Middle East - NEC Computers, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has announced the availability of the new NEC Storage D-Series that sets new standards for cost-effective scalability, performance and availability, giving businesses affordable entry storage solutions for assured data security and serenity.
"The NEC D-Series incorporates innovative design and features all allowing cost-effective operation," said Johan Degroote, EMEA Business Development Director, NEC Computers. "Storage, along with security, is an area that is of prime importance to all IT Managers or indeed senior management of all organisations and we feel that the new D-series has a solution for all levels whether it is a small to medium business or a large enterprise."
The NEC D-Series incorporates innovative design and features include:
- Mixable SAS & SATA HDDs: within the same storage subsystems increasing storage configuration flexibility
- RAID Triple Mirror (TM): for combining solid RAID-1 performance along with the protection against double disk drive failure
- NEC Phoenix®: NEC's patented Phoenix® technology reduces HDD degradation, cutting the need for systems rebuilds
- MAID Technology: reducing system power consumption by powering off unused disk drives.
Cost Effective Storage
NEC will be introducing 2 models of the D-Series to be available throughout the entire NEC Computers distribution network, enabling business to choose the right system adapted to their storage requirements:
NEC Storage D1-10
An entry level model for small and medium businesses or workgroups offering excellent TCO and performance, scalable up to 4x 4Gb/s Fiber Channel Host Ports, 72x SAS/SATA HDDs, and 2GB Cache.
NEC Storage D3-10
An entry to mid-range model designed for businesses and enterprise departments, combining increased performance and TCO, with greater capacity and throughput, featuring up to 12x 4Gb/s Fiber Channel Host Ports, 144x SAS/SATA HDDs and 4GB cache.
"Enterprises of all sizes have to continually manage exponential data growth, which increases the cost and complexity of storage systems that support their most critical business operations," said Jon Green, Senior Product Marketing Manager of NEC Computers. "With the new NEC Storage D-Series, companies' decisions will be simplified knowing that these cost-effective storage systems are going to be able to scale with their growing storage needs, whilst continuing to support demanding operational and transaction environments."
Storage Software
All of the NEC Storage D-Series models are backed by NEC's storage software suite, which is designed to meet the data management and business continuity requirements needed to compete in today's global market place.
NEC's data management software portfolio offers products in the key areas of business continuity, configuration management, performance monitoring, load balancing, seamless capacity expansion and disaster recovery.
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About NEC Computers
As a subsidiary of the Japanese group NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY), NEC Computers offers a wide and innovative range of IT solutions for infrastructures (servers, storage, software) and user platforms (Desktop PCs and Notebooks), as well as a large offer of professional services.
NEC Computers is present in the European, Middle Eastern, African and Latin American markets. Its technological and industrial site in Angers (France), unique in Europe, allows the conception and manufacture of customised solutions for businesses and institutions.
The Japanese group NEC, one of the world's leading providers of Computing, Networking and Electronic components, reached a $39 billion turnover (fiscal year ended March 2007) with more than 150,000 employees worldwide.
As illustrated with the baseline "Empowered by Innovation", dedicating over 6.5% of its turnover to R&D, from bio plastics to high-performance calculators, NEC Corporation brings technological innovation straight to its clients.
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NEC Computers press contact:
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