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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000
Internal PCI Card Provides Superior Performance and
Data Integrity at Cost Effective Price Point
SmartDisk Personal Storage Systems, formerly VST Technologies, announced today the VST UltraTek(TM)/66 ATA RAID Controller, an ultra-high-speed RAID solution for improving the storage capacity, data integrity and performance of Power Macintosh G3 and G4 computers. SmartDisk is demonstrating the VST UltraTek(TM)/66 ATA RAID Controller in its VST booth 841 at Macworld Expo, July 19-21 at the Javits Center in New York. SmartDisk Personal Storage Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of SmartDisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SMDK).
Featuring SoftRAID(TM) software, the VST UltraTek(TM)/66 is capable of increasing storage and data transfer by 300 percent. It provides more than 60 megabytes-per-second sustained RD transfer rates and more than 45 megabytes-per-second sustained WR, making it the fastest driver available for data-intensive tasks, including digital video and PhotoShop editing, database management and server applications.
"The UltraTek(TM)/66 provides PowerMac G3 and G4 users a quick and affordable solution to significantly increase storage capacity, performance and data integrity," said Vince Fedele, Chief Technology Officer, SmartDisk. "We've priced this product much less than similar solutions to enable consumers to achieve workstation performance at half the cost."
The UltraTek(TM)/66 card can be installed by simply running the SoftRAID Installer, attaching the UltraTek(TM)/66 in a PCI slot and linking the cables provided in the package to the drives. When used with IBM's latest 7200RPM 75GXP DeskStar series of ultra-ATA/66 hard drive mechanisms, performance is equivalent to Ultra2 SCSI, for a total solution cost of about half of typical SCSI solutions. In addition, SoftRAID provides RAID levels 0 and 1 (striping and mirroring) simultaneously. Striping provides increased capacity and performance while mirroring provides redundancy with duplicate data on separate drive mechanisms.
Pricing and Availability
The VST UltraTek(TM)/66 is available immediately through national resellers and master distributors, including Ingram, DataVision, Mac Warehouse, Mac Connection, Fry's and Micro Center. The stand-alone package, priced at $199, features the UltraTek/66 ATA controller, SoftRAID software by SoftRAID, LLC, two 80-wire/40-pin ATA cables and power cables. In addition, packages bundled with 60GB, 90GB and 150GB drives are available directly from www.vsttech.com.
About SmartDisk Corporation
SmartDisk Corporation completed its acquisition of VST Technologies on March 6, 2000. SmartDisk's products are designed to simplify the transfer and storage of digital photographs, video, music, voice and data among personal computers, the Internet and digital appliances. The company is using its proprietary and patented technologies to capitalize on the growing demand for digital applications and increased usage of the Internet. SmartDisk's business partners and investors include Toshiba, Hitachi, NEC, SanDisk, SCM Microsystems and others. VST Technologies, now called SmartDisk Personal Storage Systems, is a market leader in the design, engineering and marketing of high performance FireWire and USB personal storage solutions for the Internet and computer industries. SmartDisk's products are marketed under the VST brand name and by leading OEMs, including Apple Computer, Fujitsu and IBM. For more information, go to www.smartdisk.com or www.vsttech.com.
This press release includes statements, which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although SmartDisk Corporation believes the expectations contained in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Such risks include, but are not limited to our dependence on a limited number of contract and offshore manufacturers, our dependence on OEMs to promote our products, our ability to develop commercially viable products on a timely basis and other risk factors, all as more fully described in SmartDisk's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and in other reports and periodic filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
All trade names appearing in this release are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
GENERAL
Host Bus PCI
Device Type Storage controller (RAID) - plug-in card
ManufacturerVerbatim Corp.
STORAGE CONTROLLER
Interface ATA-66
Data Transfer Rate 30 MBps
Buffer Size 128 MB (max)
Supported Devices hard drive
Channel Qty 2
RAID Level RAID 0, RAID 1
Interface Type ATA-66
POWER DEVICE
Type none
INTERFACE PROVIDED
Gender female
Connector Qty 4
Qty 4
Connector Type 40 pin IDC
Connector Location internal
MISCELLANEOUS
Package Type Retail
Mounting Kit standard
Package Type retailSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS Required Apple MacOS 8.6 or later
ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS
Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
Max Operating Temperature 122 °F
Humidity Range Operating 5 - 90%
HEADER
Brand SmartDisk
Product Line SmartDisk UltraTek
Model 66
Localization English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Packaged Quantity 1
Compatibility Mac
INTERFACE REQUIRED
Type none
EXPANSION BAYS
Type none
DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT
Depth 5 in
Height 2.5 in
SOFTWARE
Type Drivers & Utilities
SLOT REQUIRED
Type PCI
Form Factor half-length
Total Qty 1
BAY REQUIRED
Type none
SERVICE & SUPPORT
Type 1 year warranty
SERVICE & SUPPORT DETAILS
Service Included parts and labor
Type limited warranty
Full Contract Period 1 year
Location carry-in GENERAL
ManufacturerVerbatim Corp.
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