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RAID(TM) Announces Qualification of Their Compact Razor Storage Solution by Mimosa Systems for Use With Their NearPoint Archiving Platform
| Source: Raid Incorporated
METHUEN, MA--(Marketwire - October 21, 2008) - RAID Inc., a customized storage solution and
services provider specializing in leading edge technologies, today
announced that their Razor product has been qualified for use with Mimosa
Systems next-generation content archiving solutions and services. The
Razor, launched earlier this year, is a compact 1U 4Gb Fibre Channel to
2.5" SAS solution, available in both single or dual controller. Expandable
to 60 drives, the Razor has been officially qualified by Mimosa to extend
its powerful NearPoint platform. Mimosa NearPoint is an integrated
content archiving platform that can be extended with value-add options
including eDiscovery, employee supervision, content monitoring alerts,
Disaster Recovery, Storage Management and File system archiving. Each
application is seamlessly integrated into the NearPoint platform, and
maintains a "zero-agents" approach. The unified archiving solution can be
deployed quickly, with minimal time or need for extra user training, to
extend the functionality and value of NearPoint.
The Razor offers exceptional price, performance and reliability. By
consuming 40 percent less power than comparable solutions, the Razor drives
down IT costs and reduces power consumption through a cooler enclosure,
which results in better reliability. Its airflow requirements minimize the
chance of encountering thermal issues. The high-end 15,000 RPM 2.5-inch SAS
drives feature 1.6 million hours of mean time between failures (MTBF),
which is 15 percent higher than 3.5-inch disk drives. The compact Razor
device is 70% smaller than comparable 3.5" drive solutions on the market
today.
"Mimosa continues our history of technology excellence and commitment to
expand our content archiving offering that provides value to hundreds of
loyal customers and partners worldwide," said Michael Hardy, senior
director, business development of Mimosa. "By opening up the NearPoint
platform to partners like RAID, we expect our customers to solve their most
complex archiving challenges to minimize risk and increase their bottom
lines."
"We are pleased to be partnered with Mimosa and being able to offer the
first qualified 2.5" SAS RAID solution to its customers. The compact
density, cost and performance are all critical elements in email archiving
and data centers today. We feel that the Razor offers Mimosa's customers
all of these things," stated Marc DiZoglio, EVP of RAID.
About Mimosa NearPoint
Mimosa NearPoint addresses critical customer requirements around content
archiving, eDiscovery, regulatory compliance, business continuity, and
storage optimization in a unified solution. Mimosa NearPoint provides legal
search workflow, immediate mailbox and message recovery, disaster recovery,
email, instant message and file archiving, and self-service search and
access in one solution. By leveraging cost-effective storage and advanced
classification rules, NearPoint also optimizes content storage and reduces
overall infrastructure costs.
About Mimosa
Mimosa Systems, Inc. delivers next-generation content archiving solutions
for information immediacy, discovery, and continuity. Mimosa NearPoint is
the industry's most comprehensive unstructured information management
software solution for email, files, and instant messages, enabling
archiving, eDiscovery, storage management, and recovery in a unified
solution. Mimosa is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, recognized for its
competencies in networking infrastructure solutions, ISV/software
solutions, and advanced infrastructure solutions. Mimosa was founded in
2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Canada,
Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, Australia, and India. For more
information, visit http://www.mimosasystems.com.
About RAID Incorporated
Headquartered in Methuen, MA, RAID Incorporated is a managed storage
service provider (MSSP) and designs customized storage systems and
solutions. RAID Incorporated's flagship service StorageWatch® is the
industry's only real-time monitoring and managed storage service which
reduces customers total cost of ownership by reducing operational costs
associated with maintaining and administering storage systems while
increasing data availability. Since 1994, RAID has been devoted to
researching and developing leading edge technologies while providing
twenty-four hour support services to become one of the industry leaders.
RAID specializes in solving compute, application, and disaster recovery
needs with a unique platform combining hardware, software, and services.
www.raidinc.com