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San Diego, CA February 6, 2018

Phoenix International Systems, proven pioneer in state-of-the-art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced the Phalanx II Rugged Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server with removable Solid State Disks. The new product is being introduced at AFCEA West 2018.

The Phalanx II is SWaP optimized and provides high performance, high capacity and secure data storage for Unmanned Aerial, Underwater and Surface Vehicles (UAVs, UUVs and USVs) and Manned Airborne ISR applications. This small form factor NAS weighs less than eight pounds, provides up to 16TB of storage capacity with two Solid State Disks (SSDs) and supports RAID 0 (mirroring) and RAID 1 (stripping). System configuration and management is provided via a convenient web based GUI or CLI.

The Phalanx II houses two Removable Media Modules (RMMs) which can be quickly removed to off load data and declassify the system. The RMMs can then be moved to separate locations and plugged into another Phalanx II NAS (or compatible ground station) on any other network. When used in conjunction with a network switch, the Phalanx II can communicate with any other network enabled device to store and retrieve data. This eliminates the need for separate direct attached storage devices for each computer or workstation in a network centric environment.

Data security is a key component to any mass storage application and the Phalanx II addresses this with optional support for AES-256 hardware and file level encryption, FIPS140-2 and hardware and/or software triggered Data Elimination.

The Phalanx II allows networked devices to share and store data using all common network services: NFS (V3/V4), SMB/CIFS, FTP, TFTP, RSYNC and SSH. It supports a variety of network based file systems that allow multiple hosts to share and store information. Network connections are provided through four load balanced Gigabit Ethernet ports, and it can support dual optical (or copper) 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for low EMI susceptibility.

Major Features of the Phoenix International Phalanx II NAS:

– MLC or SLC Solid State Disk devices

– Intel Core i7 CPU

– Video: 1x VGA, 2x or 3x DVI Video Output

– I/O: 5x GigE, 2x 10GigE, USB 2/3, Serial (RS232/422)

– Operational temperature from -40° to +71°C

– Optional AES 256 hardware and file level encryption

– MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-461F, MIL-STD-704F/1275D

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev D/ISO 9001:2015 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

Click here for the datasheet in PDF format.

Dallas, TX May 8, 2017

Phoenix International Systems, proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced the Phalanx II rugged Network Attached Storage (NAS) data storage system. The new product is being introduced at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017.

The cigar box sized (82mm x 215mm x 226.5mm) Phalanx II is SWaP optimized and provides high performance, high capacity and secure data storage for Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles (UAVs, UUVs) and airborne ISR applications. This small form factor NAS weighs less than six lbs, provides up to 16TB of storage capacity with two Solid State Disks (SSDs) and supports RAID 0 (mirroring) and RAID 1 (stripping). Hot-swap removable drives are optionally available. System configuration and management is provided via a convenient web based GUI or CLI.

Data security is a key component to any mass storage application and the Phalanx II addresses this with optional support for AES-256 encryption and hardware and/or software triggered Data Elimination.

The Phalanx II allows networked devices to share and store data using all common network services: NFS (V3/V4), SBM/CIFS, FTP, TFTP, RSYNC and SSH. It supports a variety of network based file systems that allow multiple hosts to share and store information. Network connections are provided through five load balanced Gigabit Ethernet ports, and it can support dual optical 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for low EMI susceptibility.

Major Features of the Phoenix International Phalanx II NAS:

MLC or SLC Solid State Disk devices
Intel Broadwell (Xeon v4) CPU
Video: 1x VGA, 2x or 3x DVI Video Output
I/O: 5x GigE, 2x 10GigE, USB 2/3, Serial (RS232/422)
Monitoring via SMART, SNMP, EMAIL (Health/Performance)
Operational temperature from -40° to +71°C
38999 Connectors Standard
12-36VDC @ 25-75 Watts (Option Variable)
Optional AES 256 encryption
MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-461F, MIL-STD-704F/1275D

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

Click here for the datasheet in PDF format.

San Diego, CA Feb 21, 2017

Phoenix International Systems today unveiled its industry leading 3.2 terabyte capacity VP1-250-eSSD 3U Open VPX NVM Express (NVMe) Solid State Disk data storage module at AFCEA/USNI West 2017 Conference and Exposition.

NVM Express (NVMe) is an industry-standard registered interface designed to accelerate the performance of nonvolatile PCI Express (PCIe) SSDs. The NVMe protocol was established in collaboration by server industry leaders to standardize a scalable PCIe interface, making it easier for designers to unlock the full potential of PCIe. NVMe provides opportunities for increased data throughput and reduced latency all while reducing the number of drives needed — both now and in the future. Adoption of this industry standard is driven by a strong consortium of storage technology providers and a robust ecosystem of drivers across multiple operating systems.

