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Phoenix International Announces Data at Rest Encryption RAID Data Storage Systems

San Diego, CA February 16, 2016

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced Self Encrypting Drive (SED) technology support for its RPC24 4004 Series Drive Magazine based, rugged storage solution. The new system was introduced at AFCEA West 2016.

The Phoenix International RPC24 4004 Series now supports TCG compliant and FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256 encryption as well as instant secure erase when configured with solid state disks and hard disk drives with these capabilities.

Data security is a key component to any mass storage application and has been brought to the general public’s awareness with the recent data breaches at major corporations, retail establishments and government agencies to see the financial and security fallout from these attacks. However, for deployed military applications, data security has always been a concern and thanks to new Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) options, data-at-rest security has become more efficient and affordable.

The Phoenix International RPC 4004 Series is available in a variety of configurations for 2.5 inch SSDs and 2.5-inch HDDs. Each RPC24 converged interface storage array includes two four-port controllers and can be easily configured in the field with eight 16Gb Fibre Channel ports, eight 10Gb iSCSI ports, or a combination of four 16Gb Fibre Channel and four 10Gb iSCSI ports. IT managers often use Fibre Channel for the storage network within the data center, and iSCSI for replication and other data management services outside of the data center. These storage arrays are fully backward-compatible with 8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel and1Gb iSCSI networking solutions such as switches and host bus adapters. The RPC24 4004 12Gb SAS models are fully backward-compatible with 6Gb SAS investments. All 4004 models are meta-data compatible with previous generation RPC24 arrays, so that customers can accomplish data-in-place migration by simply upgrading to 4004 generation controllers.

Featuring a storage capacity of 50TB+, the lightning fast RPC24 4004 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, it series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

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Phoenix International Receives Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Supplier of the Year Award

ORANGE, CA December 1, 2015

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., a world leader in rugged data storage systems, has been named Northrop Grumman Aerospace System’s ‘Supplier of the Year’ Award recipient in the Small Business – Subcontracts category.

Award presented by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector

“Our supplier of the year award program is an outgrowth of Northrop Grumman’s strategic sourcing initiative, an effort started during the summer of 2003 to build stronger long-term relationships with our suppliers.” Remarked Northrop Grumman’s Kevin Mitchell, Global Supply Chain Vice President. “Under this initiative, suppliers are “graded” quarterly on parameters such as quality, on-time delivery, lean principles and participation in affordability initiatives. While many suppliers qualify, this program honors the best of a group of superior performers. Phoenix consistently performs ‘over and above’ our requirements and delivers best in class quality products that directly aligns NGC with earning principal recognition from our Customer”.

“Our Phoenix team is very proud to be honored with this recognition,” commented Amos Deacon III, President of Phoenix International. ”This Supplier of the Year Award reflects our team’s commitment to exceeding our customer’s expectations from product performance and expert technical support to immediate responses to their requests for information and investing in capital assets to support their Programs”.

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 Rev C /ISO 9001-2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass data storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules.

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Phoenix International Receives Northrop Grumman Platinum Level – Platinum Source Award for Supplier Excellence

ORANGE, CA November 12, 2014

Phoenix International, Inc., a world leader in rugged data storage systems, has received Northrop Grumman’s Platinum Level Platinum Source Award, reflecting the Company’s sustained excellence as a supplier of quality products and on-time delivery to Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (AS) Sector.

Award presented by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector

“As you know, the Platinum Source Supplier Award is recognition for your high level of quality and delivery performance as a Northrop Grumman AS supplier.” Remarked Northrop Grumman’s Joseph Jackson, Director of Supplier Quality. “It empowers your company to act on behalf of AS in conducting final acceptance of your products designated as Platinum Source by Purchase Order. In addition, your company holds a favorable position in our supplier base as a recognized Platinum Source Supplier”. Phoenix International supplies Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector with high performance, rugged RAID data storage systems used in aircraft as well as in training and support applications.

“I am very proud of our Phoenix team,” said Amos Deacon III, President of Phoenix International. ”The Platinum Source Award was made in recognition of Phoenix’s demonstrated distinction in meeting performance standards — outstanding quality, commitment to meeting delivery schedules, and focus on customer satisfaction.”

