From: price@ssgv01.enet.dec.com ("Windows NT PR - 603-881-0583, DTN 381-0583  09-Nov-1992 1053")
Subject: DECnews/Digital Enters OEM Subsystems Market With New Modular Products
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 08:20:26 PST
X-Received: by usenet.pa.dec.com; id AA29079; Mon, 9 Nov 92 10:10:11 -0800
X-Received: by enet-gw.pa.dec.com; id AA26135; Mon, 9 Nov 92 07:57:04 -0800
X-Received: from ssgv01.enet; by decwrl.enet; Mon, 9 Nov 92 08:20:26 PST
X-To: decnews@ssgv01.enet.dec.com
X-Apparently-To: distribution:;@enet-gw.pa.dec.com (see end of body)

||||||||||||  DEC n e w s  ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Gloria Bates
OEM Mass Storage 
(508) 841-6544





            DIGITAL ENTERS OEM SUBSYSTEMS MARKET WITH NEW

               MODULAR STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS


MAYNARD, Mass. -- November 5, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
today announced its entry into the OEM (original equipment 
manufacturer) storage subsystems market with modular products that 
can be custom-configured to meet the requirements of OEM (original 
equipment manufacturer) subsystems suppliers and systems vendors. 
The company's initial offerings in what will be a family of products 
include a customizable data center storage subsystem and packaged 
deskside storage subsystems offering RAID (Redundant Array of 
Independent Disks) 0, 1, 0+1, 3, or 5 capabilities. Each product is 
based on modular storage components and employs industry-standard 
SCSI-2 interconnects. 
     "These are truly flexible industry-standard storage solutions 
available today to meet the needs of storage subsystem and system 
suppliers," said Charles F. Christ, vice president of Digital's Mass 
Storage business. "Digital has the unique ability to deliver all the 
modular building blocks of a mass storage solution, packaged 
together to the requirements of our OEMs, and scalable from small 
deskside to large data center storage subsystem configurations."   
     According to Christ, "Digital's ability to deliver such a wide 
range of customized storage subsystem solutions is made possible by 
the depth and breadth of its component-level storage products, its 
stringent testing and quality standards, and its extensive storage 
system integration experience.  Digital is the one vendor that can 
meet all the storage subsystem needs of a wide variety of OEM 
customers."

Modular Data Center Storage

     Digital today announced availability of customizable modular 
storage for data center systems, in a 1750 mm high, 800 mm wide 
cabinet designed to hold up to 24 modular storage shelves. These 
modular storage shelves can be configured to the specifications of 
the OEM customer.  Total cabinet capacity can comprise up to 168 
3.5-inch or 48 5.25-inch SCSI-2 based disk or tape devices, or a 
mixture of the two, depending on the application.  Paired RAID 
controllers, dual power distribution capability, and battery backup 
can be configured with disk storage devices and modular packaging 
into customized high-availability RAID data center solutions that 
are completely redundant.  Hot swapping capability of individual 
devices without shutting down the whole subsystem add to the 
flexibility and availability of these solutions.

Deskside RAID Subsystems

     Today Digital also announced a RAID deskside subsystem that can 
include up to 35 SCSI-2 disks in seven ranks within a pedestal 
enclosure.  This industry-standard RAID subsystem has a FWD SCSI 
interface that connects to single-ended SCSI through an available 
adapter.  RAID capabilities allow the customer to tune each 
subsystem for availability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.  
Redundant power supplies, controllers and data paths, along with 
hot-swap capabilities enhance the single greatest benefit of RAID
solutions, availability.
     Evaluation units are immediately available for Digital's 
deskside RAID subsystem, model SYA11, with 5.2GB of total storage 
capacity and RAID levels 0, 1, (0&1), 3, and 5.  Evaluation unit 
price is $19,900.

