NEWS: MegaDrive supports Cheetah FC Drive for Aria Array
CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2,
1997--MegaDrive Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance, scalable, fault-tolerant digital media storage solutions, Tuesday announced support for new 3.5" 9GB 10,000RPM Cheetah Fibre Channel drive modules, now available from Seagate Technology, in its Aria Fibre Channel disk array.
The new 10,000RPM Cheetah Fibre Channel drive modules provide data transfer rates over 21MB/sec, 2.99 msec latency and an average seek time of less than 6 msec.
When integrated in the Aria Fibre Channel disk array, the new Cheetah drive modules provide significantly enhanced performance for the most demanding image-based applications, including professional video and graphics, imaging, modeling and visual simulation, as well as data warehousing and data mining applications.
Tests in the MegaDrive Engineering laboratories validate performance increases reported by Seagate. For example, an Aria Fibre Channel disk array with four 9GB Cheetah drives connected to an SGI O2 workstation outperformed a similarly configured Aria with four 9GB Barracuda (7,200RPM) drives by more than 24 percent.
"With this announcement of support for the new Cheetah Fibre Channel drive modules from Seagate, MegaDrive Systems once again offers our customers the latest in high-performance mass storage technology, as well as the widest array of options when configuring a system," said Bob Woolery, director of product marketing for MegaDrive Systems.
"The acceptance of Fibre Channel technology is growing at a staggering pace, and our Aria Fibre Channel disk array, along with the new Cheetah drive modules, provides not only industry-leading performance, but also delivers on our commitment to provide a performance upgrade path for all of our products, as these new Cheetah drives are backwards compatible with Aria legacy storage," he added.
Aria Fibre Channel disk array features include:
-- 200MB/sec full duplex point-to-point throughput
-- GaAs Loop Resiliency Circuits (LRC) for on-the-fly hot-swapping
of drive modules
-- Support for 10,000RPM Cheetah Fibre Channel drive modules
-- Optional built-in four-port copper hub
-- Active low-noise Fibre Channel backplane
-- Dual-arbitrated loop support for full redundancy
-- Up to 72GB per enclosure with daisy-chaining for multi-terabyte
capacity using 9GB drives
-- Software-based RAID data striping and mirroring
-- Up to 126 devices on a single loop; 16 million devices in a
switched fabric
-- Support for both 3.5" and 5.25" drives in the same array
-- Auto drive sensing and sequential spin-up
-- Front panel controls include drive ID selection and
drive spin down
-- 10,000 meter maximum cable distance
For Cheetah Fibre Channel drive module or Aria pricing information, contact a local MegaDrive sales representative, or the MegaDrive Sales department at 818/700-7676.
MegaDrive Systems
Founded in 1988, MegaDrive Systems is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, data management, storage and network topology solutions for the professional digital media markets of film, video, imaging, visual simulation and prepress/publishing.
MegaDrive solutions are compatible with Mac OS and Windows NT, as well as high-performance workstations from Silicon Graphics Inc., Sun Microsystems, IBM and DEC, and are backed by 7x24, global, on-site support. Corporate headquarters are located in Chatsworth.
For more information on MegaDrive's award-winning storage solutions, contact MegaDrive Systems by phone at 800/TERABYTE, by e-mail at sales@megadrive.com , or visit the company Web site at www.megadrive.com . -0- NOTE: Aria, MegaDrive, and the MegaDrive logo are trademarks of MegaDrive Systems. Copyright 1997 MegaDrive Systems Inc.
General Notice: Some of the product names used herein have been used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. Specifications subject to change without notice.
CONTACT:
MegaDrive Systems, Chatsworth
Nicole Blout, 818/700-7694
818/-700-7601 (fax)
nblout@megadrive.com (e-mail)
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
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