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Thursday
January 30, 2008, 8:00 am ET
ARAM
Certifies Ultera
Mirage Data Recorder (MDR) for Use with ARAM Aries Systems
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., Jan, 2008 –
Ultera
Systems Inc., a leading provider of high-performance virtual
tape libraries, has achieved full certification from ARAM
Systems Ltd., under which the Calgary based company will
support the Ultera Mirage(TM) Data Recorder (MDR) with the
ARAM Aries system.
The highly
reliable MDR is designed for real-time data acquisition in
mission critical operations where repeating the test becomes
cost or time prohibitive. It eliminates problems associated
with traditional tape drives by replacing tape drives and
cartridges with two high performance disk drives in
removable canisters.
According
to Rob Philips, Engineering Manager, at ARAM Systems Ltd.,
"the Mirage Data Recorder has been fully supported as a
peripheral device to the ARAM Aries system. All in-house
laboratory testing performed on the MDR have passed without
complication; we can state that the MDR meets ARAM’s
Laboratory standards for quality, function, and
reliability.”
"This
certification with ARAM Aries equipment is another major
step forward in our efforts to promote MDR for the seismic
data acquisition industry, said Mo Nour, Ultera President.
”ARAM is one of the fastest growing companies manufacturing
seismic acquisition equipment in the oilfield services
industry. We anticipate providing products to the ARAM
customer base immediately."
The MDR
features built-in redundancy to ensure recording continues
if either drive fails. Once data is recorded, automatic
write protection prevents accidental data erasure. For extra
protection, the identical tape volumes stored on
transportable hard drives allow field crew to take one drive
to the base camp for processing and/or archiving to
conventional tape cartridges while retaining the other drive
as backup. The capability to create a tape copy quickly and
easily directly from disk instead of going through a server
is a real benefit.
The MDRs
high capacity disks permit companies to store more data on a
single volume. A single MDR disk is equivalent to up to 70
tape cartridges. Each drive can be configured to accept 10
to 70 IBM 3590 tapes, or up to seven LTO format tape
cartridges.
The Mirage
Data Recorder is an addition to Ultera's family of Mirage
Virtual Tape technologies and is available in a three-bay
tower or 2U rack mount configuration. Each includes an MDR
controller, one tape drive archive port and two disk modules
with 146GB/300GB/750GB removable disks.
About ARAM
Headquartered in Calgary, Canada, with locations in Houston,
Dubai and Beijing, ARAM Systems is one of the fastest
growing manufacturers of seismic equipment in the oil and
gas industry. The company designs, develops, and
manufactures a full range of equipment for seismic surveys,
primarily focused in land. ARAM Systems Ltd. is privately
owned. For more information, visit http://www.aram.com.
About Ultera Systems
Founded in 1994, Ultera designs and delivers
high-performance technologies for tape, virtual tape and
other removable storage devices. The company’s proprietary
tape RAID ASIC design incorporates the latest technology
available to achieve maximum performance and data
reliability. Ultera hard disk based virtual tape libraries,
tape arrays, optical arrays and media duplication products
are marketed and sold through major OEMs, storage
integrators, technology providers, resellers and
distributors. For more information phone (949) 367-8880,
email inform@ultera.com,
or visit http://www.ultera.com.
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Contact
Daly-Swartz PR for Ultera Systems
Jeffrey
Swartz, 949.470.0075
jeffreyswartz@dsprel.com
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