[ADVERT] Promise RM15000 External Hardware ATA to SCSI RAID system

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I have a *BRAND NEW* Promise RM15000 hardware raid system, when I say
brand new, I broke the factory seal on the box to take photos for ebay.
For those of you unfamiliar with hardware raid, this system takes 15 ATA
IDE hard disks and once configured presents the RAID to the PC as a
standard SCSI drive. Thus you are completely taking management and
overhead away from the server and putting it in hardware. This unit cost
=A32700 new - I am after offers around =A31000.
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More details from Promise:
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With support for up to fifteen off-the-shelf Ultra ATA drives, the
cost-effective UltraTrak RM15000 packs massive capacity of over 3TB for
server-class RAID or JBOD storage, offering business professionals, MIS
administrators, and corporate IT users the highest drive density 3U
rackmount solution available.=20

Promise's successful UltraTrak family architecture delivers storage
density, data protection, and value, maximized in the RM15000. The
system's fifteen independent Ultra ATA channels provide as much as
3.75TB of storage with currently available ATA drives*. The
industry-standard Ultra160 LVD host interface offers convenient
subsystem connectivity. Multiple UltraTrak systems can also be daisy
chained for even greater capacity. UltraTrak subsystems support
server-class RAID features such as hot-swap and hot-spare features,
online capacity expansion, redundant key components, and support for
RAID levels up to RAID 50. And, with Promise Technology's
leadership-driven, industry-proven ATA expertise, UltraTrak subsystems
offer "Freedom of Choice" hard drive selection, giving consumers
the
flexibility to populate the system with most off-the-shelf,
high-performance Ultra ATA hard drives.=20

The RM15000 is the perfect solution for your server-class applications.
All components in the RM15000 are field replaceable and accessible from
the front or rear of the unit. Fans and power supplies are hot swap and
redundant with local and remote failure notification.=20

Operational Excellence Through Effective Array Management

Functional storage systems require more than top quality hardware. With
Promise Technology's extensive experience in delivering RAID solutions,
we understand the needs of storage system users and we have complemented
our products with our web-based Promise Array Management (WebPAM)
software, an easy-to-use, feature-rich solution for managing all of your
Promise RAID arrays locally or remotely. With this easy to use,
graphical array configuration and monitoring tool you can monitor drive
configuration, create, expand, convert, or delete disk arrays, monitor
enclosure status, and provide online event logging and notification and
much more.


Key Benefits


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Simplify array management: Configure, manage and monitor all
Promise storage solutions through a single, host-independent web-based
management console.
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Reduce total cost of ownership for array storage: Centralize
network wide storage and array management with single-point software
management. Manage more systems with fewer resources.
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Higher availability with remote management: Distribute email
alerts or pop-up windows based on preselected event types  or error.
Array performance can be optimized by scheduling array rebuild or
synchronization in off-peak hours.

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