The VP1-250-eSSD is 3U VPX SSD storage module that delivers extremely high performance via a single Fat Pipe (PCIe 4x). Designed from the ground up to remove legacy layers of hard drive interfaces such as SATA and SAS, it takes full advantage of the speed and parallelism of solid state nonvolatile memory. Streamlined efficient queuing protocol combined with an optimized command set register interface enables low latency and high performance. Data is delivered fast and efficiently with minimal burden on the host CPU.

Major Features of the VP1-250-eSSD Data Storage Module:

Out-of-the-box software, drivers and manageability enable easy adoption and storage interoperability

Capacities from 800GB to 3.2TB

Optimized register interface and command set lowers latency

Performance:

Sequential 128KB read: 3.0 GB/s

Sequential 128KB write: 2.0 GB/s

Random 4KB read: 750,000 IOPS

Random 4KB write: 300,000 IOPS

Operating shock: 1000G/1ms

Operating vibration: 3.1 GRMS 5–800Hz @ 30 min/axis

Advanced flash management for enhanced reliability and durability

Streamlined protocol with efficient queuing mechanism to scale for multi-core CPUs

2,000,000 hours MTBF

Made in USA

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state (flash) storage modules.

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

New Orleans, LA May 2, 2016

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced Self Encrypting Drive (SED) technology support for its VP1-250X Open VPX Plug-in Storage Module. The new Module is being introduced at XPONENTIAL 2016.

The Phoenix International VP1-250X Series now supports TCG compliant and FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256 encryption as well as instant secure erase when configured with solid state disks and hard disk drives with these capabilities.

Data security is a key component to any mass storage application and has been brought to the general public’s awareness. For example, recent data breaches at major corporations, retail establishments and government agencies have highlighted to people the financial and security fallout from these attacks. However, for deployed military applications, data security has always been a concern and thanks to new Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) options, data-at-rest security has become more efficient and affordable.

The VP1-250X is a 3U VPX drive storage module capable of using either rotating media or solid state drives. The VP1-250X allows direct point-to-point connection of drives or uses the PCI Express interface with the on-board SATA controller to interface with the host. It features a “Purge” input to destroy the supported media installed on the module for data security. The module supports both SATA and SAS drives.

Major Features of the Phoenix VPX Mass Data Storage Module:

– Solid-state disk or hard disk devices

– Conduction, REDI conduction or air-cooled

– Supports SATA, SAS and PCI express interfaces

– Up to 80,000 feet operational altitude

– Operational temperature from -40° to 85°C

– Connect as SATA/SAS drive or via the PCIe interface, jumper selectable

– Solid State Drives (SSD) up to 4TB, Rotating Disk Drives (RDD) up to 6TB

– Can be configured to work from Fat Pipe A or B from the VPX bus

– Integrated SLC, eMLC or MLC NAND SSDs

– Meets military and IRIG 106-07 declassification standards

– Optional AES 256 encryption

– Made in USA

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

San Diego, CA February 16, 2016

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced Self Encrypting Drive (SED) technology support for its RPC24 4004 Series Drive Magazine based, rugged storage solution. The new system was introduced at AFCEA West 2016.

The Phoenix International RPC24 4004 Series now supports TCG compliant and FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256 encryption as well as instant secure erase when configured with solid state disks and hard disk drives with these capabilities.

Data security is a key component to any mass storage application and has been brought to the general public’s awareness with the recent data breaches at major corporations, retail establishments and government agencies to see the financial and security fallout from these attacks. However, for deployed military applications, data security has always been a concern and thanks to new Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) options, data-at-rest security has become more efficient and affordable.

The Phoenix International RPC 4004 Series is available in a variety of configurations for 2.5 inch SSDs and 2.5-inch HDDs. Each RPC24 converged interface storage array includes two four-port controllers and can be easily configured in the field with eight 16Gb Fibre Channel ports, eight 10Gb iSCSI ports, or a combination of four 16Gb Fibre Channel and four 10Gb iSCSI ports. IT managers often use Fibre Channel for the storage network within the data center, and iSCSI for replication and other data management services outside of the data center. These storage arrays are fully backward-compatible with 8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel and1Gb iSCSI networking solutions such as switches and host bus adapters. The RPC24 4004 12Gb SAS models are fully backward-compatible with 6Gb SAS investments. All 4004 models are meta-data compatible with previous generation RPC24 arrays, so that customers can accomplish data-in-place migration by simply upgrading to 4004 generation controllers.

Featuring a storage capacity of 50TB+, the lightning fast RPC24 4004 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, it series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here to download the press release in PDF format.

