Mylex Ultra 160 RAID Controllers earn certifications for a number of operating systems

Fremont 03 January 2001 RAID controller manufacturer Mylex, an IBM subsidiary, announced that its AcceleRAID 352 and AcceleRAID 170 Ultra 160 SCSI RAID controllers have recently earned certifications for Windows, Solaris and other operating systems.

AcceleRAID 352 is now certified for the following operating systems and software tools: Microsoft Windows 2000, Sun(R) Solaris 7.0 x86, Novell(R) NetWare(R) 5.1, SCO(R) OpenServer(R) 5.0.5 and UnixWare(R) 7.1.1. AcceleRAID 170 has earned certifications for Windows NT(R) 4.0 and Windows 2000, as well as for Solaris 7.0 x86.

"Customers can now have the highest confidence that their products will work in these environments," said Suresh Panikar, director of product marketing. "Mylex has always been a supporter of heterogeneous environments and in providing certification to our entire product line."

AcceleRAID 352 and AcceleRAID 170 Offer Latest SCSI Technology Performance

The Ultra 160 SCSI interface standard helps improve network storage reliability and performance, and is designed to deliver a data transfer rate of 160 MB/second, twice that of Ultra2 SCSI RAID.

The AcceleRAID 352 RAID controller is ideal for entry level to midrange servers that require full RAID functionality. A dual channel Ultra 160 SCSI RAID controller, the AcceleRAID 352 can deliver performance of up to 7000 IOPs and sustained data transfer rates of about 125 MB/s.

The AcceleRAID 170 is a single channel Ultra 160 SCSI RAID controller, ideally suited for workstations and high-density, rackmount servers. It is capable of delivering performance of more than 4000 IOPs and sustained data transfer rates of approximately 100 MB/s.


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