NEC Solutions America Enhances `Simplified High Availability' by Adding 2 Terabytes of Affordable High Performance Expanded Storage Capacity to High Availability Server Series

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002

Up to 2 Terabytes of Fault Tolerant Storage Expands Uses for Fault

Tolerant Servers

NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America, today continues its relentless drive to simplify high availability computing by introducing the NEC S1200 storage system for its line of groundbreaking fault tolerant servers. The NEC S1200 storage solution for the FT Series includes hardware and software elements that integrate up to 2 Terabytes(2) of continuous processing, high-performance expanded storage capacity for the NEC Solutions line of fault tolerant servers, which deliver 99.999% availability in Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments.

The NEC Solutions S1200 direct-attach Fibre Channel storage technology combined with the award-winning NEC Express5800/ft fault tolerant servers provide a fully integrated fault tolerant solution with continuous processing power and storage capacity that can address almost any mission-critical application for mid- and enterprise-markets. Email, database management, security systems, emergency services, financial services and telecommunications are just some of the applications currently served by fault tolerant technology from NEC Solutions America.

Like the NEC Solutions' fault tolerant servers, the NEC S1200 uses industry standard components to ensure set-up, maintenance, and repair are simple and cost-effective. Further simplifying the server/storage offering is NEC Solutions' software management package, which integrates seamlessly with the server management software and with other storage management applications, including Veritas(R) Volume Manager.

Dick Csaplar, storage product manager, for NEC Solutions America said, "The additional storage and performance capabilities mean that almost every mission-critical application can operate in a high availability environment with equipment sourced from a single world-class vendor. Simplifying every element of high availability computing for Windows platform, including server/storage interoperability, adds a level of stability and security that gives IT managers peace of mind."

Key Features

-- Fully redundant storage expansion for the highest Availability

-- Integrated failover management software and system management with FT Server

-- Hardware RAID Processing and large Cache for Performance

-- Modular, Hot Swappable design for simplified service without system outage.

Specifications

Designed with the same level of availability as the FT Server Series, the NEC S1200 Disk Array storage unit is equipped with complete redundancy of all vital components including Hardware RAID Processing, Fibre Channel connectivity and cache memory. The unit also configured with:

-- Two, 2-gigabyte Fibre Channel ports for host and disk

interface

-- Fully redundant power, fans, battery back-up, storage

processors, cables

-- Support for up to three hot spare disk drives.

Users can order the storage device with hard disk drive capacities from 3 to 30 hard disk drive (HDD) modules, depending on the amount of storage required for the high availability application, and with support for RAID levels: -0, -1, -5, or -10 ( ).

Additional NEC Storage Options

NEC Solutions also provides users with the option of an NEC Disk Expansion Unit (DEU) for every fault tolerant server. The DEU, announced six months ago, offers up to 1 Terabyte of SCSI-based external storage expansion with simple set-up and management. The NEC DEU is perfect for mission critical applications that don't require the intense storage demands of many of today's Fibre Channel based storage devices.

Pricing and Availability

The NEC S1200 will be sold with the NEC Express5800/320La fault tolerant servers. Both server and storage systems are available through NEC Solutions America. The NEC S1200 storage systems will be available starting at an expected price of $19,999(1) as of Oct.14, 2002.

Further information is available by calling NEC Solutions America at 888-632-3226 or by visiting www.necft.com.

About NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

NEC Solutions (America), Inc. is a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America. As an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l), NEC Solutions America supplies customized technology solutions, including presentation systems, enterprise computing products, biometric and information security solutions, advanced eBusiness integration systems, and professional IT/IS services. Information about NEC Solutions America can be found at www.necsolutions-am.com.

Editor's Note: NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation and is used under license. Intel is a registered trademark Intel Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. (C)2002 NEC Solutions (America), Inc. All rights reserved.