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass data storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules.

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Phoenix International Unveils 1 Terabyte Capacity VP1-250-SSDC 3U Solid State Disk VPX Storage Module

San Diego, CA Feb 11, 2014

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., today unveiled its industry leading 1 terabyte capacity VP1-250-SSDC 3U Solid State Disk VPX storage module at AFCEA/USNI West 2014 Conference and Exposition.

PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCES 3U VPX 1 Terabyte SLC Solid State Disk Module

The VP1-250-SSDC is a bootable 3U Conduction-cooled VPX drive storage module with REDI (VITA 48) covers supporting an operating temperature range of -40° to +85° C. The VP1-250-SSDC connects directly to the CPU via SATA signals or by means of PCI Express signals through an on-board controller. The use of Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash combined with our advanced flash management provides write endurance of greater than 27 years with 10 daily program/erase cycles of the entire drive.

Optionally includes the Data Encryption function, providing 256-bit AES ECB/CBC strength, NIST, CSE and FIPS 140-2 validated encryption solution. With a number of ways to support Key Management, Phoenix offers deployment flexibility with the ability to tailor the implementation to the specific requirements. The encryption engine is hardware based, hence eliminates the need and the risk of using software components.

Also available is a Data Elimination function: FAST ERASE and PURGE. FAST ERASE eliminates the data from all physical media locations by performing a single erase. PURGE eliminates both the data and the data remnants that could otherwise enable user data recovery in the lab. PURGE requires multiple erase and overwrites, and in some cases includes verification, as governed by different standards.

Major Features of the VP1-250-SSDC Data Storage Module:

– Total capacity to 1024GB with integrated SLC NAND Flash

– Operational temperature from -40 o to +85 o C

– Up to 80,000 feet operational altitude

– Operational shock of 30g acceleration, 11 ms duration

– Individual SATA or PCIe device connectivity

– Advanced flash management for enhanced reliability and durability

– Hardware enabled write protect

– Conformal coating

– AES-256 encryption

– Supports DoD and NSA data purge procedures

– Made in USA

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state (flash) storage modules.

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Phoenix International Introduces RPC24 4004 Series at MILCOM 2013

San Diego, CA November 18, 2013

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced its latest RAID controller technology for its RPC24 4004 Series Drive Magazine based, rugged storage solution. The new system was introduced at MILCOM 2013.

The Phoenix International RPC 4004 Series is available in a variety of configurations for 2.5 inch SSDs and 2.5-inch HDDs. Each RPC24 converged interface storage array includes two four-port controllers and can be easily configured in the field with eight 16Gb Fibre Channel ports, eight 10Gb iSCSI ports, or a combination of four 16Gb Fibre Channel and four 10Gb iSCSI ports. IT managers often use Fibre Channel for the storage network within the data center, and iSCSI for replication and other data management services outside of the data center. These storage arrays are fully backward-compatible with 8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel and1Gb iSCSI networking solutions such as switches and host bus adapters. The RPC24 4004 12Gb SAS models are fully backward-compatible with 6Gb SAS investments. All 4004 models are meta-data compatible with previous generation RPC24 arrays, so that customers can accomplish data-in-place migration by simply upgrading to 4004 generation controllers.

All RPC24 4004 solutions are built on Dot Hill System’s ninth-generation RAID stack, which delivers up to 100,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) from disk, sustained sequential read performance of up to 6400 MB/second and writes of up to 5300 MB/second. The Dot Hill RAID Companion Processor (RCP) allows 4004 solutions to deliver dramatic performance gains at very aggressive price points. RPC24 4004 solutions also integrate all the performance tuning and optimizations of the previous-generation RPC24 models, which includes streaming performance optimization to handle randomized, sequential workloads. Phoenix International’s latest firmware utilizes a proprietary Adaptive Read-ahead Algorithm that analyzes workloads and fine tunes options to optimize the performance of specific kinds of demanding workloads, delivering better response. The RPC24 4004 Series scales up to 192 drives and allows customers to freely mix drive types, including HDD and SSD, for the most effective allocation of storage resources, based on capacity and performance needs.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Featuring a capacity of twenty four drives, the lightning fast RPC24 4004 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, it series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

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Phoenix International Introduces RPC24 4000 Series at West 2013

San Diego, CA January 29, 2013

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the-art data storage technology in providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced its rugged RPC24 4000 Series next-generation, rugged storage solution designed to deliver best-in-class price performance, 99.999 percent availability, and exceptional streaming throughput. The new system was introduced at AFCEA West 2013.

