April 3, 1998
Hitachi Renews Its Product Line-up of DF350 Disk Arrays for Open Systems
- The price is up to 30% lower than the previous models in RAID 5 configuration -
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that on April 6 it will renew its product line-up of DF350 of disk arrays for open systems applications in the Japanese market. Improvements to the disk control program enables RAID (redundant array of independent disks) 5 performance to be achieved using just three disks consisting of two data disks and one parity disk. The new models offer a small minimum storage capacity of 4.1 GB*1 in a RAID level 5 implementation with the price of up to 30% lower than the previous models*2, which results in support for small Windows NT(R) systems such as those for SOHO market. In addition, usage of 18 GB disks can realize maximum capacity of 1.4 terabytes*3, which will meet a diverse range of needs in an open system environment.
In March 1997, Hitachi introduced the first DF350 disk arrays for open systems, which has gained an excellent reputation for its high levels of performance and reliability.
Notes:
- Minimum storage capacity for the pervious models of DF350 series is 8.2GB.(Excluding the case of full rack configuration)
- Comparing standard desktop type of the new models to the previous standard desktop models of DF350
- With four rack-mounted, large capacity type in a special rack
Pricing (Tax not included) and Shipment
| Desktop type, standard | From 1.585 million yen | April 13, '98 |
| Desktop type, large-capacity | From 1.915 million yen | Mid May, '98 |
| Mini-tower type | From 3.07 million yen | April 13, '98 |
| Rack-mounted type, standard | From 3.58 million yen | April 13, '98 |
| Rack-mounted type, large-capacity | From 4.57 million yen | April 13, '98 |
| Cabinet type | From 4.30 million yen | April 13, '98 |
*These are reference prices for the following hardware set:
[RAID level 5, 8.2 GB storage capacity, 16 MB cache]
- A special rack (not included) is required for the large-capacity rack-mounted type.
- A rack-mount kit (not included) is required to use the large-capacity desktop model in a rack mounting.
*18 GB disk loaded systems will be released starting from June 1998
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