STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., ANNOUNCES STACA-RAY - THE INDUSTRIES FIRST LOW
COST, STAND-ALONE SCSI DISK ARRAY UTILIZING NEW 3.5" CONTROLLER
TECHNOLOGY

STAMFORD, CT; JUNE 1995--STACA-RAY is the industry's first low cost,
stand-alone SCSI disk array to incorporate new 3.5" array controller
technology. The small footprint array can utilize from three (3) to six
(6), 3.5" SCSI disk drives in 'hot swap' canisters that yield from 4 GB to
26 GB of capacity configured at RAID Level 3 or 5. The disk drives, RAID
controller and redundant power supplies are contained in attractive,
stackable modules that allow for easy configuration and subsequent field
upgrades.

STACA-RAY is an entry level disk array with a base cache of 8 MB. This base
cache is expandable to 32 MB on the RAID controller to provide high
processing performance STACA-RAY is upgradeable from a FAST SCSI-2 host
interface to an optional Wide Fast SCSI-2 interface. It also supports the
addition of a disk drive module designated as a 'hot spare'. The 'hot
spare' will automatically initiate a background data rebuild in the event
of a disk drive failure

Should a 'hot swap' disk drive or power supply fail, the array controller
will initiate an audible alarm and a flashing light will indicate the
failed module. Additionally, a failure message can be sent via the RS-232
connection to a standalone PC to allow remote monitoring of the STACA-RAY.
Furthermore, with SSI's RACA-LERT software, emergency messages can be
broadcast over a network, dialed to tone pagers or sent to remote fax
machines in the event of a drive failure.

As a hardware and software independent SCSI disk array, STACA-RAY is
compatible with any platform -- EISA, Micro Channel, PCI or RISC; and any
operating system -- Netware, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, Unix, Macintosh,
etc.

A STACA-RAY Model 6 consisting of three (3) 2.1 GB disk modules yielding a
protected capacity of 4.2 GB at RAID Level 3 or 5, with hot swappable
redundant power supplies, and 8 MB of cache memory is priced at $6,495.00.
A STACA-RAY Model 12 with 8 MB of cache and 4.3 GB disk drives yielding
8.6 GB at RAID Level 3 or 5, increases the price to $8,795.00.

Storage Solutions, Inc. designs and manufacturers SCSI data storage and
management products for PCs, UNIX workstations and file servers. SSI
offers high capacity, fault tolerant subsystems including disk arrays,
disk drives, DATs, and optical drives used in multiple O/S environments
such as NetWare. OS/2, Windows, Windows NT, IBM RS/6000, AIX, HP-UX, Sun
Solaris, Apple Macintosh. etc.

SSI founded in 1989 maintains its corporate offices at 550 West Avenue,
Stamford, CT 06902. 203-325-0035,  fax 203-327-4675

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