An evolution of the 2012 released RPC24, the powerful new architecture of the RPC24 4000 Series provides superior streaming performance for bandwidth-intensive data recording applications, such as high resolution imagery, video recording, radar data acquisition and more. It is available in both the RPC12 and RPC24 Disk Array product families.

The RPC24 4000 Series delivers up to 5200 MB/s of sustained sequential read throughput, a 2.5 times increase over the previous generation 3000 series, and up to 3500 MB/s of sustained sequential write performance, making it ideal for high performance data acquisition applications that also require very high storage capacity.

For demanding transaction-oriented applications, such as cloud storage and business analytics, the RPC24 4000 Series delivers an impressive 100,000 IOPS sustained from disk for fast access to database and structured data content, and up to 650,000 IOPS from cache.

The RPC24 4000 Series scales up to 192 drives and allows customers to freely mix drive types, including HDD and SSD, for the most effective allocation of storage resources, based on capacity and performance needs.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Featuring a capacity of twenty-four drives, the lightning fast RPC24 4000 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. It provides up to eight host ports of 8Gb Fibre Channel to SAS or SATA devices over a 12Gb SAS internal bus.

Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, the RPC24 4000 series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

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Phoenix International Introduces RPC24 at MILCOM 2012

Orlando, FL October 29, 2012

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the-art data storage technology in providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today announced the mission oriented RPC24 high performance Fibre Channel RAID Subsystem. The new system was introduced at MILCOM 2012.

Featuring a capacity of twenty four drives, the lightning fast RPC24 includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. It provides up to eight host ports of 8Gb Fibre Channel (followed soon by 6Gb SAS and 10GigE iSCSI) to SAS or SATA devices over a 12Gb SAS internal bus.

The unique design of the RPC24’s rugged, cableless, backplane-based, high density 2U chassis provides a broad environmental operational envelope (-20° to +70° C, 45,000 ft altitude with SSDs), redundant, hot-swap components and vast storage capacity, while assuring the highest level of data availability.

Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, the RPC24 weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Major features of the RPC24 Fibre Channel RAID Storage System include:

2U Ruggedized Fibre Channel RAID System
Two 12 Drive Removable Magazines rated at 10K mating cycles
Single or Dual Active with Auto Failover/Failback RAID Controllers
Up to eight 8Gb/sec Fibre Channel Ports
Sustained Data Rates to 5.2GB/sec Reads and 3GB/sec Writes
Battery Free (no maintenance) Cache Backup
Operational Altitude to 45,000 ft
Operational Temperature -20° to 70° C
40 to 440Hz, 90/240 VAC Input Operation
Redundant, Hot-Swap Components
Management GUI and Failover Software
Made in USA

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

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Phoenix International Introduces VPX Mass Data Storage Module

San Diego, CA January 24, 2012

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., today unveiled its new VP1-250X Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA) based Solid State Disk VPX data storage plugin blade at AFCEA/USNI West 2012.

The VP1-250X is a 3U VPX drive storage module capable of using either rotating media or solid state drives. The VP1-250X has direct point-to-point connection of drives or uses the PCI Express interface with the on-board SATA controller. It features a “Purge” input to destroy the supported media installed on the module for data security. The module supports both SATA and SAS drives.

VP1-250XMajor Feature of the Phoenix VPX Mass Data Storage Module:

Solid-state disk or hard disk devices
Conduction, REDI conduction or air-cooled
Supports SATA, SAS and PCI express interfaces
Up to 80,000 feet operational altitude
Operational temperature from -40° to 85°C
Solid State Drives (SSD) up to 500GB, Rotating Disk Drives (RDD) up to 1TB
Can be configured to work from Fat Pipe A or B from the VPX bus
80,000+ 4KB random IOPS
Integrated SLC, eMLC or MLC NAND SSDs
Meets military and IRIG 106-07 declassification standards
Optional AES 256 encryption
Made in USA

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VME and VPX solid state (flash) storage modules.

