CONVERTIBLE RAID SYSTEM PROVIDES FLEXIBLE SATA-II STORAGE

San Diego, November 15, 2004MPAK Technologies, Inc. added the P24000 to its Momentum line of Serial ATA (SATA) RAID arrays. The P24000 is the first SATA-II array that offers across-the-board compatibility by supporting SATA-I and parallel ATA drives in addition to the newest SATA-II hard drives with features such as native command queuing (NCQ). The 8-bay convertible desktop or tower subsystem is ideal for departmental and small office use.

The new convertible P24000 provides for cascading by stacking a maximum of four desktop enclosures together to create capacity expansion up to 12TB. With its attractive design, ergonomic push-button drive trays with key-lock security, and value price point, the P24000 is ideal for direct attached storage applications in digital media, broadcast, medical imaging, and security.

Momentum RAID subsystems offer unparalleled flexibility with 64TB capacity per logical drive (LD); multiple logical drive configurations each with a different RAID level; online expansion for adding, copying, and replacing drives; configurable optimization mode; background LD initialization; and multi-host support. Broad RAID level support includes 0, 1(0+1), 3, 5, 10, 30, 50, JBOD, and NRAID.

Momentum P24000 Features include:

Two dual-stacked U320 SCSI host channels with VHDCI connectors
Intelligent Drive Handling for ATA drives
Host-side, multi-path load balancing
Convertible tower or desktop subsystem
Stackable desktop configuration for capacity expansion

About MPAK Technologies, Inc.

MPAK Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive data storage solutions, high performing computing platforms, and LINUX Clusters. By partnering with industry leaders we offer top-of-the-line products and technologies that deliver cost-effective, storage-intensive environments to ensure maximum availability, accessibility, and reliability.

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MPAK Technologies, Inc.
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