PROMISE enhances storage for the SMB market

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: PROMISE Technology, a supplier in RAID storage solutions catering to customers from enterprise to consumer, today announced the roll out of a new functional upgrade for its VessRAID iSCSI series of storage subsystems, offering combined iSCSI and NAS features in the same storage box to the SMB market.

Customers can refresh the controller firmware of their existing systems that run pure iSCSI protocol to activate the additional NAS features and can exercise both file- and block-based data transfer over the standard computer network, which greatly increases storage flexibility and usability across a multitude of network applications.

This new enhancement is in the 3rd Service Release (SR3) in the VessRAID 1000i series, which will be globally available for download early next month. Users can update the firmware through the Web-based user interface WebPAM PROe or by simply using a USB stick and following the OPAS update guide to complete the task.

"By offering a more reliable and flexible way to enable data archiving, data retention, and data protection we're preparing the VessRAID product line and the company to respond to market demands and progress to the next level of technology innovation," said James Lee, president and CEO, PROMISE Technology.

"Our strategy of ensuring business-critical data is securely protected at all times has always been and will continue to be our priority. No company wants access outages or data discontinuity and our newly enhanced VessRAID feature helps protect against this type of event. Not only are we delivering great functional improvements with this upgrade, we are also providing this to our customers at no additional cost, regardless of the PROMISE VessRAID products they have or will have in the future."

In addition to the new NAS enablement, the SR3 also offers data backup services, NAS Fusion features, better troubleshooting for NTP addresses.