Alacritech Announces OEM Partnership with Cybernetics
Alacritech Accelerators Speed Cybernetics' High-capacity iSAN Tape Storage Subsystems;
CPU Utilization Reduced by 75% and Data Transfer Rates Tripled
San Jose, Calif. — December 9, 2002 — TM family
of tape storage subsystems with outstanding performance in their IP-based
storage area networks (SANs). Alacritech accelerators running in conjunction
with Cybernetics' iSAN network-attached tape drive and iTapeTM
backup device reduce CPU utilization by 75% and enable the units to transfer
data three times faster than with conventional adapters.
"Cybernetics' goal is to provide our customers with high-performance
technology that is also easy to use and cost-effective," said Martin Aherron,
vice president of engineering, Cybernetics. "Our new iSAN tape drives
offer capacity to 320 Gigabytes, and our library configurations range
well into the terabytes. By incorporating the Alacritech cards in our
iSAN network-attached iSCSI-based backup solutions, we ensure our customers
of the fastest possible tape backup from any Windows host on the network.
In addition to putting our customer's storage on their Ethernet network,
with Alacritech, we are efficiently tripling their data transfer rates."
Alacritech is the pioneer of TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) technology,
and it's 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerators enable industry-leading
performance in data-intensive SAN environments. The accelerator is based
on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface control) Technology
to offload network processing from software to silicon to achieve outstanding
performance in servers, workstations and networks. Alacritech's data-path
TCP/IP offload eliminates issues of network throughput, compatibility
and scalability by enabling data movement to be performed by the ASIC
on the adapter, and TCP/IP connection management and error handling to
be handled by the host software.
"By deploying Cybernetics' products with Alacritech accelerators, customers
can effectively increase the performance of their existing networks to
speed critical applications such as tape backups," said Kim Peyser, senior
vice president of sales and marketing, Alacritech, Inc. "Together, we're
providing our joint customers with scalable, high-performance solutions
that ensure continuous data access and guarantee maximum return on their
investments in networked storage."
About Alacritech Acceleration Technology
As systems and servers are burdened with increasing amounts of network
traffic, they are forced to process data faster and more efficiently.
Alacritech's SLIC Technology(R), with its TCP/IP acceleration capability,
is designed to enhance Ethernet/IP network performance as well as dramatically
reduce network overhead. Alacritech server and storage accelerators use
the Internet Protocol Processor (IPP), a custom, programmable ASIC developed
to offload TCP/IP processing from the system to reduce CPU utilization,
increase data throughput and decrease network latency. Alacritech's 1000x1
Single-port Server and Storage Accelerators are the only Integrated Storage
Network Interface Cards (IS-NICs) to provide hardware acceleration for
both IP storage and standard Ethernet traffic. All Alacritech products
offer industry-standard failover and link aggregation.
About Cybernetics' iSAN Tape Storage Subsystems
Cybernetics' iSAN family is comprised of iSCSI-compatible, high-performance
network-attached tape storage subsystems that utilize standard Ethernet
switches, routers and cables to maximize each customer's existing technology
investment. Cybernetics iSAN solutions feature high-capacity AIT, SDLT,
and LTO tape drives in single, dual-drive and library configurations.
Tape capacity ranges from 35 Gigabytes to 320 Gigabytes and throughput
can reach 64 Megabytes/second depending on the technology. iSAN tape drives
support OS/400, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS, Netware, Solaris, Windows
NT/2000 and others.
About Cybernetics
Based in Yorktown, Virginia, Cybernetics manufactures, sells, supports,
and services a complete family of tape and disk storage solutions. Established
in 1978, Cybernetics is recognized in the United States and across the
world as a pioneer in data storage technology and has become well-known
for its development of innovative features that vastly improve the performance
of tape subsystems while ensuring top reliability and interoperability
of systems. For more information about Cybernetics' iSAN family of products,
please call the company at 757/833-9000, or visit the company's Web site
at http://www.cybernetics.com.
About Alacritech, Inc.
Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface,
to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today,
Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable
fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's products
are based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface control)
Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage
and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible
and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily
TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based
in San Jose, California, Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a
member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, the iSCSI Consortium and the
Storage Networking Association (SNIA) as well as a founding member of
the SNIA IP Storage Forum. For more information about Alacritech and its
products, please visit the company's Web site at www.alacritech.com.
# # #
Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, and the SLIC Technology
logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States.
Cybernetics, iSAN and iTape are trademarks of Cybernetics. All other trademarks
are property of their respective owners.
Press Contacts: