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JMR to Showcase BlueStor PeSAN Storage Arrays and New FibreStream Fibre Channel RAID Product at NAB 2009

Posted on: Monday, 20 April 2009, 07:30 CDT

Storage technology innovator introduces groundbreaking and affordable storage solutions for the post-production and broadcast markets

Visit JMR -Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth SL 8206 at NAB 2009

LAS VEGAS, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- JMR Electronics, Inc., a leading provider of scalable storage systems for video and data intensive applications, will showcase several new high performance RAID storage solutions as part of their BlueStor(TM) family for post production and broadcast at the NAB 2009 show in the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 20th - 23rd.

At JMR's booth (SL 8206), the company will introduce its newest Fibre Channel RAID storage product, FibreStream(TM). With playback read speeds exceeding 1,300 MB/s, FibreStream is ideal for today's 24/7 workflow intensive rich media and critical data IT markets where powerful sustained performance, absolute data integrity and supreme reliability in a storage system are key factors for business continuance. FibreStream delivers unparalleled performance and data protection for applications in standard and high-definition video post-production, digital prepress, disk-to-disk backup, audio post, email compliance, data warehousing, data mining and transaction based environments.

FibreStream can be configured for RAID levels 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 40, 50 or 60 and can store up to 32 TB (24 TB available now using 1.5 TB SATA-2 drives and up to 32 TB using upcoming 2 TB SATA-2 drives) in a single 3U 16-bay RAID shelf. To expand storage beyond the 16 internal drives, simply daisy-chain the FibreStream system to JMR's BlueStor SAS JBOD Expansion unit - multiple expansion units can be connected in this manner to create truly customized storage.

For those seeking blazingly fast, highly reliable and affordable Direct Attached Storage options, JMR's BlueStor product line includes their patented PeSAN(TM) RAID systems, which were developed to be the ultimate in high-performance Direct Attached (Networked Attached Storage or Server solutions available) for content creation, VOD, video editing and 2K/4K Digital Intermediate (DI) film applications requiring extremely high sustained throughput and reliability. A single 16-bay 3U RAID array with up to 16 - 32 TB raw capacity using the latest in SATA-2 HDDs (or 4.8TB using SAS HDDs), delivers over 1,400 MB/s. This exceeds the performance requirements for multi-stream SD, HD and 2K DI applications. For collaborative or multi-stream SD/HD and 2K/4K DI workflows requiring even higher performance and scalable storage, BlueStor PeSAN powered RAIDs can achieve up to 4,000 MB/s and be expanded to over 4,000 TB using the current JMR PeSAN technology.

Another JMR product available at booth SL 8206 will be the BlueStor(TM) EXTN-8 PCIe x8 Extender Storage System. The EXTN-8 is a one-of-a-kind product allowing PCI Express bus expansion from a host server. The BlueStor Extender provides 5 PCIe expansion slots in an external 3U rackmount also containing 16 hot-swap SAS/SATA disk drive bays and a SAS Expander. Plugging a PCIe SAS RAID controller into one of the Extender slots builds a RAID storage system. Other slots may be used as needed for other peripherals. Each BlueStor PCIe Extender has an x8 port for the host connection, plus one x8 PCIe slot and four x4 PCIe slots. To concatenate Extenders, simply plug in a PCIe adapter card into the x8 slot and use an x8 PCIe external cable to another Extender. Hundreds of configurations are possible using this unique full-bandwidth extension system.

For more information about FibreStream, BlueStor, or other JMR products, please visit www.jmr.com or view the products in person at NAB 2009 from Monday, April 20th to Thursday, April 23rd at the Las Vegas Convention Center. JMR Electronics will be located at SL 8206.

About JMR Electronics, Inc.

JMR is the leading value provider of scalable storage systems for performance, capacity and availability driven applications in the government, rich media, VOD, video surveillance and Web 2.0 markets. As a pioneering leader in high performance RAID storage technologies since 1982, JMR's complete line of DAS, NAS and SAN solutions are ideal for every broadcast, content creation and post production need. BlueStor(TM) PeSAN(TM) solutions range from a simple direct attached storage solution for blazingly fast Windows/Mac video editing or encoding to sophisticated collaborative SAN sharing solutions for multi-user CGI, XFX, SD/HD or DI applications.

For more information about JMR Electronics or the BlueStor PeSAN product line, visit www.jmr.com or contact the company at (818) 993-4801, or sales@jmr.com.

BlueStor(TM), PeSAN(TM) and FibreStream(TM) are trademarks or registered trademarks of JMR Electronics. All other registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

SOURCE JMR Electronics, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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