Ultra160 SCSI Technology Adapts Itself To TA-04 Linux - Adaptec - Company Business and Marketing

Computer Technology Review, April, 2000

Adaptec, Inc. announced that its Ultral6O SCSI technology will be ported to the Linux IA-64 kernel--the basis for the 64-bit version of the Linux operating system. By working with Linux provider Red Hat, Inc., Adaptec brings a technology to the Linux user community. This initiative to bring the SCSI technology to the world of IA-64 Linux aligns with Adaptec's position as the storage 110 enabler for platforms based on Intel's IA-64 microprocessor architecture. Users of IA-64 Linux from any Linux vendors are assured of compatibility with the company's technology products, the Ultral6O SCSI leaders for performance, software value-add, and storage and peripheral connectivity, because these two leaders have worked together to bring this solution to customers.

"Adaptec, Inc. is positioned to be a player in two simultaneous computing revolutions: Linux and IA-64," said Lee Caswell, director of the OEM Solutions Group at Adaptec. "The joint project between Adaptec and Red Hat has brought the world's Linux engineers together to provide customers with hardware and software and is important because of the popularity of Linux, particularly in ISP and e-business environments."

PC server and workstation manufacturers have accepted the company's technology as the foundation for this storage connectivity standard. Ultra160 SCSI technology boasts a data transfer rate of 160MB/sec. Migration to this SCSI technology is assured because users can continue to use legacy SCSI devices along with Ultral 60 devices with each device performing at its speed. Tested by Adaptec, Inc. on a dozen operating system versions and 160 systems, the company's Ultra160 SCSI solutions are assured of the levels of compatibility and reliability.