Winchester Systems Publishes White Paper on RR1P ATR Removable Canister RAID Disk Array

BILLERICA, MA--(Marketwired - Mar 9, 2015) - Winchester Systems Inc., a leading data storage solutions provider for COTS rugged storage and servers, today announced a new white paper, "Rugged Pluggable Canister RAID Delivers Continuous Data Recording" that details the benefits of their highly innovative and newly designed FlashDisk RR1P Series 3/4 ATR form factor RAID disk arrays designed for use in airborne, marine and mobile ground data recorders. The RR1P is a hardened, field-deployable data storage unit that features a compact and lightweight removable canister holding 24 SSDs with up to 19.2 TB of data storage capacity.

The RR1P has been tested successfully to meet critical military standards for operation in harsh environments including MIL-STD 810G for Vibration, Temperature, Altitude, Rapid Decompression and Explosive Atmosphere; MIL-STD-461F for EMI; MIL-STD-704A for Aircraft Power; and RTCA-DO-160 for Humidity.

The RR1P also meets critical SWaP requirements weighing only 25 pounds, only 165 Watts typically yet delivers RR1P delivers 2,600 MB per second reading and 2,200 MB per second writing for high speed data recording and playback. The canister connectors are good for 10,000 insertion cycles.

"The RR1P lets military personnel take critical surveillance and instrument data and move it from a vehicle to a ground station in under two minutes," according to Ms. Inese Lanka, Director of Federal Sales at the company. "This is a true advance in capability for Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance missions, and the white paper details how this actually works," she elaborated. 

Prices for FlashDisk RR1P include a three-year factory warranty. The RR1P is a specialized product intended for military use and is made to order.

About Winchester Systems Inc.
Winchester Systems provides superior and dependable, high-performance data storage and server systems -- and expertise -- for commercial and military applications. Winchester Systems experts collaborate with each client's integration team to tailor a complete and single-vendor supported solution to best meet critical requirements. Storage offerings include FlashDisk RAID for Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations and FlashNAS unified Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems. FlashServer Intel-based servers include standard and high availability configurations. For more information visit: www.winsys.com.