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ADDONICS ANNOUNCES SERIAL ATA RAID SOLUTION
SAN JOSE, CA (April 29, 2003) - Addonics Technologies today announced
a new Serial ATA RAID solution that brings high-availability and
mirroring to mainstream computers with support for Serial ATA's
150-Mbps transfer rate.
The Addonics Combo RAID System is the most innovative RAID solution
for building a high availability or a high performance storage system
with the latest Serial ATA technology. It combines the flexibility
of the Addonics Combo Hard Drive and the built in RAID Level 0/1
function of the new Serial ATA interface
The Combo RAID System includes: two IDE-Serial ATA converters;
one Serial ATA PCI host controller with on-board RAID Level 0/1
support; two Combo Hard Drive enclosures; and two Combo Hard Drive
Desktop Drive Cradles. The Combo RAID System (AERAID35SA) has a
list price of $169. Earlier this month Addonics announced a complete
family of high-speed Serial ATA storage solutions, which included
SATA host controllers, IDE/ATAPI conversion boards, and the first
external hard drive kits.
The Combo RAID System fits into two standard 5 1/4" drive
bays of any system and takes minutes to install. Because it's based
on the Addonics' Combo Hard Drive platform, users can use either
hard drive as an external hard drive when it is removed from the
computer. Users just need to attach to the back of the Combo Hard
Drive enclosure the optional Addonics USB 2.0, Firewire, External
Serial ATA or CardBus/PCMCIA interface cable, and they are now ready
to transfer data to and from the hard drives mounted in the Combo
RAID System.
Setting up the RAID function is done through the Serial ATA controller
BIOS. For mission critical applications, you can choose to operate
the RAID system in RAID 1, With RAID 1 setting, either hard drive
can be hot swapped on the fly without any interruption to the system
operation. Once a drive is replaced, it will be automatically rebuilt
with the data from the existing drive and remain continuously mirrored
in real time, all done without any interruption to your system operation
When used under RAID Level 0 (Disk Stripping), data is broken into
blocks and written to two separate disk drives. This operation significantly
improves the read/write performance of the system because it spreads
the I/O load across the two drives. Under Level 0, the Addonics
Combo RAID System is perfect for video editing and production, image
editing, pre-press applications, or any application that requires
high performance data storage system
The Combo RAID System requires two free Serial ATA ports; two free
5 1/4" drive bays; minimum 32MB RAM; 10MB minimum free hard
disk space; and one of the following operating systems -- DOS, Windows
3.1, 95, NT 4.0, 98SE, Me, 2000 or XP. The Combo RAID System is
immediately available.
Addonics products are available through major catalog companies,
resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, Amazon.com,
PC Connection, CDW, Buy.com, Provantage.com, Insight, Ingram Micro,
and Ma Lab.
Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a
broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered
at 1918 Junction Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, Phone: (408)573-8580. Visit
Addonics at www.addonics.com
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