Cypress Technologies and Ultera Systems Announce Partnership

Cypress Technologies L.L.P, a leader in rugged enclosures for storage device has announced an OEM partnership with Ultera Systems (www.ultera.com). Ultera, which was founded in 1994 and is based in Laguna Hills California, delivers innovative high performance storage solutions for tape, virtual tape and other removable storage devices. Ultera’s MDR (Mirage Data Recorder) solutions are now available in Cypress’ A6 and A7 rugged enclosures which protection against shock, vibration, dust and humidity. These new product lines from Cypress were unveiled at the Society of Exploration and Geophysics meeting in October. “As in the past, Cypress’ A6 and A7 rugged enclosures will help both land and marine based seismic crews protect their valuable data and their investment from the hazardous environments that are seen in this industry” said Mike Romeyn, Director of Sales at Cypress Technologies.

One of the most important features of the new A6 and A7 MDR solution is the ability for user’s to have read after write (RAW) capability which was not achievable before now. Implementation of RAW is accomplished by providing an independent secondary
host (monitor) port. Seismic files are retrieved and displayed via the monitor port while the MDR primary host port is used to simultaneously record seismic acquisition data. “The ability to display seismic data immediately after is written to the media
offers the ultimate assurance in real time data acquisition applications”, said Mo Nour, President, of Ultera Systems.

The A6 and A7 MDR solutions are 100% compatible with data acquisition systems from Sercel, ION, ARAM and Fairfield. The A6 and A7 MDR are available with FC and SCSI interfaces. MDR’s built-in archive includes support for tape drives and flash
disk for distribution and processing. The A6 and A7 MDR are available with the following disk drives options: Dual 146GB 15,000 rpm SCSI, Dual 300GB 15,000 rpm SCSI and Dual 500GB 7,200 rpm SATA drives. All options have RAID 1 mirroring capabilities
for additional protection against data lost. An additional feature that has helps the seismic industry record data at a much higher rate of speed is the ability for the A6 and A7 MDR to emulate IBM’s 3590, 3592 and LTO tape technologies. All these products
are backed by a 1 year return to factory warranty and extended warranties are available upon request.

These new products are available through our reseller partners who are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, and China. Our valuable partners are all very knowledgeable of the Seismic Industry and can assist you with your
next ruggedized storage requirements. For more information, please feel free to contact one of our partners or you can also contact Mike Romeyn (Director of Sales) with Cypress Technologies at miker@cypressmfg.com or 800-444-1309 X 130.