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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 28, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 30
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Breaking News -
Storage:
High-Density Subsystem Packs 16
Ultra160 SCSI Drives Into 3U
Dynamic Network Factory, an innovative provider of affordable RAID and
Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, has announced the TASKMASTER 16000
RAID 3U Rackmount. Purpose-built for high volume, fail-safe data storage
applications, the TASKMASTER 16000 RAID sets new standards in its class. It
features a backplane design for sixteen hot-swappable disk drives, N+1 load
sharing power supplies with PFC, pure aluminum case and components, and
specially designed airflow passages.
TASKMASTER 16000 RAID is equipped with an Ultra160 SCSI RAID controller to
offer fault-tolerant data protection. It is 100% transparent to the host
operating system and requires no custom drivers. The full featured data
protection subsystem supports RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, and JBOD. It is the
ideal storage solution for applications requiring high data throughput,
availability, and flexibility in configuration, as up to two TASKMASTER 16000
JBOD subsystems can be attached for a total capacity of 6.5 Terabytes with a
footprint of only 9U.
An environmental monitoring unit (EMU) enhances TASKMASTER 16000 RAID
system
reliability. The EMU monitors the internal environment of the disk enclosure
such as power supplies, temperature, voltage and cooling fans. It not only
tracks the enclosure temperature, but also monitors individual disk
temperatures as well. If any irregularity in these systems occurs, the EMU
alerts the administrator with an audible alarm, by fax and pager.
All major components including drives, power supplies and fans are
redundant
and removable for easy serviceability. The TASKMASTER 16000 RAID features an
easy-to-read menu-driven LCD display of array/drive status and array
configuration commands. It comes with fault and activity LEDs, Up, Select,
Down and Exit buttons for easy operation.
TASKMASTER 16000 RAID subsystems come with 16 hot-swappable drive trays for
accommodating 1" Ultra160/320 SCSI drives. Reliability is insured with load
sharing hot swappable triple redundant (N+1) 300 Watt power supplies with PFC.
The TASKMASTER 16000 RAID’s scalable design makes expansion easy when storage
needs increase. It is the ideal storage solution for applications requiring
high data throughput, availability, and flexibility in configuration.
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