Linux Support for all Promise’s Products

Promise Technology, Inc. announced Linux support for all its products as an important extension of its Linux business strategy. Promise has long supported Linux product development with storage solutions ranging from the desktop to the datacenter and unified by a common management interface. Linux users can count 24/7 technical support as a significant benefit to the powerful range of Promise’s VTrak and SuperTrak Linux storage solutions.

Promise will demonstrate its broad range of storage solutions, highlighting its product commitment to Linux and its in-depth value to resellers and channel partners, at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008. Visitors will experience Promise’s VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem with JBOD Expansion chassis showing 500MB of streaming video, as well as the SuperTrak EX8654 SAS/SATA controller card connected to a JBOD expansion unit.

Promise’s own storage experts will be on hand to demonstrate and educate attendees on storage technologies and products designed to support Linux applications.

"With integrator support driving significant and progressive market growth of Linux into business infrastructures and enterprise networks, Promise is poised to take the lead in a Linux market seeking a broad range of storage solutions and experience," said Sam Sirisena, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Promise Technology, Inc. "Promise brings a lot to the table for integrators and resellers. With a common management interface that spans our entire product portfolio rather than just a single product line, our Linux customers see a tremendous time and cost savings benefit to their implementations. And with dedicated support, they get mission-critical respect for literally every storage application."

Promise RAID storage solutions include open source Linux drivers mainlined in the upstream kernel and ‘in the box’ for distributions such as RedHat, openSUSE and others. The company offers a complete portfolio of SAS/SATA storage solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. They are distinguished by a common code base and a unified management interface across products. Promise takes that differentiation further with its service commitment including 24/7 tech support, three-year warranties and the all-important advance replacement feature, critical to keeping systems operational at all times.