AEM-7C
HP 7900A Disk Drive Emulation
The Arraid AEM-7C system provides a new and warranted equipment replacement for aging and refurbished HP 7900A disk drives connected to an HP 13210 Disk Controller.
The AEM-7C is plug-compatible with the original HP 7900A drive, while using ARRAID's proprietary solid state 'ARRAID Flash Drive' (AFD) to store data. Internal AEM rotating drives (disk, tape & magneto-optic) can still be supported upon request.
No host system software or controller changes are required to replace a refurbished 7900A drive with the AEM-7C.
Get the AEM-7C Data Sheet
The AEM-7C provides a complete bridge between the host HP 13210 controller and the AEM's SCSI drives. These drives have been used on HP-1000 computers in a variety of applications. The HP 7900A is a combination fixed platter and removable cartridge drive of 5MB capacity.
While refurbished 7900A replacement drives have limited availability, refurbished drives commonly fail within a few months resulting in system down time. The AEM-7C is provided as new equipment, allowing customers to utilize SCSI drives or ARRAID's proprietary solid state 'ARRAID Flash Drive' (AFD) installed in the AEM-7C, with MTBF of 200,000+ hours and significantly more when using the solid state AFD.
Additional AEM-7C options include disk to disk backup, disk to tape backup, AFD network (backup & restore) mirroring, and multi-volume (provides several HP 7900A disk partitions on a single SCSI media). No refurbished HP 7900A drive can match the reliability, features and customer support provided by choosing the AEM-7C to replace your aging HP 7900A disk drive.
Contact Arraid today to learn more about new drive replacements for aging computer systems.
Features
Features and Benefits
- Replaces aging and refurbished HP 7900A drives with new data storage technology.
- ARRAID Flash Drive (AFD) option is a Solid State SCSI disk replacing traditional mechanical SCSI drives (DAT, QIC, Tape & Magneto Optical Disk)
- Additional features such as network backup, mirroring, restore and removable media can be added.
- The CompactFlash (CF) media in the ARRAID Flash Drive (AFD) is treated exactly the same as the floppy disk media. All drive data is stored on the CF media as if were the original diskette media.
- AFD network feature option offers LAN network (ethernet-based) back-up and restore capability directly from the AFD using the on board RJ45 Network port. No additional software or register changes are required to the legacy host. Including ARRAIDs FLASH2GUI Software, an optional ethernet support feature for centralised backup and restore capability lessening the reliance to rotate media. Network option only available on AEM with AFD network drive installed.
- Additional features such as backup, restore, multi-volume, and removable SCSI media can be added.
- Easy to install. No hardware or software changes required, other than the drive itself.
- Can replace or be added to existing drives.
- Operating system, application and diagnostic software are supported as is.
- An LED or Alpha-Numeric Operator Panel provides the same controls as the original drive.
- Minimal Operator training required.
- Reduced power consumption verses the old drive.
- High reliability with near zero maintenance required.
- Greater computer system availability with lower cost of ownership.
- HP data can be stored to 3.5" solid state ARRAID Flash Drive (AFD) CF media.
- With disk head alignment no longer an issue, media may be moved from drive to drive without concern for readability.
For More Information
Get the AEM-7C Data Sheet
Learn how the AEM-7C replaces HP 7900A disk drives using Disk Drive Emulation.
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