RAIDION Systems Announces New RAIDION ULTRA-2 SCSI LVD Products.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999-- High-Performance External Storage Solutions Target RAID, Digital Media, Imaging and 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 Markets, Offering Faster Data Transfers and Increased Reliability. The Raidion Systems Division of Peripheral Technology Group (company) Peripheral Technology Group - A national and international distributor of IBM PC-to-Unix and Internet connectivity products. They cater for resellers, dealers and VARs and are one of the top Seagate and Micropolis distributors in the US. http://ptgs.com/. , Inc. (PTG PTG Polymer Technology Group PTG Play The Game (online gaming) PTG Pietersburg, South Africa (Airport Code) PTG Pearson Technology Group (Canada) ), announced today four new storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. products based on new ULTRA-2 LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential 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. technology. The first of these new RAIDION products, the MICRODISK.u2w, is available immediately and is designed for software RAID, JBOD and imaging applications. Three additional product lines based on the new technology are expected to ship in March and April: RAIDION.u2w (External RAID), RAIDION.pci (PCI attached RAID) and RAIDION.dv (software based RAID for digital media applications). The new products combine the patented RAIDION modular enclosure system with a newly redesigned LVD "flexible backplane". The RAIDION.u2w modular enclosure system is capable of supporting ULTRA-2 SCSI LVD (low-voltage-differential) bus transfer rates of 80 Mbytes per second. The new backplane also supports up to five SCSI channels per enclosure, resulting in subsystem bandwidths of 320 Mbytes/sec. The removable, hot-swappable RAIDION.u2w disk modules can be configured for high-density desktop or rack mounted installations, seamlessly scalable from 9 Gbytes to multiple terabytes. "The RAIDION.u2w disk subsystem technology outperforms competing products in a number of areas," commented Robert Leong, Manager of Applications Engineering for RAIDION Systems. "RAIDION provides superior protection to the disk drive mechanisms, especially in hot-swappable RAID applications. Each module is a completely enclosed subsystem designed to be safely handled by typical I.T. or office personnel. Second, RAIDION is truly modular in design. Users can begin with one or two disk modules on the desktop and expand that installation to dozens or hundreds of drives, one at a time. And finally, our new LVD backplane gives these products the industry-leading data transfer rates to complement RAIDION's outstanding enclosure design." RAIDION systems have won numerous industry awards and wide acclaim from users since the products were first introduced in 1991. With tens of thousands of installations worldwide, RAIDION is a leader in the fault-tolerant storage market. About PTG, Inc. PTG is a high-tech source of enterprise networking technology solutions. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. has grown steadily since it was founded in 1988. PTG specializes in high-end hardware and software solutions including RAID, optical, tape, security, connectivity, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. management and data protection products. |
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