Nexsan Introduces SATAblade, World's Fastest Serial ATA Solution

Ultra-dense SATA storage solution delivers more than 1GB/sec sustained throughput for primary storage use; high performance, cost-effective solution for data intensive applications

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., October 12, 2004 - Nexsan Technologies, the leader in innovative storage solutions, announced the release of SATAblade, a powerful and cost-effective Serial ATA (SATA) storage system that delivers stunning performance for businesses requiring a scalable, high performance storage solution.

Supporting the latest 10,000 RPM SATA drives in an extreme density, low-profile form factor, SATAblade delivers exceptionally high performance for data-intensive storage applications and the small footprint solution can be easily optimized to meet either performance or capacity requirements. Featuring individual drive independence within a unique 1U physical architecture that maximizes airflow and allows easy access to eight hot-swappable SATA drives, a single SATAblade can easily store up to 3.2 terabytes of data.

Nexsan is offering a bundled SATAblade solution consisting of three SATAblades with 24 high-capacity drives to deliver 9.6 terabytes in a 3U footprint. This SATAblade configuration delivers sustained throughput speeds of 1048 MB/sec and 125,000 I/Ops, making the Nexsan product the world's fastest Serial ATA solution.

According to Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, "SATA has proven beyond a shadow of doubt to be mainstream IT-ready, and now it's even fast! Any objections people have to this technology are being dismissed one after another, and with performance a non-issue, there just aren't any reasons not to jump on this bandwagon. Nexsan has always made cool, big stuff, but now it's fast to boot. These guys are shaking up the industry."

"Businesses today demand a storage solution that delivers performance and increased storage density at a cost-effective price, and with our release of SATAblade we have created a solution that answers this need, offering blazingly fast performance in an extremely small footprint," said Diamond Lauffin, Executive Vice President at Nexsan. "With SATAblade, the world's fastest Serial ATA product, businesses can use SATA technology to solve their data intensive primary storage needs - efficiently, intelligently and cost-effectively."

SATAblade is available through a worldwide network of specialist storage VARs. For more information, contact Nexsan Technologies at 866-463-9726.

About Nexsan Technologies
Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif. has changed the way IT managers are storing and protecting corporate data. From the outset, Nexsan has moved to the forefront because it recognized the need for corporate managers to "do more with less." Nexsan was the first on the scene to deliver award-winning storage solutions that provide, for the first time, correct-cost pricing, without sacrificing features and performance, and ones that make good business sense for virtually every size company. Every Nexsan product is a total solution, with unprecedented ease of use, features, performance and reliability - all priced to fit the requirements of IT managers worldwide. For more information, please see the company's website at http://www.nexsan.com.

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