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DataDirect Networks has added to its full range of industry proven nearline solutions with its S2A9500 Archive Solution, the industry's most reliable and scalable SATA disk based archive storage solution aimed at filling the gap between enterprise disk storage and archival tape. "Data intensive organizations are faced with finding a cost-effective and robust archive storage solution for managing and being able to access high-value data in a timely manner. Adding more primary disk capacity to manage data growth is a costly strategy, and tape does not have the access speed needed to meet production data needs," said Paul Bloch, president of DataDirect Networks. "Our S2A9500 Archive Solution can sit between the two, balancing production and storage requirements in terms of reliability, accessibility, performance and cost. This allows IT managers to make their existing storage infrastructure more efficient, matching data growth with less expensive SATA storage, maximizing the use of their existing storage as well as extending its useful life." DataDirect Networks' S2A9500 Archive Solution is a combination of its industry leading, 6th generation Silicon Storage Appliance (S2A) and a volume metric efficient 48 SATA drive package. The S2A9500 with its silicon enabled intelligence delivers continuous on-the-fly data protection with no loss in performance, allowing organizations to implement a reliable enterprise-class archive or nearline solution that can scale up to 480 TB non-disruptively in a two rack system -- up to 5 times more scaleable than other comparable disk based storage systems. To complement its ability to provide cost-effective, very scalable secondary storage in the smallest footprint available, the S2A9500 Archive Solution delivers industry leading data protection and reliability with enterprise-class functionality like multiple levels of redundancy, parity checking of all read I/Os, and hardware RAID 6 (protecting data in the event of a double disk drive failure). With increased data protection, the S2A9500 Archive Solution creates worry-free disk-based solutions for nearline and archive storage, fixed content and large file storage, backup and recovery systems with the industry's best price per capacity per square foot storage solution. The S2A9500 Archive Solution is differentiated from any other available SATA storage solutions by several key attributes: * Parallel Parity Processing Engine (P3E) for on-the-fly parity checking of all read I/Os for greater SATA solution data integrity. * Disk Controller Engine (DCE) to manage SATA disk drive latencies and to deliver data in a timely manner. * DirectRAID technology for RAID 6 data protection with no loss of performance. * 20 Fibre Channel interconnects to storage for extra performance for drive rebuilds not affecting host performance. * 48-slot high density disk drive chassis for 480TB in a two rack footprint. * Sleep mode feature for dramatically reduced power and cooling needs. "The S2A9500 Archive Solution affords significant investment protection and return-on-investment by allowing an organization to build on top of its existing storage infrastructure," concluded Bloch. "It also reduces the total-cost-of-ownership due to its volume metric efficiency and power saving features, resulting in lower storage cost, facility costs and operating expenses." To learn more about DataDirect Networks' S2A9500 Archive Solution -- please go to www.datadirectnet.com/requestform.html to download the latest white paper entitled "DataDirect Networks S2A9500 Archive Solution, Industry's Most Reliable SATA Storage Solution".