ORANGE, CA December 1, 2015

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., a world leader in rugged data storage systems, has been named Northrop Grumman Aerospace System’s ‘Supplier of the Year’ Award recipient in the Small Business – Subcontracts category.

Award presented by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector

“Our supplier of the year award program is an outgrowth of Northrop Grumman’s strategic sourcing initiative, an effort started during the summer of 2003 to build stronger long-term relationships with our suppliers.” Remarked Northrop Grumman’s Kevin Mitchell, Global Supply Chain Vice President. “Under this initiative, suppliers are “graded” quarterly on parameters such as quality, on-time delivery, lean principles and participation in affordability initiatives. While many suppliers qualify, this program honors the best of a group of superior performers. Phoenix consistently performs ‘over and above’ our requirements and delivers best in class quality products that directly aligns NGC with earning principal recognition from our Customer”.

“Our Phoenix team is very proud to be honored with this recognition,” commented Amos Deacon III, President of Phoenix International. ”This Supplier of the Year Award reflects our team’s commitment to exceeding our customer’s expectations from product performance and expert technical support to immediate responses to their requests for information and investing in capital assets to support their Programs”.

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 Rev C /ISO 9001-2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass data storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules.

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

ORANGE, CA November 12, 2014

Phoenix International, Inc., a world leader in rugged data storage systems, has received Northrop Grumman’s Platinum Level Platinum Source Award, reflecting the Company’s sustained excellence as a supplier of quality products and on-time delivery to Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (AS) Sector.

Award presented by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector

“As you know, the Platinum Source Supplier Award is recognition for your high level of quality and delivery performance as a Northrop Grumman AS supplier.” Remarked Northrop Grumman’s Joseph Jackson, Director of Supplier Quality. “It empowers your company to act on behalf of AS in conducting final acceptance of your products designated as Platinum Source by Purchase Order. In addition, your company holds a favorable position in our supplier base as a recognized Platinum Source Supplier”. Phoenix International supplies Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Sector with high performance, rugged RAID data storage systems used in aircraft as well as in training and support applications.

“I am very proud of our Phoenix team,” said Amos Deacon III, President of Phoenix International. ”The Platinum Source Award was made in recognition of Phoenix’s demonstrated distinction in meeting performance standards — outstanding quality, commitment to meeting delivery schedules, and focus on customer satisfaction.”

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass data storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules.

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

San Diego, CA Feb 11, 2014

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., today unveiled its industry leading 1 terabyte capacity VP1-250-SSDC 3U Solid State Disk VPX storage module at AFCEA/USNI West 2014 Conference and Exposition.

PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCES 3U VPX 1 Terabyte SLC Solid State Disk Module

The VP1-250-SSDC is a bootable 3U Conduction-cooled VPX drive storage module with REDI (VITA 48) covers supporting an operating temperature range of -40° to +85° C. The VP1-250-SSDC connects directly to the CPU via SATA signals or by means of PCI Express signals through an on-board controller. The use of Single Level Cell (SLC) NAND flash combined with our advanced flash management provides write endurance of greater than 27 years with 10 daily program/erase cycles of the entire drive.

Optionally includes the Data Encryption function, providing 256-bit AES ECB/CBC strength, NIST, CSE and FIPS 140-2 validated encryption solution. With a number of ways to support Key Management, Phoenix offers deployment flexibility with the ability to tailor the implementation to the specific requirements. The encryption engine is hardware based, hence eliminates the need and the risk of using software components.

Also available is a Data Elimination function: FAST ERASE and PURGE. FAST ERASE eliminates the data from all physical media locations by performing a single erase. PURGE eliminates both the data and the data remnants that could otherwise enable user data recovery in the lab. PURGE requires multiple erase and overwrites, and in some cases includes verification, as governed by different standards.

Major Features of the VP1-250-SSDC Data Storage Module:

– Total capacity to 1024GB with integrated SLC NAND Flash

– Operational temperature from -40 o to +85 o C

– Up to 80,000 feet operational altitude

– Operational shock of 30g acceleration, 11 ms duration

– Individual SATA or PCIe device connectivity

– Advanced flash management for enhanced reliability and durability

– Hardware enabled write protect

– Conformal coating

– AES-256 encryption

– Supports DoD and NSA data purge procedures

– Made in USA

Phoenix International is an AS 9100 rev C/ISO 9001:2008 certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) manufacturer of Rugged COTS data storage products. Phoenix developed state of the art enabling technology provides users with mass storage products that ensure the highest performance storage and data network systems. These systems range in size and application from multi-terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state (flash) storage modules.

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

Click here for the datasheet in PDF format.

