Siemens to Integrate Mylex Fibre Channel Raid Controllers Into New Line of External Server Storage Systems; Mylex Expands Long-Standing OEM Relationship with Siemens.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1998)--Mylex Corp. (Nasdaq:MYLX), the world's leading RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. vendor in the non-captive network systems marketplace, today announced Siemens Information and Communication Products has integrated Mylex's Fibre Channel RAID controller technology into Siemens' new line of high-performance external storage systems. The controller, the DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter 960SF, is the second Mylex controller to be incorporated into Siemens' Primergy Server and Storage Subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. line. Siemens has been integrating Mylex's Ultra SCSI-to-Ultra 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. RAID controller, the DAC960SX, since February. "Siemens is a valued Mylex OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partner, and we're pleased they have chosen to extend our long-standing relationship to include our Fibre Channel technology," said Ron MacLeod, Mylex vice president of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. "This arrangement allows Siemens to introduce its first Fibre Channel storage system for the Intel server platform, and address an essential requirement for clustering environments." DAC960SF Delivers Superior Performance, Flexibility and Manageability The DAC960SF integrates the latest Fibre Channel technology to deliver higher bandwidth connectivity over greater distances than is possible with SCSI technology. Fibre Channel provides over 100 MB/sec data transfer rates over a serial link, greatly simplifying cable routing and maintenance, and delivering unmatched performance without sacrificing data reliability. The DAC960SF is capable of sustaining disk transfer rates of up to 52 MB/sec and burst cache transfer rates of 97 MB/sec. The DAC960SF is extremely well suited for operation in a clustered environment. With two copper FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. (Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop A ring topology used in Fibre Channel. Up to 127 devices may be attached in the loop, but only two can communicate at the same time, reflecting the channel nature of Fibre Channel technology. ) host channels and six wide Ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. drive channels, the DAC960SF is the flexible Fibre Channel performance leader. The DAC960SF is dual active and dual processor enabled, supporting cutting edge technologies such as cache mirroring and reserve/release clustering. In addition to providing the manageability benefits of Fibre Channel, the DAC960SF also ships standard with Mylex's best-selling Global Array Manager (GAM) software. GAM enables the RAID system to be configured, maintained and monitored remotely over the Internet or corporate intranet. GAM ships standard with Mylex's entire RAID controller product line. Mylex's GAM software was an important consideration for Siemens because Siemens already integrates the software into its line of Intel-based PC servers, which utilize Mylex host-based RAID controllers. GAM enables Siemens to offer its customers centralized RAID manageability and a consistent interface across its entire line of PC servers and external storage servers. About Siemens Based in Munich, Germany, Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. is one of the world's largest electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. and electronics companies. With sales of approximately $63.7 billion, Siemens has 386,000 employees around the globe. Visit Siemens on the World Wide Web at http://www.siemens.com/ic/products. About Mylex Founded in 1983, Mylex Corp. 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-certified developer of high-performance hardware and software for moving, storing, protecting and managing data in network and desktop environments. Ranked as the No. 1 supplier of RAID controllers in the non-captive network systems disk array market in the 1997, 1996 and 1995 DISK/TREND reports, Mylex produces high-performance RAID controller subsystems, SCSI adapters and complementary computer products for network servers, mass storage systems, workstations and system motherboards. Mylex products are sold globally through a network of OEMs, major distributors, VARs and system integrators. Mylex Corp. is headquartered at 34551 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont, CA. 94555, and can be reached by phone at 510/796-6100 or toll free at 800/77-MYLEX, by fax at 510/745-8016 or on the Internet at http://www.mylex.com. |
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