LSI Logic Corporation , a world leader in communications, consumer and storage solutions, announced it is supplying its IDE RAID storage adapter to NEC Corporation for its IDE RAID servers.
“LSI Logic’s i4 PCI RAID solution has opened up new applications for RAID in server environments,” said Shigeru Oshima, Senior manager of WAS division, NEC. “Using intelligent IDE RAID solutions from LSI Logic, NEC can offer the Express5800/110Ee,120Ee server line at very competitive price, while still maintaining the demanding data reliability and availability requirements for today’s data-intensive server environments.”
“This partnership highlights NEC’s commitment to offering high-performance solutions that also support the highest levels of data availability and security,” said Siamak Iranpour, director of sales and marketing with the LSI Logic RAID Storage Adapters division. “With its extensive OS support and RAID capabilities of 0, 1, 5 and more, the MegaRAID i4 is positioned to be the industry’s premier high performance, low-cost PCI RAID solution.”
MegaRAID i4 offers four independent IDE channels and on-board microprocessor.