UltraTrak RAID system promises improved storage

Pro

1 April 2005

The UltraTrak RM15000 ATA RAID storage subsystem is a new high-capacity server-class storage system from Promise Technology. With support for up to fifteen off-the-shelf Ultra ATA drives, the UltraTrak RM15000 packs massive capacity for server-class RAID storage.

Promise’s UltraTrak family architecture delivers storage density, data protection, and value, maximised in the RM15000. The system’s 15 independent Ultra ATA channels provide as much as 3.75TB of storage. The industry-standard Ultra160 LVD host interface offers convenient subsystem connectivity. Multiple UltraTrak systems can also be daisy chained for even greater capacity. UltraTrak subsystems support server-class RAID features such as hot-swap and hot-spare features, online capacity expansion, redundant key components, and support for RAID levels up to RAID 50. The UltraTrak subsystems also offer ‘Freedom of Choice’ hard drive selection, giving consumers the flexibility to populate the system with most off-the-shelf, high-performance Ultra ATA hard drives.

Set up, monitoring and management is simple and can be handled via any of three methods — push-button LCD panel; command line interface (CLI) using a terminal emulation program; or through the Web-based Promise Array Management (WebPAM) software. WebPAM allows remote access and monitoring from Windows PCs to any UltraTrak array on the user’s TCP/IP-based network.