Cyberstar introduces a new family of Adaptec Unified Serial Controllers  

 

Mumbai, India, 3rd September, 2007 - Cyberstar Infocom Limited, one of the leading distributors of IT products in the Indian subcontinent, today announced availability of new range of Unified Serial RAID Controllers from Adaptec Inc, a global leader of trusted storage solutions, that offer the broadest choice in performance, data protection, and cost for next generation PCIe (PCI Express) connectivity.

 

The newest family of Adaptec Unified Serial RAID controllers delivers the most choices for connecting to high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) drives and high-performance Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives, including redundant path failover and a low-profile form factor that is ideal for high-density servers and workstations.

 

Adaptec Unified Serial Controllers come in four models. The low-profile design RAID 3405 and Raid 3805 come with four and eight internal ports respectively. RAID 31205 and RAID 31605, have 12 and 16 internal ports, respectively. The RAID 3085 features eight external ports and dual-path failover, providing external data path redundancy.

 

Product

Part #

Benefits

Adaptec RAID 31205
12 internal ports

Adaptec RAID 31605
16 internal ports

 

2252400-R

 

2252700-R

 

 

 

¨ Use for maximum performance and scalability
(up to 60TB using 500GB drives)

¨ Attach directly to SATA and SAS midplanes with up to 16 disk drives — increase capacity using SAS expanders

 

Adaptec RAID 3085
8 external ports

2251600-R

¨ Use with external SATA or SAS storage

¨ Industry's first redundant path failover
increases availability

¨ Low-profile design ideal for high-density servers and workstations

 

 

Adaptec RAID 3405
4 internal ports

2251800-R

¨ Use instead of traditional SATA-only controllers for more scalability (up to 60TB using 500GB drives)

¨ Low-profile form factor ideal for high-density servers and workstations

 

 

All of these Adaptec Unified Serial Controllers offer the highest data protection available including RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 10, 5EE, 6, 50, 60 plus one-view management with Adaptec Storage Manager across all Adaptec RAID Controllers, and the broadest operating system support, including Windows Vista.

 

As a part of its extensive market outreach program, Cyberstar will conduct focused dealer and end customer training programs on advantages of implementing Unified Serial RAID controllers into their storage architectures. Special pricing schemes and dealer promotions have also been drawn as a part of this aggressive program.

“Unified Serial RAID controllers enable interconnect between SATA and SAS drives on a single storage architecture, delivering exceptional value and performance to consumers”, says Raj Rathi, Managing Director Cyberstar Infocom. “We are very bullish about the prospects of this product line in India”.

 

Availability

The Adaptec range of Unified Serial RAID Controllers is available immediately through Cyberstar and its authorized reseller partners across 26 locations in India

 

About Cyberstar (www.cyberstarindia.com)

Founded in 1999, Cyberstar Infocom Ltd. is today one of the emerging distributors of IT peripherals, networking and components, in the Indian subcontinent. Backed by a highly professional and motivated team, Cyberstar has now expanded its operation to include 22 branch offices and 6 resident offices in order to reach out to its valued channel partners across the country. Cyberstar prides itself in providing its customers with best quality products, technical support, marketing and training programs, and post-sales service. For its vendors, Cyberstar acts as a value added sales force, leveraging its well-qualified team, technical capabilities, logistic services and customer relationships to distribute their products in the most cost effective manner.

 

About Adaptec (www.adaptec.com)

Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) provides trusted storage solutions that reliably move, manage, and protect critical data and digital content. Adaptec's software and hardware-based solutions are delivered through leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and channel partners to provide storage connectivity, data protection, and networked storage to enterprises, government organizations, medium and small businesses..

 

Media Contact

 

Sangeeta Nandy,

Cyberstar Infocom Ltd.

+91 98800 20213

sangeeta.nandy@cyberstarindia.com

 

Avantika Punekar

EXL Public Relations

+91 98459 25480

avantika@exlpr.com

 

For all other inquiries please contact: +91 80 4126 6808 / adaptec@cyberstarindia.com