BELL MICROPRODUCTS’ HAMMER™ STORAGE DIVISION ADDS NEW NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE APPLIANCE TO ITS PRODUCT LINE
Based on the 600 MHz Intel XScale® 80219 Processor, Hammer’s New NA-1400 Appliance Ideal for Small to Medium Businesses
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 06, 2006
Hammer Storage, a division of Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM), today announced the addition of the Hammer™ NA-1400 Network-Attached Storage Appliance to its product line. The new Hammer NA-1400 is a high capacity device, providing up to two terabytes of external storage in a compact, toaster-sized package. With the support of Active Directory Services and unmatched security features, the Hammer NA-1400 continues to move Hammer Storage into the business network storage space.
The Hammer NA-1400 is designed by Newisys, Inc., a leading developer of computing and storage designs, and manufactured by its parent company Sanmina-SCI, a leading global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company. Based on the 600 MHz Intel XScale® 80219 processor and the 4-port Intel 31244 PCI-X to Serial ATA controller makes the NA-1400 an intuitive, plug and play storage solution that is easy to install, use and manage.
Continuing to build on the retail success of the Hammer Storage brand, Bell Micro is expanding the Hammer line to the business market segment by the addition of the Hammer NA-1400 to its assortment of business products. “Hammer’s NA-1400 is a great solution for business customers looking for an industrial strength solution at a consumer price,” said Bryan Nash, Vice President and General Manager of Bell’s Hammer Storage Division. “We are pleased to offer our customers the performance and features of the Newisys design along with the manufacturing quality built in by Sanmina-SCI.”
“We partnered with the Hammer Division of Bell Microproducts from the beginning to help satisfy the increased demand for affordable storage particularly in the small to medium sized business market segment,” said Edward Grondahl, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Newisys. “Bell Microproducts’ technical knowledge and focus on storage solutions has been instrumental in assisting Newisys in the development of the NA-1400. With input from Bell Microproducts and its customers, we added key features such as Active Directory Services, a locking door and easy-to-use industrial strength software.”
“As demands for higher data availability and reduced complexity grow, small-to-medium business customers are asking for easy-to-use alternatives to traditional backup based on more cost-effective technologies,” said Mike Wall, general manager, Intel Storage Group Marketing. “The Intel XScale 80219 processor provides Hammer Storage customers with both the performance and bandwidth necessary to protect their data from loss at an affordable price.”
The Hammer NA-1400 offers incredible performance and features including:
- 1 TB, 1.6 TB or 2 TB of JBOD or RAID 0, 1, or 5 delivered with RAID 5 striping as a default
- Supports Active Directory Services
- Affordable repository for shared data, backup center for critical data or incremental storage unit
- Easy-to-use, easy-to-install and pre-configured with user friendly software
- 4 hot-swap SATA I high-capacity disk drives
- 18 – 22 MB/sec performance
- Intel XScale 600 MHz processor with Linux®-based operating system for reliability and compatibility
- Two USB ports on the front panel for easy connection with digital media devices; both can be configured for separate networks or direct connect
The Hammer NA-1400 is in stock and available for immediate shipment.
About Bell Microproducts Inc.
Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems, back-up products, storage management software, and extensive support, integration and installation services. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.
The company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9001:2000 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 125 brand name product lines, as well as its own Rorke Data and Hammer Storage brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com. For more information on Hammer Storage, please call 1-888-444-9977.
About Zetera Corporation
Founded in 2002, Zetera Corporation is a developer of a patent-pending technology that enables networked storage to be realized at unprecedented price-performance levels. The technology was invented by the creators of the IDE and ATAPI disk drive standards, which have shipped in billions of disk drives. Leveraging the latest IP advances, Zetera has created a new class of network storage technology that is superior in performance, cost, scalability and compatibility to all other types of network storage. Based in Irvine, Calif., Zetera licenses its technology to leading storage, computer, peripheral and device manufacturers worldwide, including Bell Microproducts and Netgear. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.zetera.com.
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