Taipei, Taiwan—January 2006, PetaStor Inc., is proud to announce a new product line in Alnico series.  Innovative generation Alnico 7161F 4Gb Fibre RAID subsystem is built on the dual 4Gb Fibre channel to Serial ATA-II disk drives host interfaces, and the advanced technology PowerPC 440SP CPU to support RAID level 6 is designed to deliver the highest performance and utmost cost effectiveness in a single, scalable solution ideal for data-intense storage applications. 

With Alnico 7161F 4Gb FC RAID subsystem, PetaStor has developed the industry's most technical advanced and high performance storage system. The 4Gb Fibre subsystem emphasizes dual 64-bit PCI-X buses is extremely strengthened and upgraded the read / write to the extent of superior performance. Transferring by Dual 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host interface ports provide connectivity into widely deployed Fibre Channel storage environment and ensuring the widest range of host connectivity. AL7161F featuring unparalleled density, security and exceptional performance assure the highest level of data availability in a safe environment, perfect for supplementing the demands of our OEM partners and VARs.

Exceptional Performance

•       Noticeable performance from a 64-bit PowerPC 440SP storage  processor based controller

•         Up to 4GB of cache is contained on DDR-II SDRAM, with EEC

•        Featuring dual 64-bit 133MHz data buses make the high data   throughput.

•         Dual 4Gb Fibre host ports allow for multiple connections to a single  host for the high speed data transfer, or support for multiple hosts for clustering or sharing.

•         Designed to use 3Gbps SATA-II disk drives

•         Proprietary PCI-X 2.0 ASIC to implement highest performance   RAID6 function