JMR Announces CMD-compatible ``Plug & Play'' RAID-Ready Disk Drive Enclosures; The Fortra RAID Enclosure Accepts CMD's LVD ORD-5640 RAID Controller.CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1999-- JMR Electronics Inc.(www.jmr.com), a designer and manufacturer of powered subsystem and mass storage enclosures, Thursday announced the availability of "plug and play" RAID-ready disk drive enclosures that are fully compatible with the latest product from CMD CMD cerebromacular degeneration. Technology Inc. (www.cmd.com). The "Fortra FR10" and "Fortra FT10" 10-disk drive, high-availability RAID subsystem enclosures provide: redundant power and cooling, a SAF-TE SAF-TE SCSI Access Fault-Tolerant Enclosure processor and interface for environmental monitoring; 10 hot-swappable 1.6" disk drive canisters; and controller canisters with LEDs located on the back of the canisters. The CMD/Fortra combination is designed for up to two (LVD to LVD) hot-pluggable CMD ORD-5640 RAID controllers, operating as a redundant active/active fail-over pair. Two available controller configurations include dual host and dual disk channels, or single host and three disk channels. Featuring more storage in less volume than other popular RAID enclosures, "Fortra" began production shipments in March of this year as a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks product, or as a RAID product if used with a host-based controller. JMR has simplified and accelerated integration time for system integrators, VARs and OEMs by creating a "plug & play" enclosure with an absolute minimum number of points of failure. Fortra enclosures have no internal cabling in the data or power buses. The RAID controller plugs into a custom riser card (provided with the Fortra) which interfaces with JMR's main I/O or "personality" card, a single-board interface between the drive backplane and the host computer or storage expansion unit. "The Fortra enclosure with our LVD SCSI-to-SCSI ORD-5640 RAID controller has been subjected to extensive Design Assurance testing in our lab, and has come through with flying colors," said Roger J. Klein, CMD vice president of marketing. "The features and complementary nature of the two products result in a strong enterprise-class storage solution for the market. It will appeal to OEMs and integrators alike." Pricing and Availability Fortra FR10-L21-2SC1, compatible with the CMD Technology's LVD ORD-5640, has an 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) of $4590 and is available in two weeks or less ARO. About JMR Electronics JMR 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 vertically integrated enclosure manufacturer. Established in 1982, JMR can produce customized enclosures to any OEM specifications. The company's broad product line includes enclosures for RAID 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). storage, fibre channel towers and rackmounts, a complete set of rackmounts and 19" electronic cabinets. JMR Electronics has headquarters at 20400 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, Calif. 91311. Phone is 818/993-4801. For additional information about the company, visit its Web site at www.jmr.com. About CMD Technology CMD Technology Inc. supplies leading-edge peripheral storage controller technology and high-performance ASIC and semiconductor products to well-defined sales channels of OEMs, VARs, integrators and resellers. The company was originally founded in 1986 to develop and market SCSI host adapters for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) computer systems. Today CMD is a worldwide leader in RAID controller solutions for the 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). , Open Systems and PC marketplaces -- and is a leading supplier of IDE/Ultra ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment , and Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) semiconductors for the PC and embedded marketplace. CMD has headquarters in Irvine, Calif., and maintains U.S. sales offices in Northern California, Southern California and Massachusetts -- and a European sales office in the United Kingdom. Additional information about CMD Technology and its products can be found at www.cmd.com. |
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