Westlake Village, Calif, Feb. 7, 2001 -- Medéa Corporation announced it has significantly reduced the list pricing on select models in its line of VideoRaid and AudioRaid disk arrays by as much as 18%. List price reductions range from $100 for the 60 GB VideoRaid scsi to an astounding $1700 on the high-bandwidth, eight-drive 480 GB VideoRack RTX developed for professional digital content creators.

VideoRaid scsi - Popular Disk Arrays Deliver Great Performance at Lower Prices
VideoRaid scsi arrays offer sustained data transfer rates to 40 MB/second, storage capacities up to 160 GB and are ideal for MJPEG and DV-based non-linear video editing systems.

The new suggested list prices on select two-drive and four-drive VideoRaid scsi are as follows:
60 GB - VideoRaid 2/60 scsi is now $999 (reduced $100)
120 GB - VideoRaid 4/120 scsi is now $1549 (reduced $100)
160 GB - VideoRaid 4/160 scsi is now $1799 (reduced $200)

VideoRaid RT - High Performance For as Low as $15/GB
VideoRaid RT disk arrays are the ideal storage solutions for professional content creators who work with uncompressed and dual-stream, real-time effects systems. VideoRaid RT sustains a data transfer rate of 65 MB/second and are available in capacities up to 450 GB.

The new suggested list prices on select four-drive desktop arrays are as follows:
120 GB - VideoRaid 4/120 RT is now $1999 (reduced $200)
300 GB - VideoRaid 4/300 RT is now $4699 (reduced $500)
450 GB - VideoRaid 6/450 RT is now $6699 (reduced $900)

VideoRack RTX - Rack Solutions Deliver Incredible Speeds at a Remarkable Price
VideoRack RTX was developed for professional digital content creators who require a high-bandwidth video storage solution in a 19" rack-mount configuration. VideoRack RTX disk arrays offer sustained data transfer rates up to 135 MB/second and storage capacities to 600 GB per rack.

The new suggested list prices on select VideoRack RTX are as follows:
120 GB - VideoRack 4/120 RTX is now $3399 (reduced $200)
180 GB - VideoRack 4/180 RTX is now $3999 (reduced $300)
240 GB-VideoRack 4/240 is now $4899 (reduced $800)
300 GB-VideoRack 4/300 is now $5999 (reduced $700)
240 GB-VideoRack 8/240 is now $4899 (reduced $1000)
360 GB-VideoRack 8/360 is now $5999 (reduced $1000)
480 GB-VideoRack 8/480 is now $7799 (reduced $1700)
600 GB-VideoRack 8/600 is now $9999 (reduced $1500)

AudioRaid and AudioRack scsi - High-Performance, Low-Cost Disk Arrays for DAWs
AudioRaid scsi (desktop model) and AudioRack scsi, (19" rack-mount model) disk arrays are optimized to support professional-level digital audio workstations at a fraction of the cost of competing audio storage solutions. Medéa's proprietary Audio Stripe Technology (AST) and integrated RAID hardware enable AudioRaid and AudioRack scsi to support up to 128-tracks of 24-bit/96KHz audio.

The new suggested list prices on select four- and eight-drive AudioRaid and AudioRack are as follows:
120 GB - AudioRaid 4/120 scsi is now $1999 (reduced $200)
80 GB - AudioRack 4/80 scsi is now $3199 (reduced $100)
120 GB - AudioRack 4/120 scsi is now $3899 (reduced $500)
240 GB - AudioRack 8/240 scsi is now $4899 (reduced $500)

Medéa Corporation, headquartered in Westlake Village, California, designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost storage subsystems optimized for digital content creation and Internet streaming media applications. Corporate headquarters are located at 5701 Lindero Canyon Road, Bldg. 3-100, Westlake Village, CA 91362. Telephone: (818) 597-7645. Fax: (818) 597-7643. Internet: www.medeacorp.com.


Source: Medéa Corporation
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