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FlashDisk
OpenRAID Increases
Speed with Ultra160
SCSI
Burlington,
MA. June 21, 2001
- Winchester Systems,
as part of an
ambitious enterprise
storage product
rollout plan,
has upgraded its
high-performance
FlashDisk OpenRAID
product to utilize
Ultra160 SCSI
interfaces to
all host and drive
interface channels
to provide "end-to-end"
Ultra160 performance.
FlashDisk
OpenRAID models
are now available
with up to four
Ultra160 SCSI
host ports that
each deliver up
to 160 MB per
second data throughput.
The quad host
model permits
up to four host
servers to be
"direct attached"
simultaneously.
For enterprise
environments that
plan to convert
to SAN or NAS
in the near future,
other FlashDisk
models provide
two SCSI ports
and two fibre
channel ports.
This unique configuration
enables the FlashDisk
OpenRAID disk
array to be directly
attached via Ultra160
SCSI immediately
and then later
migrated to "network
attach" via fibre
channel by simply
inserting the
fibre channel
cable to the fibre
channel port.
No changes are
required within
the RAID system.
"This high speed,
Ultra160 SCSI
interface is part
of our program
of continuous
improvement to
our FlashDisk
family of OpenRAID
products, according
to Mr. Jerry Namery,
chief technology
officer at Winchester
Systems. "With
four Ultra160
host ports, FlashDisk
supports today's
most disk intensive
applications including
database, OLTP,
e-commerce, streaming
audio and video,
imaging, publishing,
data acquisition,
high speed backup,
ERP and more,"
he added.
High
Capacity
FlashDisk OpenRAID
is available with
18, 36, 73 and
181 GB disk drives.
One model uses
12 low-profile
73.4 GB, 10,000-rpm
disk drives and
stores 880.8 GB.
The highest capacity
unit uses eight
half-height 181.2
GB, 7,200-rpm
disk drives and
stores 1.45 TB.
The FlashDisk
82" high Data
Center Cabinet
holds nine rackmount
units plus a UPS
to store 13 TB
in just six square
feet of floor
space.
High
Performance
FlashDisk Ultra160
models deliver
up to 13,000 I/O
operations per
second for random
access applications
and up to 121
Mbytes per second
sustained data
throughput with
a single RAID
controller. With
an available dual
active-active
RAID controller
model, the throughput
measure is increased
to 177 MB per
second. The high
random I/O performance
makes FlashDisk
OpenRAID suitable
for OLTP, database,
financial, manufacturing
and other random
access applications.
The high I/O throughput
performance makes
FlashDisk OpenRAID
also suitable
for sequential
tasks such as
file copying,
report generation,
data collection,
video and audio
streaming and
backup applications.
"Open"
Architecture
FlashDisk OpenRAID
is a true hardware,
plug-and-play
storage solution,
which emulates
standard disks
--eliminating
proprietary host
software, RAID
managers and the
need for software
drivers or agents
of any kind. It
supports hardware
RAID 1, 3, 5,
1+0 and RAID 15
for data protection.
FlashDisk OpenRAID
attaches via industry
standard SCSI
and fibre channel
interfaces to
host servers including
SUN, HP, IBM and
NT.
Price
and Delivery
FlashDisk OpenRAID
models are available
in rackmount and
pedestal configurations.
A FlashDisk OpenRAID
Ultra160 unit
with eight 7,200-rpm
disk drives of
181.4 GB each
that stores 1.45
TB is priced at
$50,897 for a
dual-port model
and $53,640 for
a quad-port model
- both under four
cents per MB.
For higher speed
requirements,
using more and
faster spindles,
the FlashDisk
OpenRAID Ultra160
uses twelve 10,000-rpm
disk drives of
73.4 GB each to
store 880.8 GB
and is priced
at $41,103 for
a dual port model
and $43,846 for
a quad-port model.
Delivery is two
to three weeks.
About
Winchester Systems
Winchester Systems
provides SAN and
NAS capable enterprise
storage solutions
including high
performance SCSI
and fibre channel
RAID disk arrays,
solid-state disks,
tape backup devices
and other high
performance commercial
and military grade
storage for mid-range
servers including
UNIX and NT. Winchester
Systems provides
products that
support today's
most demanding
industrial, government
and commercial
applications.
For more information,
contact Winchester
Systems Inc.,
149 Middlesex
Turnpike, Burlington,
MA 01803, USA.
Toll free: 800-325-3700,
international:
781-265-0200,
fax: 781-265-0201.
E-mail address:
info@winsys.com,
web site: www.winsys.com.
Winchester
Systems, FlashDisk
and OpenRAID are
trademarks or
registered trademarks
of Winchester
Systems All other
brands or products
are trademarks
or registered
trademarks of
their respective
holders and should
be treated as
such.
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