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Phoenix International to Speak at SNW Fall 2011 on Mission-Critical Storage for Military Ground and Air Surveillance

Orange, Califonia Oct. 6, 2011

Amos Deacon III to Deliver Presentation on: Survival of the Fittest, Deploying the Meanest, Toughest Storage for the Battlefield and Beyond ORANGE, Calif.

Phoenix International Systems, a manufacturer of rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) data storage systems for military, aerospace, telecommunications, utilities and process control industries, today announced it will be showcasing its expertise in designing ultra-rugged storage systems for the military and aerospace industry at this year’s Fall 2011 Storage Networking World (SNW) conference, the world’s largest conference focused on managing information infrastructure.

This year’s conference takes place Oct. 10-13 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. SNW brings together top information technology executives, leading product and service providers, and key industry influencers for more than 120 educational sessions and presentations covering today’s hottest IT topics — from cloud computing to energy efficient data centers to virtualization to storage.

On Monday, Oct. 10, Amos Deacon III, president of Phoenix International, will deliver a morning presentation titled, “Survival of the Fittest,” Deploying the Meanest, Toughest Storage for the Battlefield and Beyond. The company has more than 18 years of experience designing ruggedized COTS storage systems, and currently supports a number of high profile military aerospace and defense programs, including the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) and the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) programs.Mr. Deacon’s presentation will cover key storage considerations and challenges in addressing the unique requirements of the military aerospace sector, and how, leveraging Commercial Off the Shelf components, the company is arming its military customers with rugged storage systems that are scalable, flexible, and fault-tolerant.

About Phoenix International

Phoenix International is an AS 9100/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VME and VPX solid state (flash) storage modules.

Storage Networking World Conference Press Release 10-11

Phoenix International Systems Teams with Dot Hill to Support Military Ground and Air Surveillance Superiority

ORANGE, Calif. – Sept. 19, 2011

Phoenix International Systems, a manufacturer of rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) data storage systems for military, aerospace, telecommunications, utilities and process control industries, today announced it has entered into an OEM agreement with Dot Hill Systems Corp., a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, Dot Hill’s 3000 Series RAID controller technology will be integrated with Phoenix International’s storage solutions and deployed in Northrop Grumman’s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) program and Boeing’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) platform.

An incumbent supplier to the JSTARS program, Phoenix International will be using Dot Hill 8Gb Fibre Channel RAID controller technology to deliver improved storage management and performance in support of its long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system, designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all-weather conditions. While flying in friendly airspace, the joint Army-Air Force program can look deep behind hostile borders to detect and track ground movements in both forward and rear areas. JSTARS tracks ground vehicles and some aircraft, collects imagery, and relays tactical pictures to ground and air theater commanders.

In addition to ground surveillance, Phoenix International has begun supporting a similar program in the skies through Boeing’s AWACS platform. AWACS provides surveillance, command-and-control, and communications functions for tactical and defensive missions. In service since 1977, it is used by the U.S. Air Force, NATO, the United Kingdom, France, and Saudi Arabia.

“Dot Hill’s rock-solid 3000 Series RAID controller technology has proven to be a perfect fit for our storage solutions and the company has proven to be a valuable go-to-market partner for us in the defense industry,” said Amos Deacon III, president, Phoenix International. “Dot Hill technology is field proven in a variety of ruggedized storage applications and the Dot Hill 3000 Series’ 8Gb Fibre Channel and 6Gb SAS interfaces deliver the bandwidth and performance we need for today’s sophisticated JSTARS and AWACS storage environments.”

“Our agreement with Phoenix International is the latest validation of Dot Hill’s capabilities in ruggedized storage for military applications,” said Inese Lanka, senior director of sales – North America, for the federal sector at Dot Hill Systems. “With more than 18 years of experience designing ruggedized COTS storage systems, Phoenix International is widely respected in the defense industry. We believe that our newly expanded relationship holds great promise for both companies to expand our reach in the military IT marketplace.”

Phoenix International is an AS 9100/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VME and VPX solid state (flash) storage modules.

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