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ACT/Technico
Valerie Andrew, Marketing Manager
Tel:
215-956-1200
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215-956-1201
E-mail: [email protected]
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Beth Smith, Christina Sanchez
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ACT-A-8027
News Release
NEW BOARD-LEVEL NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE BLADE
FROM ACT/TECHNICO SAVES SPACE AND HELPS REDUCE
SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE
Warminster, PA, December 2005 -- ACT/Technico (www.acttechnico.com), a leading
supplier of integrated real-time and embedded systems built with CompactPCI,
VMEbus, and other open architecture platforms, now offers a removable network
attached storage (NAS) module at the board level.
The hot-swappable 6U, single-slot RAIDStor with removable storage is ideal for a
variety of embedded applications requiring highly available and redundant blade level
storage, including embedded file servers, boot servers, Voice over IP, as well as NAS
embedded storage using a network file system (NFS). In a system using multiple single
board computers (SBCs), each with its own drive, the boot device would be a single
point of failure.
The new NAS RAIDStor can be used with either PICMG 2.16 or VITA 31.1 compatible
systems, since these standards use dual star network topology, a fabric-based network
system architecture providing highly available (HA) systems, enabling designers to take
advantage of system scalability as well as availability or redundancy.
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The new blade, which represents the smallest RAID footprint in the embedded industry,
is managed as an appliance via a Web browser interface or via SNMP interface.
RAIDStor provides two packet switched backplane-compatible (PSB) Ethernet
connections to implement links to two different networks. When used in a PSBcompatible backplane, an Ethernet connection is made to two fabric switches, allowing
redundant links to other node boards within the chassis.
This NAS solution serves as a building block for highly available (HA) systems and is
intended to eliminate difficult file management coherence and synchronization issues
required when implementing HA systems.
Other advanced features of the RAIDStor include automatic network synchronization of
data written to an active RAIDStor operating in a mirrored NAS configuration, as well as
support of redundant NAS controllers, allowing data to be mirrored between RAIDStors
over the network. The NAS architecture supports automatic failover and recovery of an
individual drive, a NAS controller, a fabric switch, or an Ethernet port on the client
requesting a transaction.
Pricing starts at $6,295.00 for a standard RAIDStor blade. Delivery is 4 to 6 weeks.
For more information please contact Valerie Andrew at [email protected], call
(800) 445-6194, (215) 956-1200, or e-mail [email protected]. High resolution
photos are available at www.acttechnico.com or by e-mailing [email protected].
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READER SERVICE INQUIRIES: Sales Department; ACT/Technico; (800) 445-6194 or
(215) 956-1200; [email protected].
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About ACT/Technico
For 28 years, ACT/Technico has been supplying boards, software solutions and
integrated embedded systems to companies in military/aerospace, communications,
medical imaging, and semiconductor equipment manufacturing. The ISO 9000
compliant company draws from its extensive product and system integration knowledge
to deliver complete solutions that expedite time to market.
ACT/Technico is also a manufacturer and reseller of embedded hardware and software.
In addition to offering leading edge SBCs, mass storage and RAID products, networking
solutions, and device drivers for most major RTOS, Linux and Windows, the company
also provides support for these products.
The privately held company is based in Warminster, PA, with additional offices in
California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New England, and Texas. For more
information, please call (215) 956-1200 or e-mail to [email protected]