September 2, 2005
1stDesign, a newly created division of 1 Beyond, announced IntelliRaid, a direct attached storage system with full fault tolerant RAID support. Designed specifically for video professionals with prices starting at just $4,595, IntelliRaid is the industry's first – truly enterprise level storage at desktop prices. The 1st Design division has been created to focus exclusively on storage technology to be sold through a newly created video reseller channel.
This new storage concept offers intelligent controllers with a high level user interface combined with higher performance, flexibility and reliability making it ideal for video production facilities of all sizes.
IntelliRaid's features include:
· Performance: Dual IntelliRaid 320 SCSI controllers with read ahead and write caching of SATA2 drives sustain over 400MBs.
· Reliability: New SATA2 smart drives with up to 1.2 Million hours MTBF at 100% duty cycle coupled with a cable-less backplane design.
· Capacity: The widest range of solutions up to 10 terabytes in a single unit.
· Value: Enterprise level features never before available at this price level.
To further simplify monitoring and trouble shooting, the IntelliRaid controller can automatically inform users and / or their IT department of important status changes by email
. When notification is received, interested parties can interrogate the status of IntelliRaid remotely from any computer on the network or even remotely from off site locations.
IntelliRaid enterprise level reliability is achieved with new SATA2 disks with up to 1.2 million hours MTBF at 100% duty cycle, a cable-less backplane, dual power input and redundant hot-swappable power and fans. IntelliRaid also can be configured with 'Hot Spares'. If there is a disk failure, the Hot Spare will immediately and automatically take over to replace the failed disk and thereby avoid any data loss. All drives are hot-swappable.
IntelliRaid arrays are available in 5, 10 and 20 disk arrays. The entire IntelliRaid product line shares the same intelligent controller design which can be configured in Raid 0, 1, 1-0, 3 and 5. They also share intelligent enterprise level features never before seen in desktop units.
IntelliRaid prices start at $4,595 and it is immediately available through select resellers and 1st Design's exclusive distributor of storage solutions, Jeff Burgess & Associates (JB&A).
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