ATTO and Xyratex Provide Improved Performance in Video Environments

   Published 2009-01-13

Amherst, N.Y. — Jan. 13
ATTO Technology announced its teaming effort with Xyratex to offer a high-performance, completely redundant video-production solution designed to enhance workflow and increase productivity. 

The ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel host adapter multi-pathing solution developed for Max OS X environments provides load balancing and path failover for uninterrupted access to storage media delivering a solution to meet both high-availability and high-performance requirements.  

The ATTO Celerity 4-Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter is available for use with the Xyratex F6412E RAID storage system as a high-speed solution for 4-Gb/sec. Fibre Channel connectivity with multi-pathing support for the Mac.

The solution by ATTO with Xyratex, previously available only in enterprise-level storage solutions, provides these high-end features at a modest price for OS X environments.  ATTO’s years of digital media industry experience with high-bandwidth environments ensures that Celerity host adapters combined with Xyratex storage are tuned for optimal performance.

"Our partnership with Xyratex has enabled us to offer this solution to small-to-medium-sized post-production environments and other video environments,” noted Tim Klein, CEO and president for ATTO Technology. “ATTO’s long-standing relationship with Xyratex ensured we worked closely from the development phase through go to market.”

“Xyratex is committed to meeting our customers’ requirements, and we are pleased to be working with ATTO to provide innovative and market-leading solutions for the Mac environment,” said Lisa Hart, vice president of worldwide marketing at Xyratex. “Our high-performance RAID system and Advanced Power Management software sets us apart from others in the marketplace.”