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Caen Announces New RM202 – Inexpensive Alternative to Increase the Performance of Any Existing JBOD or Single Controller RAID System Integrators find Caen's new dual controller enclosure highly marketable and a great way to help customers upgrade to fully redundant dual controller RAID without buying a whole new RAID array For Release 9 a.m. February 1, 2000

Orange, CA - February 01, 2000: Caen Engineering, Inc, America's premier manufacturer of mass data storage enclosures, announced their release of the new RM202 redundant RAID rackmount enclosure. The innovative RM202 provides a cost-effective alternative to completely replacing an existing JBOD or single controller RAID when upgrading to a dual fail-over controller system. This compact and reliable enclosure offers resellers a better alternative to costly system-wide upgrades.

"Resellers can appreciate a manufacturer who gives them multiple ways to support their end-users," says Martin Calderwood, executive vice president for Caen Engineering, Inc. "The more solutions they have to choose from, the more opportunities they have to penetrate their markets and increase sales! We're the integrator's integrator. The products we engineer and manufacture are designed to help our customers, the resellers, VARs, integrators and OEMs have the best possible tools to give their end-users what they want and need."

The new RM202's specifications are impressive. It houses two half-height RAID controllers supported in a completely redundant enclosure with dual hot-swap, load-sharing power supplies, and two hot-swap, cooling fans. The high-quality all-metal chassis comes complete with a locking front door that has a high-visibility viewing window, built-in system status indicators with both visual and audible alarms which are standard issue on all Caen RAID enclosures. Shipping immediately, the RM202 is available in Beige, Black, and White, in addition to custom colors and OEM silk screening options. It has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of (MSRP) of $1,200. Chassis slides and all mounting hardware within the enclosure are included in this remarkably low price. This enclosure is designed to meet UL, CSA, TUV, FCC and RETMA standards.

Features of the RM202:
Support for Fibre Channel, SCSI Ultra-II / Ultra-III Wide (LVD) or Ultra Single-Ended Interfaces (12 SCSI I/Os 6 DB9 I/Os)
  Low-profile, rugged all-metal construction with locking front door
  High-visibility viewing window (complete with fresh air filtration screens)
  Dual front-loading, hot-swappable 120W (each) redundant, load-sharing power supplies (dual AC inlets on enclosure rear provide two individual power sources)
  Dual hot-swappable, redundant 12VDC, 54CFM fans for front-to-rear cooling (additional fans on power supplies)
  Supports fail-over, continuous-operation, half-height RAID controllers, enabling this unit to provide the highest level of fault tolerance
  Easy-access design and quick disconnects allow for speedy component replacement
  19" rackmount meets RETMA standards (comes with chassis slides and extenders)
  Local/remote critical component monitoring for power supplies, fans, and environmental temperature
  Visual and audible alarms indicate real-time fault reporting

About Caen Engineering, Inc.:
Caen Engineering, Inc. is a full-service, mass data storage enclosure manufacturer, integrator, and solutions provider that sells directly to resellers, VARs, VADs, distributors, integrators, and OEMs. Caen offers practical, custom-engineered, complete turnkey solutions for today's challenging RAID technology market. All Caen Engineering products carry a one-year warranty, 100% testing and free limited technical support. Download the full release (pdf)