Cray Research Inc has a new disk array based on its DA-60 and DA-62 arrays and a new DCA-3 channel adaptor, providing the first RAID level 3 capability from Cray and a four-fold increase in data transfer rate; it also cut prices on its DD-60 and DD-62 disk drives, which make up the DA-60 and DA-62 arrays, by 20% and 28% respectively; DA-60 prices now begin at $190,000 and DA-62 prices begin at $120,000; the DCA-3 channel adaptor is based on the chip technology used in the Y-MP C90 supercomputer; it’s $50,000.
