NEC Solutions America Enhances `Simplified High Availability' by Adding 2 Terabytes of Affordable High Performance Expanded Storage Capacity to High Availability Server Series.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002 Up to 2 Terabytes of Fault Tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. Storage Expands Uses for Fault Tolerant Servers NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , today continues its relentless drive to simplify high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. computing by introducing the NEC S1200 storage system for its line of groundbreaking fault tolerant servers. The NEC S1200 storage solution for the FT Series includes hardware and software elements that integrate up to 2 Terabytes(2) of continuous processing, high-performance expanded storage Additional memory in IBM mainframes that is not normally addressable by applications. Introduced for the 3090 series, the data are usually transferred in 4K pages from expanded storage to central storage (main memory). See hiperspace. capacity for the NEC Solutions line of fault tolerant servers, which deliver 99.999% availability in Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments. The NEC Solutions S1200 direct-attach Fibre Channel storage technology combined with the award-winning NEC Express5800/ft fault tolerant servers provide a fully integrated fault tolerant solution with continuous processing power and storage capacity that can address almost any mission-critical application for mid- and enterprise-markets. Email, database management, security systems, emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and telecommunications are just some of the applications currently served by fault tolerant technology from NEC Solutions America. Like the NEC Solutions' fault tolerant servers, the NEC S1200 uses industry standard components to ensure set-up, maintenance, and repair are simple and cost-effective. Further simplifying the server/storage offering is NEC Solutions' software management package, which integrates seamlessly with the server management software and with other storage management applications, including Veritas(R) Volume Manager. Dick Csaplar, storage product manager, for NEC Solutions America said, "The additional storage and performance capabilities mean that almost every mission-critical application can operate in a high availability environment with equipment sourced from a single world-class vendor. Simplifying every element of high availability computing for Windows platform, including server/storage interoperability, adds a level of stability and security that gives IT managers peace of mind." Key Features -- Fully redundant storage expansion for the highest Availability -- Integrated failover management software and system management with FT Server -- Hardware RAID Processing and large Cache for Performance -- Modular, Hot Swappable design for simplified service without system outage. Specifications Designed with the same level of availability as the FT Server Series, the NEC S1200 Disk Array storage unit is equipped with complete redundancy of all vital components including Hardware RAID Processing, Fibre Channel connectivity and cache memory. The unit also configured with: -- Two, 2-gigabyte Fibre Channel ports for host and disk interface -- Fully redundant power, fans, battery back-up, storage processors, cables -- Support for up to three hot spare disk drives. Users can order the storage device with hard disk drive capacities from 3 to 30 hard disk drive (HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive ) modules, depending on the amount of storage required for the high availability application, and with support for RAID levels: -0, -1, -5, or -10 (+). Additional NEC Storage Options NEC Solutions also provides users with the option of an NEC Disk Expansion Unit (DEU DEU Germany (ISO Country code) DEU Dokuz Eylul University DEU Delegated Examining Unit (US Government) DEU Democratic Union (Czech Republic) DEU Drug Enforcement Unit ) for every fault tolerant server. The DEU, announced six months ago, offers up to 1 Terabyte of SCSI-based external storage expansion with simple set-up and management. The NEC DEU is perfect for mission critical applications that don't require the intense storage demands of many of today's Fibre Channel based storage devices. Pricing and Availability The NEC S1200 will be sold with the NEC Express5800/320La fault tolerant servers. Both server and storage systems are available through NEC Solutions America. The NEC S1200 storage systems will be available starting at an expected price of $19,999(1) as of Oct.14, 2002. Further information is available by calling NEC Solutions America at 888-632-3226 or by visiting www.necft.com. About NEC Solutions (America), Inc. NEC Solutions (America), Inc. is a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America. As an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : 6701q.l), NEC Solutions America supplies customized technology solutions, including presentation systems, enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. products, biometric and information security solutions, advanced eBusiness integration systems, and professional IT/IS services. Information about NEC Solutions America can be found at www.necsolutions-am.com. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation and is used under license. Intel is a registered trademark Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. (C)2002 NEC Solutions (America), Inc. All rights reserved. (1) Starting prices for base expansion and are subject to change without notice. Resellers set their own pricing. (2) When referring to hard drive capacity, GB stands for one billion bytes, Terabytes stands for one trillion bytes. Some utilities may indicate varying hard drive capacities. Total user-accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environments. |
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