Dot Hill Introduces Next-Generation SCSI Product with Twice the Performance at Lower Costs
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New System Offers Improved Performance, Pricing and ROI for Customers With SCSI Infrastructures
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 14 -- Dot Hill (NASDAQ:HILL), a market leader in providing flexible storage offerings and responsive service and support to OEMs and systems integrators, from engagement through end of life, today announced the new SANnet® II U320 storage solution. The seventh generation of SCSI, the U320 provides twice the performance of the previous SCSI-160 standard, at the same cost.
One hundred percent backwards compatible with customers' current SCSI infrastructures, the SANnet II U320 provides a significant boost in performance, improved data integrity and application performance, while protecting existing investments in the previous standard. Customers such as Tier-2 server vendors, Intel® white box database access server (DAS) market VARs, telecommunications entities requiring NEBS-certified solutions and government agencies that require Mil-spec solutions will benefit from the new features and functions of the product.
"With this next-generation offering, we continue to provide our OEM customers with exactly what they want -- flexible, high quality and very aggressively priced storage offerings," said Phil Davis, Dot Hill's senior vice president worldwide sales and marketing. "Dot Hill continues to raise the bar in the industry by coming to market with innovative products that impact our customers' bottom line."
The SANnet II U320 supports data rates up to 320 megabytes per second and incorporates a number of new technologies including packetization maximization and quick arbitration select, which significantly reduce overhead and CPU requirements of existing applications. With flow control optimization and read-and-write data streaming, the SANnet II U320 can double the performance/price ratio and allow faster transition between data transfers.
Additionally, it provides global customers with an easy solution to comply with the European Union (EU) environmental directives, including Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) as well as Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), which goes into effect on July 1, 2006. RoHS requires products sold within the EU maintain minimal levels of lead and cadmium in their offerings while WEEE mandates that electronics providers develop recycling programs. Dot Hill's SANnet II U320 product is fully compliant with these directives.
Pricing and Availability
The new SANnet II U320 will be available during the fall of 2005, to help ensure global customers will have ample time to implement the systems and meet the RoHS deadline. Though the new system is significantly improved, its price will remain the same as the previous SCSI-160 standard.
About Dot Hill
Dot Hill is the market leader in providing flexible storage offerings and responsive service and support to OEMs and system integrators, from engagement through end of life. Founded in 1984, Dot Hill has more than two decades of expertise in developing high-quality, competitively priced storage products. Focused on delivering global 24 X 7 X 365 technical support, the company has more than 100,000 systems in use worldwide and numerous OEM and indirect partners. With its patented technology and award-winning SANnet II® and RIO Xtreme(TM) families of storage and its Dot Hill Storage Services, Dot Hill makes storage easy. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., Dot Hill has offices in China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States. More information is available at www.dothill.com.
Source: Dot Hill
CONTACT: Linda Barger, +1-858-792-2911, linda@ardellgroup.com, or Amy Peterson, +1-858-792-4974, amy@ardellgroup.com, both of The Ardell Group, for Dot Hill
Web site: www.dothill.com/
