Arraid Products in Power & Utility
Arraid has helped a number of Utilities and system integrators deal with storage related problems in their mission critical systems. Computer systems are used for monitoring and control throughout the Power & Utility Industry. Functions include Nuclear Plant Monitoring, SCADA, EMS, Simulator and Trainers, Turbine Controls, etc. Computers range from legacy mainframes and mini-computers to the latest networked PCs.
Regardless of the type of system, reliability and availability are crucial. Multiple redundancies are built in to insure fault tolerant, non-stop operation. Even so, the support team is constantly challenged to control and minimize downtime. Unfortunately, while the host computers and interfaces may remain reliable and maintainable, legacy storage products don't.
For these older computer systems, Arraid provides COTS storage emulation solutions, integrating ARRAIDs proprietary FPGA based solid state Flash Drive (AFD), it can extend the life of mission critical systems and help to insure optimum availability. For SASI/SCSI1/SCSI2 systems we have both JBOD chassis and drop in replacements unsing our solid state SCSI Flash Drive modules. For more current systems, Arraid can provide NAS and RAID storage modules to increase system capabilities and performance.
| Disk Drives | |
| Host Equipment | Arraid Product |
| Legacy Computers by Harris, Concurrent, MODCOMP, Foxboro, et. al. | AEM-1 |
| HP 1000, 9000, 3000, HP-IB, CS/80, IEEE 488, GPIB | AEM-6C, AEM-8 |
| Legacy Computers by Honeywell | AEM-1, AEM-3 |
| RK-05 on DEC PDP-8, PDP-11 | AEM-5C |
| Legacy DEC PDP-8, PDP-11, VAX 11/750-780 | - |
| TI-960 | AEM-1 |
| VME, Motorola SBC | - |
| SCSI-I, SCSI-2 upgrades | SEC, AFD |
| Tape Drives | |
| Host Equipment | Arraid Product |
| Formatted Pertec Interface; Pertec, Kennedy, STC, MPI, Cipher, et. al. Many System Manufacturers | TES-2 |
| Raytheon Data Systems, RDS 500 | TES-3 |
| HP 1000, 9000, 3000, HP-IB, CS/80, IEEE 488, GPIB | AEM-8, TES-5 |
| SCSI Compatible Drives, such as HP 88780 series | TES-6 |
| Remote Tape Drive with LAN or WAN access. Formatted Pertec Interface | TES-2IP-AFD |
| Other Products | |
| Network Attached Storage | AFD |
Baltimore Gas & Electric - Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Monitoring and Simulation
Lower Colorado River Authority - SCADA
Indianapolis Power and Light - SCADA
APS Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - Plant Simulation
Duquesne Light Company, Beaver Valley Nuclear - Plant Simulation
Western Area Power Authority - SCADA
Detroit Edison
Consolidated Edison - SCADA
Pacific Gas & Electric, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Simulator
Cajun Electric Power Co-Op - EMS
C.F.E. Mexico - Power Distribution System
Luz Y Fuerza, Mexico
Electrosul Brazil
ENEL - Nicaraguan Electrical Company
New York Power Authority - SCADA
Omaha Public Power District
Public Service Electric & Gas, NJ
Entergy, Arkansas Nuclear One
Hydro Quebec
British Energy, Nuclear Electric Ltd., Heysham Plant
Northwestern Electricity Board, UK
Northern States Power & Light
Bespoke Emulation Solutions
Arraid team members include some of the foremost experts in the design of data storage emulation systems. We would be happy to discuss with you, and develop for you, an emulation solution to upgrade the capabilities and reliability of your computer system.
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