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SCSI Flash (CF) Network Drive
The CF (Compact Flash) based SCSIFLASH Network drive provides a solid state, drop-in replacement for SCSI hard drives, SCSI SSD drives, SCSI Magneto Optic, SCSI Floppy, SCSI PC Cards, SCSI PCMCIA cards and SCSI Zip drives whilst also offering network (ethernet-based) back-up and restore capability. No additional software or register changes are required to the legacy host. Custom capacities available for systems that require exact capacity value. Custom sector sizes available.
Note: The drive is programmable so can replace any SCSI drive. Some hosts systems will limit the capacity to the original drive /host specification
Solid State Disks Ltd, design and manufacture the Solid State SCSI SCSIFlash™ drive
SCSIFlash Network drive Overview
The CF2SCSI/ SCSIFLASH Network (Ethernet) drive is currently available in two physical form factors:
- SCSI Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and SCSI SSD replacement with no external removable storage device
- SCSI Magneto-Optical (MO) SCSI Tape, SCSI PC Cards, SCSI PCMCIA cards, SCSI Zip and SCSI Floppy drive replacements with externally removable CF memory card slot (currently available up to 64GB*)
The Solid State SCSIFlash™ back-up and restore capability enables vital data back-ups to be made as a complete disk image of its CompactFlash card at any given point in time and transferred via an Ethernet network to be stored remotely from the legacy equipment and restored as and if needed. Universal TCP is used for disk image transfers with remote execution of back-up and restore configuration operations controlled via the onboard Windows GUI, or user API /CLI and auto-online implemented on back-up completion.
The Compact Flash (CF) SCSI-Flash Ethernet back-up and restore capability generates considerable savings in time and expense in the face of process outages. In semiconductor manufacturing, for example, process outages can cost in excess of $1,000/$100,000 per hour/day. In the telecommunications industry they may incur considerable fines.
The SCSI-Flash Ethernet back-up and restore capability can also be used to replace traditional manual rotation of media with remote download of manufacturing files so that, for example, a CNC machine knows what program to run for a particular session or a semiconductor fab which recipe to use.
The SCSI-Flash emulator drive is a completely programmable replacement solution, enabling the SCSI device implementation nuances of all equipment manufacturers to be fully emulated. SCSI-Flash combines proven SCSI drive architectures (SASI, SCSI-1, SCSI-2) with industry-standard, solid state CompactFlash card technology to provide a high-reliability, solid state replacement for any style of SCSI-based drive including hard disk, magneto optical, tape and floppy drives. The SCSI-Flash drive supports CompactFlash cards up to 64GB and utilizes a 3.5 inch form factor (or larger 5.25 inch form factor). It is available in two package types either with or without an externally removable card.
The Compact Flash based Solid State Network emulation drive offers Ethernet back-up and restore capability offering the added benefit of being able take snapshots of the data and keep it offline from the legacy equipment with the option to restore at a later date, if necessary.
