DataDirect Networks Ships CDNA -- Massively Scalable SAN Solution with True Data Sharing at Fibre Channel Speeds
CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--
First High-Performance, Enterprise-Class SAN Solution Advancing
Cross-Platform File Sharing, Reliability and Manageability for
Enterprise Network Environments Deployable from Workgroups to
Data Centers
DataDirect Networks Inc., leading the industry into the era of high-performance network data access computing, Tuesday announced immediate customer availability of its much-anticipated CDNA for Workgroups Plus+.
CDNA (Concurrent Data Networking Architecture) is the most scalable and fault tolerant Storage Area Network (SAN) solution for high-performance data sharing and robust network information access. CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ enables multiple SGI, NT or Mac servers and workstations to seamlessly share data at uncompressed video speeds.
For the first time ever, multiple servers and workstations can simultaneously share access to information at lightning-fast speeds with enterprise-class reliability. With fast, shared access to information, artists, editors and computing professionals will realize true project collaboration for greater productivity and increased profitability. While alternative offerings only provide limited and restrictive data sharing implementations, CDNA offerings were developed with sophisticated data transfer techniques perfected in supercomputing centers ensuring incredibly fast shared access to digital images stored on SAN-attached devices. Similarly, to guarantee data integrity and reliability, DataDirect Networks designed CDNA technology employing innovative file system techniques creating an enterprise-class product resistant to downtime that translates into a perfect solution for deadline-sensitive, mission-critical workloads.
CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ is ideal for large post-production and pre-press houses, as well as for image applications in oil and gas exploration, medical imaging, satellite telemetry, CAD/CAM/CAE, academic and research computing, financial services and Internet content provision. The solution offers a robust growth path with upward scalability in performance, users, reliability, capacity, storage management, platform support and cross platform capability.
Some of CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ most notable highlights include:
-- Automatic file locking to ensure that workflows are never disrupted as workstations share and access data;
-- Enterprise-class scalability in terms of performance, number of users, reliability and storage capacity;
-- Fibre Channel switched fabric support that provides applications access to data on the SAN as if it were stored locally while data is transferred at Fibre Channel speed;
-- Extensive and sophisticated fault tolerance capabilities: Workgroup productivity is maximized, deadlines are met and data integrity is ensured as CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ automatically recovers from any workstation, server, network or storage device failure;
-- For the first time ever, the ability to move beyond the suffocating constraints of traditional Microsoft- and NFS-based storage networking.
According to Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks, the company sees in CDNA something momentous happening to the way businesses work with critical information:
"Accessibility and usability are about to make a quantum leap forward. Our vision is to unleash the raw energy and potential held captive in digital media users' organizations -- giving them the power and ability to decide, to create, to succeed. The power and ability to win. No matter where it is created, no matter the form it takes, our charter is to make information available on demand, from anywhere to anywhere. We are extremely excited about CDNA and its ability to revolutionize how information is accessed, and its profound impact on shared SANs for digital media professionals."
CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ is DataDirect Networks' most comprehensive product offering incorporating this revolutionary data sharing approach. CDNA has been embraced by the industry as an extremely powerful, fully integrated information access architecture that embodies a number of technology breakthroughs, including:
-- DirectData TransferTM, which efficiently exchanges image data directly between devices and applications, eliminating network bottlenecks;
-- Concurrent DataSharingTM that enables UNIX, Windows NT and Mac OS applications to truly share, not copy or exchange, data;
-- Common Data Interface (CDI(TM)) which transparently integrates applications into the world of shared Storage Area Network (SAN) data access;
-- Network Performance Interconnect ArchitectureTM (NPIA) that enables reliable, robust, high speed Fibre Channel network performance;
-- Extended security for access control and management.
CDNA dramatically reduces hardware and maintenance costs while enabling applications to access data far faster than ever before. The architecture also provides for enhanced system management.
CDNA for Workgroups Plus+ is provided as a fully integrated solution that includes all the hardware, software and Storage Area Networking (SAN) components needed to ensure fast installation and immediate productivity. DataDirect Networks' MegaDrive EV-1000 and EV-5000 Fibre Channel disk arrays provide multiple terabytes of intelligent SAN RAID storage, while the MegaDrive ARIA offers a wide choice of JBOD storage for less demanding environments. On-site installation, configuration and integration are provided.
About DataDirect Networks
Founded in 1988 as MegaDrive Systems, DataDirect Networks is the world's leader in the rapidly growing market for intelligent data-access solutions that address the most demanding requirements of high performance, cross-platform shared data access and integrated data management services. The company pioneered the concept of "shared network data access," an extension of the industry trend toward distributed data access.
Over the last decade hundreds of major corporations and governmental agencies have successfully deployed DataDirect Networks solutions. Leading companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Avid, Kodak, NASA, Lawrence Livermore, RemarQ and Boeing are using the company's products to be more productive, more competitive and more efficient.
DataDirect Networks' data access SAN solutions deliver fast, reliable and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared access for UNIX, Windows and the World Wide Web.
For more information, call DataDirect Networks at 818/700-7600. The company's Web site is datadirectnet.com.
DataDirect Networks, the DataDirect Networks logo, Concurrent DataSharing and CDNAware are trademarks of DataDirect Networks Inc. (c) 1999 DataDirect Networks Inc. All other brands and names are property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: DataDirect Networks Inc., Chatsworth
Rich DeBaun, 818/700-7600
rdebaun@datadirectnet.com
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