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Fast, Compact, Affordable Apple Expansion Storage Up to 8 TB Per
Array -- Scales to 32 TB
BILLERICA, MA, Oct 16, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
Winchester Systems Inc., a leading data storage solutions provider,
today announced their new SA-4200 Series of Apple-compatible
FlashDisk XRAID disk arrays intended to provide high performance,
high capacity expansion storage for Apple Xserve servers and MAC Pro
workstations. FlashDisk XRAID is compatible with Apple's Xsan 2 and
Final Cut Studio 2 and all other applications without the need for
host driver software.
Each compact array holds eight disk drives of 500 GB, 750 GB or 1 TB
each to provide up to 8 TB of data and can be stacked four units high
for a total of 32 TB of convenient expansion. Apple's internal
storage is limited to 4 TB. For convenience and portability, sturdy
top-mounted handles make this lightweight unit easy to transport for
field use.
The FlashDisk XRAID disk arrays deliver 500 megabytes per second data
throughput. This high performance data rate supports four
simultaneous 10-bit 1080p video streams. For random access
applications including databases and financial applications, each
system supports up to 18,000 disk operations per second to eliminate
transaction delays and speed sorting and reporting. The array
supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6.
RAID 6 offers dual parity for the utmost in data protection for
valuable data. Even if two disk drives fail or become unreadable, the
data will remain intact. This RAID 6 protection is invaluable for
protecting irreplaceable or irreproducible photos and video --
particularly for field use where hardware is vulnerable. According
to the company's white paper, "Enterprise RAID 6," RAID 6 dual parity
offers 500 to 30,000 times longer MTDL (Mean Time To Data Loss) than
RAID 5. An informative 6-minute presentation "RAID 6 Essentials" is
also available.
"Apple's success in the server market has created a demand for
external storage and Apple's internal storage is no longer sufficient
to store all the data in a typical graphics and video environment,"
states Mr. Joel Leider, the company's chief executive officer.
"Apple offers a single, expensive third-party external storage
device. Now the vast network of Apple VARS and end users have a
faster, more reliable, more cost effective solution as an
alternative," he added.
Mr. Jerry Namery, the company's chief technology officer, stated, "We
have been providing storage to demanding military and commercial
applications for 27 years and we knew we could make this 9th
generation, field proven technology to the Apple community at cost
effective prices."
Pricing starts at under $5,000 and quantity discounts are available.
Delivery is 1-3 weeks ARO.
Photo available: leider@winsys.com.
About Winchester Systems Inc.
Winchester Systems provides network-attached storage, direct-attached
storage, tiered-storage, storage area network and enterprise data
storage solutions for commercial, industrial, healthcare, education,
government and military applications. These solutions include high
performance iSCSI, SAS, SCSI, SATA and Fibre Channel RAID disk
arrays; tape backup devices and other high performance commercial and
military grade data storage for mid-range servers including Windows,
Windows Clusters, Linux, Linux Clusters, and UNIX. For more
information visit Winchester Systems on the web at www.winsys.com.
Contact:
Joel Leider
Chief Executive Officer
Winchester Systems Inc.
800-325-3700
Email Contact
SOURCE: Winchester Systems Inc.
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