Smart and Friendly Data Arsenal SmartServer 14/21

Smart and Friendly

(818) 772-8001

Smart and Friendlys New Data Arsenal

SmartServer 14/21 Targets High Volume Networks

Industrial-strength CD-ROM Network Server Features 14 or 21 4X Drives, Built-in Pentium® Processor Motherboard and Library Management Software

COMDEX, Las Vegas, November 13, 1995--Smart and Friendly, specialty producer of cutting-edge MPEG development tools and CD-related technology since 1982, today announced the latest in its Data Arsenal Series of CD-ROM towers and server, the Data Arsenal SmartServer 14/21. A CD-ROM network tower with capacity for up to 21 CD-ROM drives, the Smart Server includes a Pentium processor based motherboard (Triton chip set) and library management software to perform intelligent network data management without burdening a host server. The 14-CD-ROM drive version of the Data Arsenal SmartServer can also be configured with a RAID system or Smart and Friendly PD Quad drives, increasing the flexibility and speed of data access. The unit connects to a PC network via SCSI 2 interface. Aimed at the corporate, legal, insurance, medical, public utility, defense and government marketplaces, the Data Arsenal Smart Server offers high-speed access to large amounts of data in a networked environment. Pricing has not been set.

"The Smart and Friendly Data Arsenal Smart Server represents a single-box CD network server solution for high-volume data-sharing environments," said Perry Solomon, CEO of Smart and Friendly. "With built-in computing horsepower and intelligent library management software, this is the CD server of choice for PC users on a network who dont want to wait for access to the critical information they need to do their jobs."

The CD Data Arsenal Smart Server supports reading in CD-ROM Mode-1 and Mode-2, CD-ROM XA, CD-Audio, Audio-combined CD-ROM, CD-I, CD-I ready, CD-Bridge and CD-R formats.

Smart and Friendly, headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, was founded in 1982 as a specialty manufacturer of cutting-edge computer peripherals and multimedia products. With an emphasis on CD-ROM technology, optical storage and advanced multimedia, the companys rapidly growing product line includes CD-ROM drives, CD-Recorders, CD-ROM jukeboxes, CD-ROM network towers and the industrys most progressive MPEG and Video CD development stations. Contact the company at its new Chatsworth location at (800) 959-7001 or (818) 772-8001, and by fax at (818) 772-2888.

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