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SLI-Consulting releases NEBS certified carrier-class storage for telecommunications applications

2 March, 2004 - SLI-Consulting Pty. Limited, a wholly Australian-owned data storage specialist has announced the release of Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Level 3 carrier-class certified storage arrays.

The StorageNetwork SN-1600-FFX2 (Goshawk) was designed to answer the demands of emerging of multimedia messaging services and outsourced data storage services.

NEBS compliance means these highly scalable storage solutions will operate reliably under the most hostile environments and provide the optimum combination of features and benefits to meet the immense demands of telecom services.

According to José Goldmann, Principal, SLI-Consulting, “Many telecommunications service providers are reaping phenomenal revenue opportunities from the new message and storrage services that are available today.

“However, these technologies also pose serious technical challenges. Equipment throughout the network must provide unwavering reliability, especially the data storage systems that are critical to the 24/7 performance of the many ‘store and forward’ services mobile users now depend on.

“The SN-1600-FFX2, delivers the highest availability (99.999+ percent) and configuration flexibility to ensure downtime is virtually eliminated,” Mr Goldmann said.
 
”Critical components are redundant and hot-swappable to ensure field
serviceability without downtime. And Goshawk’s subsystems are easily connected to deliver optimum ROI as providers scale to meet growing data storage demands,” he said.

Product Features

• Configured with up to 112 drives to provide up to 16.3 TB per subsystem
• Industries highest density chassis - 16 drives within 3U
• Choice of AC or DC power per single enclosure and rack-mounted in 19-inch format for simplified integration into telecommunications environments  
• High performance RAID - 100,000 cached IOPs per subsystem and more than 350+ MB/s sequential RAID-5 reads from disk 
• Four 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel host and two 2 Gb/s FC device attachments
• eArray™ Director software for simplified configuration, monitoring and management from anywhere in the world to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 
• Optional XDAM software for simplified configuration, monitoring and management from anywhere in the world to lower TCO.
 
Network Equipment Building System (NEBS)

Developed by Bellcore to represent a universal measure of network product excellence, NEBS criteria establish reliability and efficiency benchmarks to:
• Ensure compatibility with the telephone industry’s electrical environment.
• Simplify equipment planning and installation
• Protect telecommunications equipment from service outages
• Prevent interference to licensed radio transmitters and other equipment
• Minimize the risk of fires
• Ensure operation under the range of temperature, humidity, vibration, and
airborne contamination present in telecommunications locations
• Ensure equipment and service survivability in the event of an earthquake.
• Protect from personal injury

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About SLI-Consulting Pty. Limited

Founded in 1996, SLI-Consulting is a dedicated data storage consultancy that addresses all Open System platform, service and management issues. The company is a private, 100% Australian owned company, with OEM relationships in Europe, Asia and North America.

SLI-Consulting’s growing client base, which spans Japan and Germany, is focused on the Asia Pacific, with a subsidiary office in Korea.

For more information:

Cathryn van der Walt, PR Manager
cathryn@sli-consulting.com
www.sli-consulting.com

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