ATTO Technology's ExpressSAS RAID Adapters Certified by Fujitsu Computer Products of America


High-Performance SAS RAID Technology for Enterprise Applications

Macworld Expo, San Francisco, CA - (January 14, 2008) - ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announced today that its ExpressSAS RAID Adapters have been certified by Fujitsu Computer Products of America with their latest in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive technology, the MBA3300 and MBB2147 Series enterprise drives.

The combination of ATTO's ExpressSAS RAID adapters and Fujitsu's SAS 3.5" 15K RPM and 2.5" 10K RPM hard disk drive (HDD) products, provide customers with state-of-the-art solutions for demanding enterprise applications in DVA and IT infrastructures including high-definition video post-production, digital film production, audio production, tape backup, transactional databases, email servers and large server farms.

ExpressSAS RAID adapters offer flexible SAS and SATA II connectivity while delivering blazing-fast 3-Gb/sec. per port performance. The ExpressSAS R348 and R380 models deliver an intelligent and robust RAID solution. The R348 offers user selectable port options that include 4 external and 4 internal ports, or 8 internal ports, and the R380 offers 8 external ports. These adapters support standard RAID levels 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 in a low-profile form factor that fit standard-length PCI Express slots.

ExpressSAS RAID adapters offer unprecedented levels of performance with ATTO's exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS(TM)) Technology. With a combination of features that provide controlled acceleration of large and small blocks of data, ADS manages latency and provides faster and more efficient transfer of data for streaming applications.

"ATTO's host adapter technology fits well with our high-capacity SAS HDDs for today's most demanding storage environments. Fujitsu has a long-standing interoperability history with ATTO products and we are pleased with the test results of the ExpressSAS RAID adapters with our state-of-the-art SAS drives. Our customers feel confident about the interoperability testing of these products," said Joel Hagberg, vice president, marketing and business development, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

"ATTO's SAS RAID technology provides users with powerful yet affordable solutions to tackle the most data-intensive IT and digital content applications," states Ed Tierney, director of marketing for ATTO. "By certifying our RAID adapters with an industry-leader like Fujitsu Computer Products of America, we are able to bring innovative and flexible solutions to our enterprise customers."

About ATTO Technology, Inc.

ATTO Technology, Inc. is a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers' better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host adapters, RAID adapters, bridges, RAID storage controllers, virtual tape appliances, and management software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including SCSI, SATA, iSCSI, SAS and Fibre Channel. ATTO distributes its products worldwide directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors. Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. world headquarters, at: 155 CrossPoint Parkway, Amherst, New York 14068; Phone: (716) 691-1999; Fax: (716) 691-9353; Website: attotech.com.

Company Name: Atto Technology
Address 1: 155 CrossPoint Parkway
City: Amherst
State: NY
Zip: 14068
Phone: 716-691-1999
URL: www.attotech.com

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