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RELATED PRODUCTS

Zeus^IOPS Solid State Drive

MACH8 Solid State Drive

MACH4 Solid State Drive

MACH2 Solid State Drive

MACH4 CompactFlash (CF)

ATA PC Card

CompactFlash (CF)

SecureDigital (SD)

Mini SecureDigital (miniSD)

IDE Single Chip Drive (iSCD)

USB Single Chip Drive (uSCD)

USB Flash Drive (UFD)

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT/NETWORKING

STEC Products for Communications/Networking

Networking equipment manufacturers service a wide variety of customers, ranging from small enterprises lacking dedicated IT managers on site, to large corporations with dedicated environment-controlled server rooms to support their IT infrastructure. The appliances targeted at each unique customer vary widely from stand-alone boxes to fully integrated mounted server racks.

In the end, global communications are vital to the way business function and the way we lead our lives. Products enabling this vital communication fabric must provide 24/7 uptime.

IMPLEMENTATIONS

	Routers/Gateways
	PBX

	VPN/Firewalls
	Servers

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

	High Reliability
	Cost-Effectiveness
	Controlled Bill of Materials (BOM)
	High Performance

	Long-Term Availability
	NEBS Level 3
	Standard Interface - Short Time-to-Market
	Removable for Field Upgrades

BENEFITS

High Reliability

BOM Control, Long-Term Availability, and Flexibility

Excellent Product Breadth

HIGH RELIABILITY

Network applications require storage products that can perform reliably over a long period of time, and meet the needs of high reliability and operation in NEBS level 3 environments. STEC's product development is purely focused on answering the needs for this high reliability:

• All flash products use SLC flash only, due to its superior reliability over MLC flash.

• STEC has incorporated into its flash products embedded flash management algorithms to overcome the inherent limitations of NAND Flash.

• STEC offers screening features for its DRAM products, such as TDBI.

• STEC is ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified, and its engineering and manufacturing is focused on delivering high quality memory and storage products.

• STEC has highly customized SSD Testing incorporated into its product manufacturing.

BOM CONTROL, LONG TERM AVAILABILITY, AND FLEXIBILITY

Long-term product stability and full traceability are fundamental requirements of the networking industry. STEC implements rigorous BOM control to assure to the customer full product traceability, long term stability, and long-term availability in order to minimize resource-consuming re-qualification efforts.

EXCELLENT PRODUCT BREADTH

Whether there is a need to replace legacy HDD's or implement local storage on a line card, STEC offers the largest product breadth in the industry, providing customers with many options to choose from. With a capacity range from 128MB to 256GB, support for all standard interfaces such as USB, ATA, SATA, SCSI and FC, and a wide variety of form factors, STEC proudly features the industry's most comprehensive memory and storage solutions offering for networking OEM customers.