Components as Building Blocks

     Digital's new modular storage enclosures, the pedestal and the
1750 mm X 800 mm cabinet, accept the new modular storage shelves
which, in turn, accept all the elements that can comprise a storage
subsystem solution.  Compatible with the SCSI-2 industry standard,
these elements include power sources, controllers, adapters, 
carriers and storage building blocks.  Digital provides a wide range 
of SCSI-2 building blocks that contain 1.0 or 1.6 Gbyte 3.5-inch 
disk drives; 2.0 or 3.5 Gbyte 5.25-inch disk drives; 3.5-inch DAT 
(digital audio tape) drives; Digital's DLT (digital linear tape) 
tape drives; 8mm tape drives, or quarter-inch cartridge tape 
devices.  In addition, OEM customers can also install other 
SCSI-2-compatible devices in the modular storage shelves.
     Other storage subsystem cabinets also are available immediately 
from Digital for customized OEM solutions. 
     Christ said, "We expect Digital's customizable storage 
subsystem offerings to be extremely attractive to OEM customers.  
The combination of industry-standard devices, extensive RAID 
capability, the range of product configurations and our proven 
experience in building storage subsystems ideally positions Digital 
to meet a wide variety of subsystems requirements." 
     Digital Equipment Corporation's OEM Mass Storage business 
designs, develops and manufactures thin-film inductive and 
magnetoresistive heads, 5.25-inch, 3.5 and 2.5-inch disk drives, 
half-inch cartridge DLT (digital linear tape) tape drives, and 
modular storage subsystems for original equipment manufacturers 
throughout the world. 
     See Digital's storage subsystem offerings at COMDEX booth 4006.
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its business partners deliver the power to 
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - 
in open information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:  Digital and the Digital logo are trademarks of 
                  Digital Equipment Corporation.

CORP/93/846
============================================================================
DECnews is sent as a courtesy to members of the press.
For subscription information please contact:
  David Price, Software Engineering Press Relations
  Digital Equipment Corporation
  Voice:603-881-0583   FAX:603-881-0680   Internet:price@decvax.dec.com
============================================================================

%%% overflow headers %%%
Apparently-To: price@decvax.dec.com, grant, fab@vxcrna.cern.ch,
        julian@vxcrna.cern.ch, biz.dec.usenet, decnews@ttisms.com,
        curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu, aps@berkeley.edu, sqst@research.novo.dk,
        coons@osf.org, sheroff@osf.org, diane@osf.org, nmehta@us.oracle.com,
        bbaker@oracle.com, del@intranet.com, digital-news@gcg.com,
        ulimj@aci.cvut.cs, decnews@objy.com, se@net.com,
        steveril@microsoft.com, @gateway.gtech.com:jsl@soft.gtech.com,
        gladstog@rnisd0.dnet.roche.com, edsche@eds.ericsson.se,
        vd7934@usav01.glaxo.com, dec_news_1@eisner.decus.org,
        d2b@cdfq.ssd.ray.com, robert_kelen@corwin.cray.com,
        dec-pr@cimplex.uucp, ry@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg, tommi@solomon.technet.sg,
        albert@ee.su.oz.au, fbahg@nuscc.nus.sg, fbamankl@nuscc.nus.sg,
        decnews@raleng.mtc.com, apc-open@uunet.uu.net, uunet!alans@uworld.com,
        uunet!howardb@uworld.com, releases@seiden.com, mjf@expert.com,
        rhi@rd.r.tvt.se, tst@rd.r.tvt.se, rtk%kirhk.dnet@radux.r.tvt.se,
        david_coursey@infoworld.com, laurelnr@utoday.com, jason@cs.utexas.edu,
        paul@utoday.com, faden@utoday.com, julie@utoday.com,
        76011.1155@compuserve.com, 341-9898@mcimail.com,
        mips@pcinews.lonestar.org, satnews@cix.compulink.co.uk,
        xeno@bgroup.chi.il.us, ddern@world.std.com, 548-1606@mcimail.com,
        @eddie.mit.edu:digrev!pressrelease@eddie.mit.edu,
        detwiler@detwiler.propress.com, pilla@pilla.propress.com,
        oconnell@oconnell.propress.com, pan@pan.propress.com,
        harrison@harrison.propress.com, birkhead@birkhead.propress.com,
        system@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu, 4031275@mcimail.com,
        macnews@applelink.apple.com, 364-7789@mcimail.com,
        326-8704@mcimail.com, 70007.417@compuserve.com,
        johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, ben@bytepb.byte.com
%%% end overflow headers %%%
Newsgroups: biz.dec