Promise Technology Introduces High-Performance SCSI-to-SATA RAID 6 Storage Systems

MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Promise Technology, Inc. today announced its new Ultra 320 SCSI to Serial ATA (SATA) RAID 6 storage systems for Small to Medium Business (SMB) deploying direct attached storage for various high capacity applications that require data redundancy. Available immediately through the company's global distribution network, the Promise VTrak(TM) M210p and M310p U320 SCSI to SATA RAID 6 2U 8 and 12 bay rackmount storage systems deliver resilient and advanced data protection features that proactively monitor drive status and dramatically reduce RAID rebuild time to help the users ensure uninterrupted data availability.

As the capacity of storage arrays increases, the risk of encountering data loss due to multiple disk drive failures becomes critical. The VTrak M210p and M310p RAID 6 systems can handle dual drive failure and provide greater data protection and dramatically reduces the risk of data loss during RAID rebuilds.

"Promise is providing an affordable SCSI-to-SATA storage solution with the latest RAID 6 technology that is ideal for large or small businesses," said Sam Sirisena, Senior VP -- Sales / Marketing & General Manager -- Advanced Storage Group for Promise Technology, Inc. "As the premier supplier of SATA RAID storage worldwide, Promise is now offering a broad line of external storage solutions to meet customers' needs."

The VTrak M210p and M310p incorporate advanced data protection features like Predictive Data Migration(TM) (PDM), PerfectRAID(TM) and multiple assignments of RAID levels to selected Logical Units (LUN). Dual channel 320MB/s Ultra SCSI host connectivity make the VTrak M210p and M310p an ideal solution for server clusters and direct attached storage. These two models also offer advanced SATA features, including 3Gb/s speed, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) support, staggered spin-up, and drive hot swap support. All VTrak M-Class units also feature Promise's embedded management software, WebPAM PROe(TM), which eliminates the need to install additional software on the network.

Key Features of VTrak M210p and M310p include: -- HARDWARE

- VTrak M210p: 8-bay, 2U dual host U320 SCSI to SATA 3Gb/s RAID

storage system

- VTrak M310p: 12-bay, 2U dual host U320 SCSI to SATA 3Gb/s RAID

storage system

- Dual U320 SCSI to SATA 3Gb/s RAID controllers

- I/O processor based on Intel XScale(R) technology

- Redundant power supplies and cooling for high availability

- ECC cache memory, with battery backup to protect cached data -- FIRMWARE

- Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10 and 50

- RAID 6: reduce the risk of catastrophic data loss during RAID

rebuilds

- Predictive Data Migration proactively detects potential drive

failures and migrates data to a healthy drive, protecting data access

and integrity

- LUN masking, mapping and carving enables storage resource sharing

among heterogeneous operating systems including Windows, Linux,

Macintosh, and Solaris

- Multiple logical drive and LUN support enables assignment of

different RAID levels on one set of disks, as well as for individual

LUNs

- Automatic/manual rebuild of local or global hot spare drive

- PerfectRAID technology for robust error handling and recovery

- Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration to add capacity

"on the fly" when and as needed

- Vital Product Data (VPD) on all Field Replaceable Units (FRU) for

easy field troubleshooting and fast service

- Embedded, Web-based Promise Array Management (WebPAM PROe) software

for easy, browser-based storage management Availability

All models are shipping now and available through the worldwide Promise distribution network.

About Promise Technology, Inc.

Promise Technology is the originator of SATA/ATA RAID and a dominant storage product supplier with a comprehensive storage product line offering. Using Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology, Promise designs, manufactures and delivers high performance, reliable, cost-effective, fault tolerant RAID storage solutions for SMB/enterprise IT users, VARs, resellers, System Integrators and key OEMs, worldwide. Promise Technology maintains ongoing product development relationships with leading storage and server manufacturers. Headquartered in Milpitas, CA, the company is ISO-9001:2000 and ISO-14001:2004 certified and has offices and operations throughout Asia and Europe to support local business partners and customers. For more information, visit Promise Technology's website at http://www.promise.com .

NOTE: Promise Technology, VTrak, Promise Array Management, and Predictive Data Migration are trademarks or registered trademarks of Promise Technology, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.