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FirewireDirect Ships First FireWire 0/1 Hardware RAID System

FirewireDirect.com Inc has announced an upgrade to their popular Vanguard FireWire RAID product line.

The Vanguard Series II RAID systems were the first hardware controlled FireWire RAID product on the market and now include support for RAID Levels 0 (Striping) and 1 (Mirroring) and the latest large capacity hard drives.

The expansion and upsizing of the Vanguard line means FireWire users on Windows, Macintosh, Unix, Solaris and any other 1394 supporting system can get up to 500GB of high speed striped RAID, easily setup on any FireWire port, and running independently of their computer's CPU for consistent high performance.

The Vanguard Series II RAID system is built with a rigid, metal casing and rugged design. It has a unique auto-rebuilding feature that in the event of a drive failure in RAID 1 will rebuild the lost data while allowing access to the other drive, a powerful way to protect critical data.

"Graphic designers, audio producers, DV film makers and all our other clients in digital content creation have been waiting for us to provide this extra level of support for FireWire RAID," says FirewireDirect's Marketing Director, Jeff Questad.

"With the extra capacity, this now becomes the best way possible to introduce a stable FireWire RAID storage solution into your work environment no matter what your workstation or server platform."

The Vanguard Series II FireWire Hardware RAID System is available and shipping now.

FirewireDirect offers the most extensive line of FireWire/1394/iLINK devices available anywhere, and an upcoming line of 1394B or FireWire 800 products, sold through their on line store and through selected resellers and distributors worldwide. They have emerged as the unquestioned leader in FireWire and SCSI RAID Storage Solutions, and offer a wide ranging line of hard drive, CD and DVD storage products.

More information about the company and their line of FireWire products can be found at their Web site at www.firewiredirect.com. The company can be reached by telephone at 512-302-0012 or by fax at 512-302-0064. E-mail inquiries may be directed to info@firewiredirect.com. Reseller queries are welcome.