CEI Adds PCI Ultra ATA-133 RAID Card to RAID Toolbox Family of Products

CEI is releasing a hardware card that is inserted into a users computer to provide faster access to their hard disk drives. This card also allows users to place multiple hard drives together to create a backup hard drive.

Auburn, CA - 5/24/2002 CEI added a custom built PCI Ultra ATA-133 RAID card, the ATA NitroCannon, to the RAID Toolbox family of world class storage products today. The ATA NitroCannon brings versatility, high-performance and reliability to the Microsoft (MSFT) Windows family of operating systems at the low cost of $69.95.

The ATA NitroCannon lets users create an exact, real-time backup by mirroring their boot drives. It also features data striping and mirroring (RAID levels 0 and 1) as well as mirrored striping (RAID 0+1). The ATA NitroCannon carries a retail price of $69.95, bringing affordable Boot Drive Backup and RAID technology to the Windows market.
   
With IDE hard disk pricing continuing to fall, users can set up ultra-reliable or high-speed disk arrays for a fraction of the cost of SCSI-based RAIDs. The ATA NitroCannon is compatible with virtually all PCI-based PCs including those manufactured from HP (HPQ), Dell (DELL) and Sony (SNE).

The ATA NitroCannons mirroring support is perfect for real time, online backup of the boot drive. If the boot drive fails, users can boot from the spare drive of the mirror causing little to no downtime. Hot spares may also be added for zero downtime.

Disk striping is targeted for users seeking top disk performance. When data is written to a striped set, the ATA NitroCannon card segments writing the data stream between drives providing significant speed increases. Striping is perfect for digital A/V, pre-press and graphics professionals moving large files.

The ATA NitroCannon card has two independent IDE channels allowing connectivity for up to 4 high speed ATA drives and is backward compatible with ATA 100/66/33. Multiple ATA NitroCannon cards can be used together to create a Mega Disk by striping or spanning the two volumes into one large high speed volume. CEI offers a 2 year limited warranty as well as a 30 day money back guarantee.

More information on the ATA NitroCannon can be found on CEIs RAID Toolbox web site http://www.raidtoolbox.com. The ATA NitroCannon can be purchased directly from the RAID Toolbox web site for $69.95.

CEI, founded in 1986, is a privately held Storage Company headquartered in the Sierra Nevada foothills. CEI engineers world class products including Storage Management and Virtualization software.

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