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Genroco to Deliver Ultra High Performance Storage Systems
SLINGER, Wis., Jul 23, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) --
Industry standard solutions integrate with existing infrastructures
GENROCO, Inc. (GENROCO) (OTC Bulletin Board: "GRCI") announced today
that the Company would begin producing ultra high performance storage
systems based on its Gigabyte System Network (GSN) to Fibre Channel
(FC) bridge.
In a move away from its traditional role as a supplier of Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs) and Network Interface Cards (NICs), the Wisconsin-based
firm has initiated efforts to begin delivering very large disk arrays
capable of storing and retrieving trillions of bytes of data at
billions of bytes per second before the end of 1999.
The Company has already demonstrated the technology at a number of
supercomputing sites around the world.
In response to an insatiable demand for higher speed information
archiving facilities which can interoperate with existing network
infrastructure, GENROCO has developed a family of HBAs, switches and
routers, all of which are designed to utilize a new protocol called
Schedule Transfer (ST). These products are being sold into a variety of
applications oriented around very large Storage Area Networks (SANs)
with backbone speeds of gigabytes per second between a number of
industry standard communication fabrics such as Gigabit Ethernet and
Asynchonous Transfer Mode (ATM).
"Our proprietary enabling technology allows end-users to seamlessly
connect platforms sold by any of the major vendors, and build
heterogeneous networks capable of connecting thousands of individual
workstations to petabytes of data storage," said Carl Pick, Chairman
and CEO of GENROCO. "Though initially based on GSN backbones, this
technology will also be used to enhance the performance of Future I/O
(FIO) and Next Generation I/O (NGIO), emerging alternatives to GSN now
under development by major companies in the computer industry."
The Company's GSN Storage Array Controller aggregates eight FC data
streams into a single GSN channel, implementing a 750 megabyte per
second connection to a switch over a single cable. GENROCO produces
additional modules capable of interfacing other standard network
protocols to GSN backbones or switched fabrics. Current FC RAID storage
subsystems are only one eighth the throughput of the GENROCO product
and can not use any other interface but FC for direct attach.
Chris Good, Chief Technical Officer for GENROCO said, "We plan to work
with major storage technology companies to integrate, install, and
maintain the new offerings worldwide. Our new storage systems will be
the foundation for everything from next generation Internet to HDTV on
demand services as well as other storage and bandwidth applications of
the new millenium.
About Schedule Transfer (ST) ST is a new network protocol designed to
allow many times higher bandwidth with much lower host platform
overhead than TCP/IP or any other current industry standard. An ST data
movement over any type of network commences, or is "scheduled", only
when a ready transmit buffer is matched by an equal sized, ready
receive buffer at the destination. This allows the sending and
receiving engines at endpoints of a network to operate at the highest
possible speed and efficiency by eliminating buffer overruns and
underruns.
About Gigabyte System Network (GSN) GSN, is the highest bandwidth and
lowest latency open system industry standard (ANSI HIPPI-6400-PH, ANSI
NCITS 323-1998), providing full duplex 6400 megabit (800 megabyte) per
second channels of error-free, flow controlled data. The technology is
ideal wherever organizations require timely movement of large amounts
of information including scientific and technical computing, digital TV
and movie production, data mining, transaction processing, video and
film archiving, and storage management. The ANSI standard provides for
interoperability with disparate technologies including Ethernet, Fibre
Channel, ATM, HIPPI-800, and other standards. The GSN fabric operates
at a full duplex data rate of 1.6 gigabytes per second making it an
ideal backbone for multiplexing Fibre Channel storage data streams.
Further information about GSN and ST can be found at
hippi.org .
About GENROCO GENROCO, Inc. is a 25 year old, publicly traded
engineering and marketing company that specializes in developing I/O
solutions for users of high performance storage area networks (SANs)
and video servers. By providing cross-platform support for its patented
technology, the Company is able to offer unique, extraordinarily high
bandwidth, low host overhead products for these markets. GENROCO enjoys
a global customer base that includes Compaq, Tektronix, Fujitsu, SGI,
Sun, Hewlett-Packard, the US Departments of Defense and Energy, CERN,
and other research institutions.
Additional information about GENROCO can be found at
genroco.com .
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