FranceNet Selects Artecon Storage for Mission-Critical Web Hosting Services.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999-- LynxArray to Ensure High-Availability Data Access for Premier French Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. Artecon (Nasdaq:ARTE), a leader in network storage solutions, today announced that FranceNet, the leader in Internet and extranet services and largest provider of mission-critical Web hosting in France, has chosen Artecon LynxArray(TM) RAID systems for its Web servers to ensure continuous access to client data. FranceNet has installed a total of five fully redundant LynxArray systems, four in Paris and one in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , to store content for all Web sites hosted on FranceNet's Sun servers. "The LynxArrays provide us with extreme operational flexibility thanks to their total independence and transparency vis-a-vis our servers," said Jean Francois Paccini, FranceNet's chief technology officer. "With true fault tolerance and support for shared storage between multiple hosts, we can connect up to five servers to a single storage system. The LynxArray offers an excellent price/performance ratio." The LynxArrays provide FranceNet with a host-independent and operating system-transparent data storage solution that can be utilized by all of FranceNet's various hardware platforms -- numerous models of Sun, HP, 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) -- running Unix or Windows NT. LynxArray's modular architecture scales up to three terabytes in a single system via support for multiple 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. Ultra Differential, Ultra2 SCSI LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential or Fibre Channel buses and 9-, 18- or 36-gigabyte disks. Dynamic expansion capabilities and a complete event-reporting system maximize performance, resiliency and flexibility. Redundant features include hot-swap active-active RAID controllers, fans and power supplies. About FranceNet FranceNet is France's largest provider of Internet and extranet services. It provides and adapts technical Internet solutions to meet the needs of the enterprise. FranceNet services include: Internet access; commercial Web hosting of mission-critical sites; software engineering and development of dedicated applications for e-commerce, online publishing, remote collaboration and knowledge management; development and installation of enterprise intranets/extranets; and design and creation of Web sites. FranceNet customers include AXA AXA Anguilla, Anguilla (Airport Code) AXA Alpha Chi Alpha AXA Animal Crossing Ahead (online forum community/guide to the game Animal Crossing) AXA Auxiliary Artery , Le Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and , Lancome, Elf, Panasonic and Coca-Cola. About Artecon Founded in 1984, Artecon designs, manufactures, markets and supports a broad range of network storage solutions to address the high availability, performance and capacity demands of the open systems market. The company's products include the EXTREME product line that comprises disaster-tolerant RAID systems for Telco Central Office and Internet applications. Customers include MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom, PSINet, UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for , Global Internet, America Online, SBC Communications and Cable & Wireless. Artecon has a Japan-based subsidiary and a Europe-based subsidiary with offices in France, England and the Netherlands. Additional information on Artecon can be found at www.artecon.com. |
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