MB of 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. cache, flash ROM Another term for flash memory. Since flash chips can be updated over and over, the ROM (read only) designation is somewhat misleading. "ROM" is used more to mean not volatile than not changeable. See flash memory. Flash ROM - Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory , on-line storage expansion, and upgradeability to two or three Ultra Wide SCSI A SCSI interface that transfers 16 bits in parallel rather than 8 bits. See SCSI. (hardware, standard) Wide SCSI - A variant on the SCSI-2 interface. It uses a 16-bit bus - double the width of the original SCSI-1 - and therefore cannot be connected to a SCSI-1 bus. channels via DPT's SX4030/UW channel expansion module. DPT and OPC jointly developed NetStrada's System Automatic Restart (SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL. SAR - segmentation and reassembly ) feature, providing server 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. . Where continuous system operation is a requirement, SAR is an OS-independent solution which will detect the occurrence of a fatal OS crash, and perform a system reboot To reload the operating system, which restarts the computer. See boot. (operating system) reboot - (From boot) A boot with the implication that the computer has not been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce intended to clear some state of wedgitude. See warm boot. (according to a user-defined protocol) to ensure full availability again within minutes. "Through our partnership with DPT, a recognized leader in SCSI and RAID technology, we have been able to offer our customers a premier fault tolerant server solution," said Giuseppi Kuszli, Director, Server Business Unit, OPC. "Our NetStrada server products capitalize on DPT's technology edge in fault tolerance and data protection." Contributing to the success of OPC's NetStrada server development program was the high degree of support received from DPT to fully integrate and test the NetStrada RAID and SAR features. "Providing OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers with the greatest degree of support possible is a primary goal of DPT," said Jim Habuda, DPT Vice President of OEM Sales. "The tight coordination of engineering, operations and account management at DPT make the difference when it comes to servicing the needs of our OEMs. DPT has taken great pride in its work with OPC and we are delighted to be included in its prestigious Server Club as a Strategic Partner." At the Olivetti Server Club International Business Convention March 3-4, DPT will highlight its fifth generation of RAID products expected to debut later in 1997. The SmartRAID V product line, based on DPT's new Babylon architecture, will include entry level RAID and cache upgradeable host bus adapters, high-end RAID controllers, and mother board resident RAID solutions for PC manufacturers. Headquartered in Scarmagno, Italy, Olivetti Personal Computers is the leading privately-owned, European manufacturer of personal computers. As pioneers of the first PC in Europe back in 1984, Olivetti Personal Computers holds a special position in the European computer industry. Today, the company develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and services a full range of high-quality PCs - from professional servers, notebooks and desktop computers, to the Xana line of consumer PCs for the home. DPT is a leading supplier of high-performance SCSI adapters and RAID controllers, RAID subsystem products and storage management software for servers and workstations. DPT products are made in the U.S.A. and are sold worldwide in more than 100 countries. DPT is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Maitland, (greater Orlando), Florida, and can be reached at 407/830-5522, fax 407/260-5366. DPT's internet web site address is http://www.dpt.com . -0- EDITORS NOTE: For slides or spec sheets of DPT products, contact Marketing at 407/830-5522, extension 215. Reproducible images are also available via NEWSdesk International: http://www.newsdesk.com. 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. In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between mohs and dpt.com. In the World Wide Web addresses noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.dpt.com and between http: and www.newsdesk.com. These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Distributed Processing Technology Robert Mohs Technical Marketing & Communications Manager 407/830-5522 Ext. 311 Internet: mohs@dpt.com |
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