Dot Hill Expands Partnership With Uniadex

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has expanded its relationship with support and service provider UNIADEX, Ltd. in Japan. Under the terms of the new agreement, UNIADEX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nihon Unisys, Ltd., will deliver the 2722 Fibre Channel RAID array, Dot Hill’s newest storage offering that supports small form factor (2.5-inch) disk drives. Dot Hill 2722 arrays will be available to UNIADEX resellers and end-users throughout Japan.

"We’re excited to be among the first to offer Dot Hill’s high density 2.5-inch disk-based integrated RAID storage solution," said Tsuneo Akai, senior corporate officer for UNIADEX. "The 2722 offers UNIADEX customers a compelling set of features available with Fibre Channel, lower power capability and flexible support for a variety of drive types."

The 2722 storage solution, based on the Dot Hill R/Evolution architecture, supports up to 24 serial attached SCSI (SAS) or serial ATA (SATA) drives in a 2U rack mount configuration that is also NEBs compliant. This adds to the existing Dot Hill 2730 Fibre Channel, 2330 iSCSI RAID array, and 5730 midrange Fibre Channel solutions already offered by UNIADEX.

"UNIADEX continues to be a valuable Dot Hill partner, allowing us to support the Japanese market with entry-level and midrange RAID offerings that deliver enterprise-class functionality," said Andy Mills, Dot Hill’s vice president of marketing. "By offering a solution that also supports the newer 2.5-inch SSD drive technology, we’re providing UNIADEX with the greatest possible flexibility to address their customer needs."