Nexsan Storage Subsystems Break Performance Records With IBM Desktop Hard Drive

Disk-based Storage Supports Data-Intensive Applications at Significant Cost Reduction

Woodland Hills, Calif., Sept. 30, 2002 -- Nexsan Technologies today announced unprecedented performance benchmark results for the Nexsan ATAboy2TM RAID storage system when using IBM's high-performance Deskstar hard drives. With the IBM Deskstar, Nexsan is able to deliver performance results approaching that of many SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID products, providing the speed and data availability required for storage-intensive applications such as graphic design, animation, special effects, video security, document imaging, database support and data backup.

Using the high-performance IBM Deskstar 120GXP, Nexsan's new ATAboy2 disk-based technology achieves more than twice the data storage density of traditional enterprise configurations at about one-third the price. Nexsan storage systems can reach 170 megabytes per second read throughput with the IBM Deskstar -- a significant performance advantage for users working with data-streaming applications such as audio/video recording and editing or accessing data from a remote server.

"A storage system's speed and fault tolerance are directly dependent on the quality of the hard disk drive," said Diamond Lauffin, senior executive vice president, Nexsan. "Drawing upon the high-performance and large capacity of IBM's Deskstar 120GXP hard drive to support our high-end RAID applications, Nexsan is able to consistently deliver record performance results to meet the needs of our clients. We expect our current volume shipment of Deskstar hard drives to more than double with the incorporation of IBM's newest 180GXP drives."

Announced separately today, IBM's new Deskstar 180GXP provides storage solutions companies like Nexsan 50 percent more capacity and up to a 20-percent improvement in hard drive performance from previous generations.

Nexsan selected the IBM Deskstar over competing ATA hard disk drive suppliers for its high capacity and stable and efficient implementation of tagged command queuing -- a technology that significantly enhances performance by abbreviating the amount of time queued data waits to be accessed. Nexsan found the Deskstar with tagged command queuing technology consistently performs 15 percent faster than competitive drives.

"The Deskstar family of hard drives and Nexsan's ATAboy RAID subsystems deliver what users want today: record-breaking performance that doesn't break the pocketbook," said Robert Holleran, business line executive for Deskstar products, IBM Storage Technology Division. "Nexsan's RAID systems leverage the Deskstar's high performance and capacity to provide users with a cost-effective alternative to SCSI-based solutions for demanding enterprise environments."

About Nexsan Technologies
Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, California is the leader in innovative and correct cost storage solutions. The company creates and delivers award-winning, storage-centric hardware and application-based solutions worldwide through one of the most diverse and established networks of professionals in the storage industry. Next generation Nexsan storage products are designed for corporate, graphics, medical imaging, animation and special effects, real time/event monitored/ online/off site storage, Internet delivered content, digital film and video, financial on-line transaction data, music and voice, video security, and document imaging. For more information, please see the company's website at http://www.nexsan.com.

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