Kaparel Corporation Announces Upgraded PS 6610 - 6U x 8HP CompactPCI Single SCSI Hard Disk Drive Module.Business Editors, High Tech Writers SUPERCOMM 2002 WATERLOO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002 Kaparel Corporation today announced the launch of their new PS6610 CompactPCI-SCSI single hard disk drive module. This module allows a 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. hard disk to be added to any CompactPCI embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. , without requiring a sub-chassis. The PS6610 replaces the PS6600 and adds full hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the capability to the design. The PS6610 is a 6U x 8 HP x 160 mm, CompactPCI peripheral card See expansion board. , and is available as a PS6620 dual drive version. The PS6620 supports two Ultra160 SCSI channels. Each channel interfaces with a SCSI HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive and an optional rear transition card for use with CompactPCI backplanes. The PS6610 and PS6620 are compliant with the PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. 2.0 R3.0 CompactPCI Core Specification and the PICMG 2.1 R2.0 Hot Swap Specification. Both are compatible with a +5V or +3.3V, 33 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. or 66MHz, 64-bit CompactPCI full hot swap bus on the P1/P2 connectors. The CompactPCI interface connects to one (on the PS6610) or two (on the PS6620) Ultrastar SCSI hard drives. Each SCSI hard drive is on its own SCSI bus, allowing for RAID 0. Tom Sutherland, General Manager for Kaparel stated, "The Kaparel PS6610 is an upgrade to our single drive product and includes all of the enhancements introduced in the PS6620, including full hot swap capability. Both products can also be ordered with various capacity Ultrastar drives for configuration flexibility in the customer's application." The PS6610 and PS6620 are easy to install, have plug-and-play functionality, and support most common operating systems. The units will also optionally accept supporting cards that allow for the insertion of additional external SCSI devices. The suggested list price for the PS6610 board is $978.00 US and for the PS6620 board is $1,167.00 US plus the hard drives selected on both models. Kaparel Corporation Kaparel 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. 9001:2000 registered company that develops, manufactures, and globally markets high-speed backplane solutions to the Converging Communications market. From its pioneering work in CompactPCI bridge designs, Kaparel has quickly become a leader in many aspects of CompactPCI technology (www.kaparel.com). Kaparel specializes in high slot count, hot swap and high availability systems and has custom designed over 250 high-speed and CompactPCI backplanes for major global telecommunications and computer manufacturers. Founded in 1996 (as the cPCI division of PixStream Incorporated), Kaparel is based in Canada's Technology Triangle in Waterloo, Ontario and is a part of Rittal International (www.rittal.com), the world's largest electronic enclosure manufacturer with offices in over 55 countries. |
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