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CONVERTIBLE RAID SYSTEM PROVIDES FLEXIBLE SATA-II STORAGE

At IBC, RAID storage expert Infortrend added the EonStor A08U-C2410 RAID subsystem in a convertible desktop or tower "Cube" form factor to its line of Serial ATA (SATA) RAID arrays. The A08U-C2410 is the first SATA-II array from Infortrend and offers across-the-board compatibility by supporting SATA-I and parallel ATA drives in addition to the newest SATA-II hard drives with features such as native command queuing (NCQ).

The new convertible Cube provides for cascading by stacking a maximum of four desktop enclosures together to create capacity expansion up to 12TB. With its attractive design, ergonomic push-button drive trays with key-lock security, and value price point, the EonStor A08U-C2410 is ideal for direct attached storage applications in digital media, broadcast, medical imaging, and security.

"Infortrend listened to our needs and designed an ideal SATA-II RAID solution for the digital content market," stated Tom Ellis, European business manager at Bell Microproducts Europe. "We are particularly excited about the convertible option to fit the needs of individual customers and their environments."

"Infortrend continues to lead the industry in innovative RAID storage design," said Simon Broadbent, marketing manager for Infortrend Europe. "Offering high-end performance features, such as support for volumes larger than 2TB and intelligent drive handling for ATA drives, brings fault-tolerance and scalability to small and midsize enterprise and departmental installations."

EonStor RAID subsystems offer unparalleled flexibility with 64TB capacity per logical drive (LD); multiple logical drive configurations -- each with a different RAID level; online expansion for adding, copying, and replacing drives; configurable optimization mode; background LD initialization; and multi-host support. Broad RAID level support includes 0, 1(0+1), 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, JBOD and NRAID.

EonStor A08U-C2410 Features

Key features of the EonStor subsystem line include:

• Two dual-stacked U320 SCSI host channels with VHDCI connectors.
• Intelligent Drive Handling for ATA drives.
• Host-side, multi-path load balancing.
• Convertible tower or desktop subsystem.
• Stackable desktop configuration for capacity expansion.