AIC Avid-Certified Xtore RAID Available Through Avnet

Advanced Industrial Computer Inc. (AIC) announced that its Avid Certified Xtore StudioRAID storage systems are now available through Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. for value added reseller partners in North America.

"Sharing a focus on the customer has been the basis for our long-standing relationship with AIC," said Mike Gaeta, vice president, supplier marketing, Embedded Solutions, for Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. "By providing support for the Xtore StudioRAID storage product line, we can offer customers a very real competitive advantage with responsive service and availability of these high performance products."

The Xtore StudioRAID series is the industry’s first Avid Certified local storage, ensuring professionals using Xtore StudioRAID products with Media Composer, Symphony and NewsCutter video editing solutions will experience the same system reliability and performance that Avid customers have come to expect.

"The fact that Avnet is adding our Xtore StudioRAID line to their portfolio is significant," said Gene Lee, senior vice president, AIC. "It means that our customers will have Avnet’s outstanding support and resources that can shorten delivery time and reduce costs."

Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti
The StudioSTOR 5T JBOD bundled with a host RAID controller which supports 12Gbps wide SAS bandwidth host and expansion interface supporting both SAS and SATA drives. Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti quadruples the standard data transfer rate of a conventional desktop SATA RAID subsystem.

Xtore StudioRAID 5Te
Xtore StudioRAID 5Te can be configured with dual 4G Fibre Channel host interface with 8Gbps bandwidth for maximum versatility.

Xtore StudioRAID 16Re
Modular and scalable from enterprise to midrange and small business environments, StudioRAID 16Re is the solution for tiered storage implementation.

Xtore StudioRAID 16RXe
Features an ATTO FastStream 8200E storage controller with support for SAS or SATA hard disk drives. For direct-attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, the StudioRAID 16RXe is qualified for use with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server or Windows environments.