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News Release from: LSI Europe | Subject: MegaRAID 320-2E
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 August 2004
PCI Express RAID adapter ready for OEM
use
LSI Logic's MegaRAID PCI Express products powered by the Intel IOP332 storage I/O processor are in full production to align with the launch of the Intel E7520 chipset.
LSI Logic's MegaRAID PCI Express products powered by the Intel IOP332 storage I/O processor are in full production to align with the launch of the Intel E7520 chipset Intel's first PCI Express based I/O processor, the IOP332 storage I/O processor is a highly integrated system-on-chip solution ideal for use on high performance ROMB or PCI Express RAID applications, like LSI Logic's MegaRAID 320-2E and MegaRAID ROMB
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"LSI Logic's MegaRAID PCI Express technology has been released to full production in parallel with the Intel E7520 chipset platform to provide the industry with higher storage device throughput and the scalability required to meet the needs of mid-range and enterprise-class servers", said Phil Bullinger, Vice President and General Manager of the LSI Logic RAID Storage Adapters Division.
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"The PCI Express architecture found in LSI Logic's MegaRAID SCSI RAID adapter and RAID on Motherboard products help to significantly amplify a system's storage I/O performance", said Jim Pappas, Director of Technology Initiatives at Intel.
LSI Logic's entry into PCI Express delivers the first-to-market MegaRAID Ultra320 PCI Express RAID adapter and helps to enable a robust, effective and high-bandwidth server and storage solution.
This dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI adapter supports an 8x PCI Express host interface and provides iTBBU support for iTBBU transportable battery-backed cache.
The MegaRAID ROMB, built with the Intel IOP332 PCI I/O processor, lowers the overall solution cost and targets high-volume global server OEMs and ODMs requiring time to market PCI Express solutions, high RAID adoption rate platforms to meet ROMB ROI, enterprise-level RAID features and end-to-end data reliability.
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