Feb 2, 2004 : Raritan Launches Data Center Solution

📅 February 2, 2004 - Raritan Computer, Inc. (raritan.com) introduced Paragon II today, an enterprise-class, stackable KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) management appliance that is designed to help IT managers and systems administrators reduce the complexity and costs of managing servers and other data center equipment.

According to the company, Paragon II allows users to access, monitor, configure and reboot multi-platform servers remotely as if they were physically present at the rack.
Paragon II provides keyboard and mouse control of servers through direct out-of-band KVM connections as well as via the Internet. The company said that through the support of both types of connections, users can access servers remotely in order to maximize operations uptime and save on IT costs.
"Since its introduction three years ago, Raritan's Paragon Cat5-based analog solution has been a tremendous success in the market," said Richard DeFabritus, product manager at Raritan Computer. "Paragon's advancements in KVM switch technologies have helped thousands of companies dramatically simplify the management of business-critical data centers, as well as reduce management costs. Now with Paragon II we are offering better performance and return on investment than any out-of-band, enterprise KVM switch in the market."
The higher-port density of Paragon II supports up to 128 servers and devices per appliance.
In conjunction with today's announcement, Raritan also introduced Paragon Manager management and administration software and a new user station with integrated IP access.
Paragon II is designed for corporate data centers, server farms, Web hosting facilities, Internet service providers and software labs.
Retail pricing for Paragon II starts at $3,000.