AIC Introduces SoC Enterprise iSCSI RAID With IStor

Advanced Industrial Computer, Inc. (AIC), a provider of OEM/ODM server and storage solutions, announced the release of its’ XI2000 Series Enterprise-level iSCSI RAID storage system. The powerful new system delivers the industry’s most advanced, energy efficient, cost-effective, high performance (4x1GbE to 10GbE), Enterprise-level iSCSI RAID storage appliance to the market. Its’ feature-rich, ease-of-integration and maintenance makes it ideally suited for a broad range of applications.

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XI2000 Series IP-SAN iSCSI System XI-316R

The XI2000 Series storage solutions offer quick installation, scalable capacity and lower IT overhead with its’ flexible configuration and ease-of-use. It provides the industry’s most advanced iSCSI RAID storage solution for IP Storage Area Networks (IP-SANs). The core of the XI2000 Series storage system is our innovative GigaStor technology from iStor Networks, Inc., featuring a next generation ‘Storage System on a Chip,’ designed to accelerate iSCSI RAID, with advanced storage virtualization firmware, and embedded IP-based management graphical user interface (GUI).

The XI-316R model provides users with an integrated storage system. With a choice of drives, this system includes AIC’s simple management GUI, featuring easy ‘4-click’ installation, greatly reducing valuable configuration time for IT managers. In addition, it provides up to 10Gbps performance – significantly exceeding the speed of any Fibre Channel product. The XI2000 Series’ high level of integration and scalable capacity provides a complete solution at an attractive total cost of ownership, sustaining storage performance needs for the near future for a wide range of demanding applications including: high performance computing (multi-media, simulation/ modeling, graphics and printing), network security (video surveillance), general purpose, high capacity server, storage server appliance, computer telephony (Telco Infrastructure) medical / healthcare and more.

"Storage requirements for HPC professionals continues to grow significantly, and the demand for high performance, cost-effective solutions to meet these needs is critical," said Gene Lee, the Corporate Vice President of AIC. "AIC and iStor’s collaboration on the XI2000 Series solution answers those needs, offering the industry the most advanced, high performance, high efficiency, feature-rich IP-SAN iSCSI storage solution to the market."

"The team of AIC and iStor has produced another innovative storage solution for the industry," said Kevin Daly, CEO, iStor Networks Inc. "With the breakthrough ‘System On Chip’ 10-Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI technology, the XI2000 rises to meet growing customer requirements for high performance storage solutions."