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FlashDisk
OpenRAID Model
Stores 880 GB
with 73.4 GB Low-profile
Disks
Provides
high speed and
high capacity
Burlington,
MA. May 1, 2001
- Winchester Systems,
as part of an
ambitious enterprise
storage product
rollout plan,
has introduced
its ultra-high
performance FlashDisk
OpenRAID using
73.4 GB low-profile
disk drives to
provide 880 GB
in a single enclosure.
The product is
available for
fibre channel
network attach
or SCSI direct
attach interfaces.
FlashDisk
OpenRAID models
using 73.4 GB
low-profile disk
drives are designed
for the storage
intense applications
that require high
performance including
OLTP, database,
financial, manufacturing,
e-commerce applications
plus video and
audio applications.
"IT managers can
now obtain a unique
combination of
high performance
and high capacity
of FlashDisk OpenRAID
disk arrays with
12 low-profile
disk drives running
at 10,000 rpm.
This provides
nearly a terabyte
of high-speed
storage in each
rackmount or pedestal
unit, explained
Mr. Joel Leider,
the company's
chief executive
officer. "This
880 GB model eliminates
the difficult
choice between
high capacity
and high performance
by providing both
in a single unit,"
he added.
Multi-Terabyte
Capacity
The FlashDisk
82" high Data
Center Cabinet
will hold 9 rackmount
units plus a UPS
to store over
7.8 TB in just
6 square feet
of floor space.
FlashDisk is also
available in other
capacities and
performance combinations.
A high capacity
model uses 8 disk
drives that run
at 7,200 rpm to
store 1.45 TB
per unit for the
most storage hungry
applications including
data warehousing,
decision support
systems and near-line
storage replacement.
A high performance
unit uses 12 low-profile
18 GB disk drives
that run at 15,000
rpm for the highest
performance for
the most demanding
disk intensive
applications including
OLTP, database
and e-commerce.
The new 880 GB
FlashDisk model
with 73.4 GB low-profile
disks running
at 10,000 rpm
provides an optimum
combination of
capacity and performance
for virtually
every mission
critical environment.
High Performance
FlashDisk OpenRAID
not only stores
massive amounts
of data, it has
the speed to deliver
it to and from
host servers and
their applications
exceptionally
fast. FlashDisk
delivers up to
13,000 I/O operations
per second and
up to 121 Mbytes
per second sustained
data throughput
using two available
host posts. 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 fibre
channel and SCSI
interfaces to
host servers including
SUN, HP, IBM and
Intel.
Price
and Delivery
FlashDisk OpenRAID
models are available
in rackmount and
pedestal configurations.
An 880 GB FlashDisk
OpenRAID unit
with 12 low-profile
disk drives of
73.4 GB each is
priced at $55,687
including cables
and UPS or under
7 cents per MB.
Delivery is 3
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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