BSI Introduces Network Attached Storage (NAS) server, the RMS-7210

New NAS Offerings Provides Cost-Effective Storage Solution

This new storage system is a configurable, expandable RAID system in a 1U high 19-inch rack mountable chassis with four ATA-100 hot swappable hard drives (up to 320GB) and redundant hot swappable 250-Watt power supplies. The system is designed to meet the extreme demanding applications in the server and storage markets where downtime is not acceptable.

Providing a flexible, cost-effective alternative for high fault tolerant/resilient and reliable data storage, the RMS-7210 uses RAID standards 0,1,5 and (5+1) for the highest performance and data parity allowing for disk striping and mirroring across all drives. During maintenance or system failures, information is not lost because critical data is continually backed up and also copied. The resulting redundancy provides continual uptime where one drive can assume a failed drive's storage temporarily or permanently.

As a standalone or complete system, the rack mountable storage systems have a dual speed 10/100MB Ethernet/Fast Ethernet network interface card (NIC) for easy integration into existing Microsoft, Novell and Unix NFS networks. At any point in the network, the RMS-7210 can be attached and management of the system can be done remotely or on site using popular network management/monitoring tools that support Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and network load balancing. User access to the server is done via a browser interface or through a Windows-based (95/98/NT/2000) setup utility for DHCP
automatic IP assignment.

Expanding storage capacity is as simple as adding another RMS-7210 or attaching an intelligent disk box (IDB) negating management issues or downtime. For additional data reliability, the RMS-7210 is equipped with dedicated SCSI ports for simple connection of a backup device such as a tape drive.

Each system is equipped with a socket 370 Intel Celeron, Pentium® III, or Tualatin processor (CPU), main memory up to 256 MB per DIMM amassing a total of up to 512MB of RAM, front side bus (FSB) speeds of 66 to 133 MHz, two IDE controllers that each support one or two ATA-100 drives, a fixed disk drive (FDD) controller on board for
onboard storage of application software, and two 10/100 N type Intel network interfaces on board. The RMS-7210 supports languages in Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, German and English. Further expansion of the system is supported by three Mini-PCI expansion slots
and Snap-Shot backup.

About Broadax

Focused on its primary mission to provide state-of-the-art computer systems for mobile and industrial computing needs, Broadax Systems Inc. (BSI) offers a broad range of high-end PC systems in rugged portable, notebook and industrial rack-mount designs for use in business, research, engineering, industrial, aerospace and military settings.

BSI was founded in 1986 and is a pioneer in the portable computer industry. Since its beginning, BSI continues to reduce the overall size and weight of portable PCs while retaining all the expansion and power capacities of a desktop computer. Customers include Raytheon,
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, the Army National Guard and other business-to-business, consumers, and government agencies.

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http://www.bsicomputer.com/industrial/chassis/rms7120/rms7120_intro.htm