Mary and Intel Investors - Another Intel StrongARM Design Win !
This design win - for a RAID controller - specifies a 233 MHz StrongARM chip.
Intel may recoup their 625 Million Dollar investment in a few years if StrongARM design wins continue !
Paul
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Wednesday November 11, 8:09 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
nStor Announces CR8L
The First True Ultra2 SCSI (LVD) RAID System
New Subsystem Doubles I/O Performance to 80MB/Second and Offers
Fault-Tolerant Storage at a Cost as Low as 22-Cents/MB
LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998-- nStor Corporation, Inc., a worldwide leading manufacturer of RAID and data storage solutions, today announced immediate availability of the newest
member of its high performance RAID storage family of products, the CR8L. Utilizing the latest in SCSI technology, Ultra2 SCSI (also known as low-voltage differential or LVD), the CR8L doubles the throughput
of Ultra/Wide SCSI from 40MB/second to 80MB/second and extends the cable length to 12 meters. For maximum configuration flexibility, the CR8L can be used as a low-cost JBOD solution or combined with a
PCI RAID controller to offer true RAID functionality with Ultra2 performance, making it an ideal storage solution for file servers, web servers, on-line transaction processing, document imaging and digital video delivery systems.
''The CR8L incorporates many of the robust functionality and fault-tolerant features of our award winning CR8e, combined with the latest in Ultra2 SCSI technology to deliver enterprise-class performance,'' said Terri LeGette, director of marketing for nStor Corporation, Inc. ''nStor's mission has always been to provide our customers with the broadest range of storage solutions available in the market, and for those customers who cannot yet justify the move to fibre channel technology, the CR8L offers an excellent
alternative storage solution that provides the best combination of capacity, performance and price.''
The CR8L is an OEM-grade eight-bay subsystem, available in either a 19'' rack mount (4U) or tower-based configuration. Designed with scalability in mind, the CR8L supports 4GB, 9GB, and 18GB
(7,200 or 10,000 RPM) disk drives, providing 144GB of storage per system. Multiple CR8L systems can be combined to provide scalable storage capacities in excess of 2 TB. The high-performance Ultra2
(LVD) SCSI-3 architecture provides data transfer speeds up to 80MB/second and supports 15 SCSI devices per channel, as well as cable lengths up to 12 meters. Robust features such as a cable- less
back plane design, support for global and hot spares, and dual, redundant dual power supplies and cooling fans that are hot swappable under load conditions, improve data availability and reliability. An
advanced Operator Control Panel consisting of an LCD display and keypad entry provides subsystem component status, temperature control monitoring, alarm threshold settings, assignment of SCSI-IDs,
password control, diagnostic results, firmware information and protection for critical menu items. And, to provide maximum configuration flexibility, in a JBOD configuration the CR8L can support any operating system. The optional PCI RAID controller offers complete RAID functionality for Windows NT.
Optional PCI RAID Controller for Windows NT
The optional PCI RAID controller for Microsoft Windows NT supports RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 and 50, as well as on-line RAID expansion and RAID level migration, which further reduces the cost of
ownership by allowing LAN administrators to add additional disks drives or re-stripe data across the drives and to reconfigure from one RAID level to another without costly downtime. Additionally, to further ensure data integrity, the controller incorporates a 233 MHz Intel StrongARM on-board RISC processorwith 32MB of cache memory (upgradeable to 64MB) and an integrated battery backup module which enables the cache to easily be moved to a new controller in the event of a controller failure. The storage management software is rich in management features, allowing users to easily manage their online
storage, including remote configure and monitoring, and event notification via em-mail, fax or pager.
The nStor CR8L subsystem also includes support for the open- industry SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure (SAF-TE) specification, co-developed by nStor (formerly Conner Storage Systems) and Intel
Corporation [Nasdaq:INTC - news] and endorsed by other leading server and RAID controller manufacturers worldwide. Additional information about the SAF-TE specification can be found on the World Wide Web at safte.org SAF-TE compliant products improve LAN administrator efficiency by providing a common interface standard for continuously monitoring temperature, drive, power and fan status, and communicating that status via a SCSI bus to sophisticated alert management
utilities.
Availability & Pricing
Available for immediate shipment, the CR8L system includes an 8-bay rack or tower enclosure, three (3)
4GB, 9GB or 18GB (7,200 or 10,000 RPM) disk drives with slide mounting rails, two (2) 150-watt hot
swap power supplies, two (2) hot swap cooling fans, and one- year of nVantage 5 x 9 next day on-site
service. Available options include a 3-channel PCI RAID controller with installation and RAID
management software, and nVantage renewal and/or upgrade to 7x24 on- site service. Suggested U.S.
list prices range from $6,685 (.56/MB) for a 12GB JBOD system, up to $32,040 (.22/MB) for a 144GB
PCI RAID system.
About nStor
Located in Lake Mary, Florida (near Orlando), nStor Corporation, Inc. is a global manufacturer of
cross-platform information storage solutions including external RAID subsystems, data storage
enclosures and storage management software. A wholly owned subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc.
(AMEX: NSO - news), nStor leverages more than 11 years of experience in the area of data storage
solutions. nStor markets its products to a worldwide network of OEMs and distributors. Additional
information can be found on the World Wide Web at nstor.com
Note to Editors: A high resolution photograph of the CR8L can be downloaded from nStor's FTP site at
ftp://www.nstor.com/pub/mkting.
All trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective owners. SCSI Accessed
Fault-Tolerant Enclosures and SAF-TE are not trademarks nor are they intended to be trademarks but
rather are industry terms of art that describe technology to monitor fault-tolerant enclosures. For more
information about SAF- TE, see the SAF-TE home page address on the World Wide Web at
safte.org
Contact:
Diane Weinzierl
Public Relations Manager
Phone: (407) 829-3624
Fax: (407) 829-3638
Email: diane.weinzierl@nstor.com
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