RAID Inc. Announces Plans for Demonstrations, New Product Releases at SC09


PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - November 3, 2009) - (SC09 Booth # 445) -- RAID Incorporated, an end-to-end high-performance solutions provider specializing in leading-edge storage technologies, has announced that they will be participating in both SCinet and Xnet demonstrations to showcase the latest in next-generation high-performance technologies. In addition, Intel's new Nehalem EX CPUs for the HPC market will be on display. RAID will also be launching a series of new products and technologies at the SuperComputing 2009 conference in Portland, Oregon, including:

--  Xanadu 200 Series
      --  Xanadu 210, Mid-range storage solution scalable to 132 SAS / SATA
          drives
      --  Xanadu 220, Enterprise solution scalable to 1,000 drives of SSD,
          SAS, FC, or SATA
      --  Xanadu 230, World's largest monolithic storage solution scalable
          to over 2,700 drives

--  Performance demonstrations in Lustre using QDR InfiniBand with the new
    Xanadu 220 monolithic storage solution capable of scaling to 1,000
    drives powered by (4) Intel quad-core CPUs.

--  Cost-effective InfiniBand storage solution that scales to 720TB of
    capacity with 1TB of cache in a 42U rack starting at $0.50 per GB.

--  High-density self-contained compute cluster with 128 Nehalem CPUs in a
    42U rack that eliminates hot spots in the data center.

--  Parallel file system demonstrations utilizing Gluster and StorNext with
    RAID's Xanadu 110 storage solution.

Visit RAID Inc. at SC 2009
Booth #445, Portland OR, November 16 - 19
http://sc09.supercomputing.org/

SCinet
http://sc09.supercomputing.org/?pg=scinet.html
Xnet (eXtreme Net)
http://sc09.supercomputing.org/?pg=xnet.html

About RAID Incorporated

Since 1994 RAID Inc. has provided true 100% customized storage and computing solutions that best meet the unique requirements of HPC centers, corporations, government entities and educational institutions worldwide. From supercomputing to grid computing, RAID Inc. ensures the availability of critical digital content in real-time, all the time. The company guarantees this with the "RAID Approach," the industry's only concierge service and support model that assures the highest level of personalized support and resolution to any issue. StorageWatch®, the industry's only real-time monitoring and managed storage service offering which lowers total cost of ownership while increasing data availability, was developed as part of the "RAID Approach" to better serve its customers. RAID Inc.'s guaranteed "customer first" approach has made them an industry leader in true 100% customized storage and the best service and support. For more information about RAID Inc. visit www.raidinc.com or call 800-330-7335.

Contact Information: Media Contact for RAID Bob Picardi 978-683-6444