American Megatrends Awarded Patent for Data Storage Capacity Expansion Technology

NORCROSS, GEORGIA – Continuing its long tradition of excellence in storage innovations through its StorTrends® brand of data storage solutions, American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) was recently granted a patent for its innovations related to storage capacity expansion in a data storage system. US Patent No. 8,499,136, titled “Method, System and Apparatus for Expanding Storage Capacity in a Data Storage System”, was awarded to AMI on July 30, 2013. This latest patent represents an important milestone both for AMI and the StorTrends brand, as the company has now amassed over 50 patents related specifically to data storage technologies.

The innovation behind this patent involves the live migration of a storage pool, or container, during the process of adding storage capacity to the existing storage array. The technique described in this patent provides for instantaneous capacity expansion, with the added benefit of eliminating downtime, configuration time and similar productivity losses. This technology also opens up additional flexibility for adding additional arrays and groups of disks with minimal impact on the underlying logical disk structure within the storage pool.

“With this new patent award, AMI has reached an important milestone as we continue to innovate in the data storage space,” commented Sukha Ghosh, Vice President of Engineering for American Megatrends. “AMI remains as committed as ever to making great strides in our storage technology portfolio, and these latest patent awards will empower the next generation of StorTrends products to bring even more powerful solutions to market.”

About AMI:
Established by Subramonian Shankar in 1985, American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) creates and manufactures key hardware and software solutions for the global computer marketplace, providing the highest quality and compatibility necessary for today’s advanced computing systems. AMI is the world’s leading BIOS firmware vendor with AMIBIOS deployed in a large proportion of computers worldwide. American Megatrends has been in the data storage business since 1994, with the inception of the MegaRAID® Host Bus Array (HBA), which enabled AMI to become the world’s largest third party RAID vendor. AMI’s StorTrends SAN and NAS network storage technology was developed by the same engineering team that created the MegaRAID® controller and is at work in dozens of countries, trusted by SMBs, local governments and institutions around the globe.

Headquartered in Norcross, GA, AMI has locations in the U.S., China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to better serve its customers. For more information on AMI, its products or services, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit www.ami.com.

American Megatrends, Inc.
5555 Oakbrook Parkway, Building 200
Norcross, GA 30093 USA
Main: 770-246-8600
Fax: 770-246-8790
On the web: www.ami.com

Press Contact: Chris Menosky, Marketing Communications Manager
American Megatrends, Inc.
5555 Oakbrook Parkway, Building 200
Norcross, GA 30093 USA
Direct: 770-246-8617
Mobile: 770-329-5216
Email: christopherm@ami.com

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