Medea's New VideoRaid RTR Disk Arrays Offer Industry Leading Performance and RAID Protection for Macintosh Users.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2002, Booth No. 2146 New RAID Disk Arrays On Mac Platform Provide More Than 200 MB/Second Sustained Data Transfer Rates SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Medea Corp., a leading storage solutions provider to the digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. and Internet streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. markets, will demonstrate new high-performance VideoRaid RTR RTR Ready To Run RTR Rundfunk & Telekom Regulierungs Gmbh RTR Rotor RTR Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha (Romansh Radio and Television, Switzerland) RTR Response Time Reporter RTR Ready To Race RTR Ready to Roll and VideoRaid RTRX storage solutions at the Macworld Expo, Jan. 8-11, booth 2146. Medea VideoRaid RTR and VideoRaid RTRX disk arrays are designed to support digital content creation (DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines. ) applications, such as 2D/3D animation, compositing, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , game development and non-linear video editing See nonlinear video editing. . "Apple and companies, such as Digital Voodoo, Aurora Video Systems and Pinnacle, are empowering today's digital content creators by providing professional level non-linear editing tools at a fraction of the cost of traditional NLE (NonLinear video Editing, NonLinear video Editor) See nonlinear video editing. systems," said Roger S. Mabon, vice president of channel marketing for Medea. "Medea is playing its part in this 'revolution' by supplying innovative and affordable DV, SD and HD compatible storage solutions for the Macintosh platform. For instance, our new VideoRaid RTR line of disk arrays offers Ultra160 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. connectivity and data redundancy at prices less than unprotected 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 products." The RTR family of disk arrays features a high-performance Ultra160 SCSI interface that enables the desktop models to sustain a data transfer rate of up to 130 MB/second. The dual-channel, rack mountable VideoRaid RTRX sustains more than 200 MB/second -- more than enough performance to support 10-bit, 1080i HD capture and playback. In addition to offering industry-leading performance, Medea's RTR and RTRX disk arrays also provide RAID data protection. In the unlikely event of a disk drive failure, the systems will continue to operate with no loss of data and no degradation in data transfer rate. The ability to operate at full performance with a "downed drive" enables the user to complete work in real-time environments without requiring immediate drive replacement. Additional common features of VideoRaid RTR and RTRX disk arrays include: -- Capacities up to 600 GB, scalable to multi-terabyte solutions -- Multi-Stream Technology (MST) for real-time playback of up to three uncompressed video streams -- Hot swappable disk drive modules -- Removable power supplies and RAID controllers -- Compatibility with Mac, SGI, Sun and Windows-based DCC workstations Pricing and Availability The 5-drive VideoRaid RTR is available in 160 GB, 240 GB and 300 GB capacities with list prices starting at $3,999. VideoRaid RTRX is available in 5- and 10-drive configurations with capacities of 160 GB, 240 GB, 300 GB, 320 GB, 480 GB and 600 GB. List prices on VideoRaid RTRX start at $4,599. VideoRaid RTR and VideoRaid RTRX are available now from Medea's authorized dealers and distributors. Call Medea toll-free at 888/BY-MEDEA for a list of these resellers. About Medea Corp. Medea Corp., with headquarters in Westlake Village, Calif., designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost storage subsystems optimized for digital content creation and Internet streaming media applications. Corporate headquarters are located at 5701 Lindero Canyon Road, Bldg. 3-100, Westlake Village, Calif., 91362. Telephone: 818/597-7645. Fax: 818/597-7643. Internet: www.medea.com |
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