Monday June 15, 8:29 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Box Hill Systems Corp.
At PC Expo '98 Box Hill Demonstrates Storage Area Network (SAN)
Technology Using the Fibre Box*
Fibre Box(R) and SAN Allow for Improved Productivity In Business-critical Applications
NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's PC Expo, Box Hill Systems Corp. (NYSE: BXH - news) will
demonstrate the advantages of the Storage Area Network (SAN) when using Box Hill's Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
(FC-AL) RAID storage system, the Fibre Box(R). The Fibre Box(R) and the SAN provide improved fault-tolerance, flexibility
and performance for data-intensive, business- critical applications. Box Hill, based in New York's Silicon Alley, is a leading
worldwide supplier of high-speed enterprise storage and backup solutions.
''Until now, customers had to choose between the flexibility and fault- tolerance of distributed file systems like NFS and the
higher performance of traditional channels like SCSI,'' said Ben Monderer, Box Hill's Chief Technology Officer. ''A Fibre
Channel SAN, using Box Hill's Fibre Box(R) offers superior performance, flexibility, and fault-tolerance. Nothing is
compromised. The bottom line is better productivity and less downtime for business-critical applications.''
About Box Hill's Fibre Box(R)
The Fibre Box(R) is a high-performance dual FC-AL controller-less RAID storage system with an unprecedented level of
throughput accelerating any application requiring fast storage I/O. A mirrored Fibre Box(R) based solution eliminates the need
for expensive external Fibre Channel RAID controllers. The result is a high performance, cost-effective RAID solution with
increased uptime. The Fibre Box(R) also enables data transfer rates of up to 200 MB/s, transmission distances up to 10 km, up
to 126 host/device connections and capacities of up to 2.27 TB. In the SAN environment, the Fibre Box(R) is managed by
SANman(TM), Box Hill's SAN management software product suite.
About The SAN
The SAN is a Fibre Channel-based high-speed network that supports transfer speeds of up to 200 MB/s and cable lengths up
to 10 km. The SAN provides multiple paths from the host/server to external storage systems, allowing information to be shared
among various devices without affecting system performance or the Local Area Network (LAN). A SAN may be as simple as
a dual arbitrated loop with up to 126 host/device connections, or scaled up to a fabric of switches with virtually unlimited
nodes. In addition, by combining the best attributes of fast I/O channels and distributed file systems, the SAN provides
improved fault-tolerance, flexibility, performance and system maintenance. The results are increased availability and greater
productivity. The SAN is ideal for business-critical, data-intensive applications, such as data warehousing, Online Transaction
Processing (OLTP), multimedia Internet/intranet Web servers, imaging, and video production.
Box Hill Systems Corp. (NYSE: BXH - news) is the leading, full-service provider of high-availability, enterprise storage and
backup solutions that are bigger, faster and smarter than industry competition. Box Hill, based in New York's Silicon Alley, is
recognized worldwide by a customer base that includes many of the largest financial, telecommunications, digital imaging,
multimedia, pharmaceutical, government and university research institutions in the world. Box Hill's home page is
www.boxhill.com.
Box Hill, the Box Hill logo, Fibre Box and SANman are registered trademarks of Box Hill Systems Corp. All other products
mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements regarding the business, the intent, belief or current
expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers, primarily with respect to the future operating performance of the
Company and the products it expects to offer and other statements contained herein regarding matters that are not historical
facts, are ''forward looking'' statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Because such
statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, among others: rapid technological change, frequent new
product introductions, evolving industry standards and changing customer preferences in the Open Systems storage market. In
addition, the Company's business and results of operations are subject to numerous additional risks and uncertainties, including
availability and cost of key components; dependence on a limited number of customers; reliance on the financial services and
telecommunications industries; ability to attract, train, retain and motivate qualified management, technical, manufacturing, sales
and support personnel; demand on administrative, operational, financial, manufacturing, sales and customer service resources
caused by the Company's growth and expansion; and the Company's ability to protect its proprietary software and other
intellectual property rights. All forward looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. Box Hill
undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events which occur or circumstances which exist after the date on
which they are made.
* The Fibre Box(R) is currently the only FC-AL RAID storage system listed on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List
(HCL). For more information, visit www.microsoft.com/hwtest.hcl.
SOURCE: Box Hill Systems Corp. |
