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News Release from: Infrant Technologies | Subject: IT3107 and IT3102
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2005
Network storage processors speed file
transfers
A new system-on-chip architecture aims to power the industry's next-generation of network attached storage and media server appliances.
Infrant Technologies has released the highly integrated IT3107 and IT3102 system-on-chip architecture that will power the industry's next-generation of network attached storage (NAS) and media server appliances By integrating Gigabit Ethernet, multiple Serial ATA hard disk interfaces and hardware-based RAID 0/1/5 redundancy into a single network storage processor, more efficient network storage devices can be made available to broader markets including workgroups, offices and home networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Many user benefits are derived by integrating advanced network and storage features into a network storage processor", said Paul Tien, President at Infrant Technologies.
"The Infrant IT3100 network storage processor family reduces the number of core chips needed for storage and media servers, increasing performance and overall reliability while consuming less power at a lower cost".
The Infrant IT3100 family of network storage processors are all 32bit RISC CPU's.
The IT3107 has a four-channel Serial ATA interface and the IT3102 has a two-channel Serial ATA interface.
Both network storage processors include a Gigabit Ethernet MAC supporting jumbo packets, PCI host controller for expansion flexibility, and hardware RAID supporting RAID 0 striping, RAID 1 mirroring and RAID 5 striping with redundant parity.
They also include a 64bit DDR-SDRAM interface, an encryption/decryption engine, diskless boot using NAND Flash, TWSI interface and support for JTAG boundary scan.
By incorporating Infrant's advanced DataJunction architecture, the communication bottlenecks associated with multiple hard drives on a PCIbus are eliminated.
As a result, the file transfer performance is greater than many entry-level servers based on a standard PC architecture.
The Infrant IT3107 and IT3102 network storage processors, reference boards and a complete, customisable Linux based operating system are available now to OEM partners.
The Infrant IT3107 and IT3102 network storage processors are priced at $120 and $80, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities including a licence of the complete Infrant NAS software package.
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