San Diego, CA November 18, 2013

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the art data storage technology providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced its latest RAID controller technology for its RPC24 4004 Series Drive Magazine based, rugged storage solution. The new system was introduced at MILCOM 2013.

The Phoenix International RPC 4004 Series is available in a variety of configurations for 2.5 inch SSDs and 2.5-inch HDDs. Each RPC24 converged interface storage array includes two four-port controllers and can be easily configured in the field with eight 16Gb Fibre Channel ports, eight 10Gb iSCSI ports, or a combination of four 16Gb Fibre Channel and four 10Gb iSCSI ports. IT managers often use Fibre Channel for the storage network within the data center, and iSCSI for replication and other data management services outside of the data center. These storage arrays are fully backward-compatible with 8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel and1Gb iSCSI networking solutions such as switches and host bus adapters. The RPC24 4004 12Gb SAS models are fully backward-compatible with 6Gb SAS investments. All 4004 models are meta-data compatible with previous generation RPC24 arrays, so that customers can accomplish data-in-place migration by simply upgrading to 4004 generation controllers.

All RPC24 4004 solutions are built on Dot Hill System’s ninth-generation RAID stack, which delivers up to 100,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) from disk, sustained sequential read performance of up to 6400 MB/second and writes of up to 5300 MB/second. The Dot Hill RAID Companion Processor (RCP) allows 4004 solutions to deliver dramatic performance gains at very aggressive price points. RPC24 4004 solutions also integrate all the performance tuning and optimizations of the previous-generation RPC24 models, which includes streaming performance optimization to handle randomized, sequential workloads. Phoenix International’s latest firmware utilizes a proprietary Adaptive Read-ahead Algorithm that analyzes workloads and fine tunes options to optimize the performance of specific kinds of demanding workloads, delivering better response. The RPC24 4004 Series scales up to 192 drives and allows customers to freely mix drive types, including HDD and SSD, for the most effective allocation of storage resources, based on capacity and performance needs.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Featuring a capacity of twenty four drives, the lightning fast RPC24 4004 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, it series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here for the press release in PDF format.

San Diego, CA January 29, 2013

Phoenix International Systems, Inc., proven pioneer in state-of-the-art data storage technology in providing rugged and reliable COTS data storage solutions, today introduced its rugged RPC24 4000 Series next-generation, rugged storage solution designed to deliver best-in-class price performance, 99.999 percent availability, and exceptional streaming throughput. The new system was introduced at AFCEA West 2013.

An evolution of the 2012 released RPC24, the powerful new architecture of the RPC24 4000 Series provides superior streaming performance for bandwidth-intensive data recording applications, such as high resolution imagery, video recording, radar data acquisition and more. It is available in both the RPC12 and RPC24 Disk Array product families.

The RPC24 4000 Series delivers up to 5200 MB/s of sustained sequential read throughput, a 2.5 times increase over the previous generation 3000 series, and up to 3500 MB/s of sustained sequential write performance, making it ideal for high performance data acquisition applications that also require very high storage capacity.

For demanding transaction-oriented applications, such as cloud storage and business analytics, the RPC24 4000 Series delivers an impressive 100,000 IOPS sustained from disk for fast access to database and structured data content, and up to 650,000 IOPS from cache.

The RPC24 4000 Series scales up to 192 drives and allows customers to freely mix drive types, including HDD and SSD, for the most effective allocation of storage resources, based on capacity and performance needs.

Phoenix International’s incorporated SimulCache technology leverages redundant RAID controllers, thus eliminating the performance degradation associated with conventional cache mirroring. The implementation of a high-speed dedicated PCI-Express bus streamlines write performance resulting in superior overall system responsiveness, driving faster application throughput. Dual-redundant RAID controllers, dual power supplies and dual fans bring uptime figures to 99.999 percent availability, so customers don’t experience downtime or data loss.

Featuring a capacity of twenty-four drives, the lightning fast RPC24 4000 series includes two easily removable magazines containing up to twelve solid state disk or hard disk drives, each housed in rugged 2U (3.5”) panel height, 19.5” deep enclosure. It provides up to eight host ports of 8Gb Fibre Channel to SAS or SATA devices over a 12Gb SAS internal bus.

Incorporating aluminum and steel in its rugged construction, the RPC24 4000 series weighs only 51 lbs with a full complement of 24 SSDs, is less than 20” deep and is certified to military specifications MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461E.

Phoenix International has been designing and building Rugged data storage systems for any application – from Multi-Terabyte Fibre Channel RAID, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations to conduction cooled plug-in VPX and VME solid state disk storage modules – since 1993.

Based in Orange, California, Phoenix International is an AS9100 Rev C/ISO 9001:2008 Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Click here for the press release in PDF format.