Alacritech and SANRAD Announce High-performance, Scalable Storage Management for iSCSI SANs; An Interoperable Enterprise-level Solution Enables Efficient Use of Storage.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002

Alacritech(R), Inc., the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems, today announced that its full line of TCP/IP accelerators is fully interoperable with SANRAD's iSCSI Virtualization Switch(TM) 3000, a scalable volume management and multi-protocol switch for iSCSI-, FC- or SCSI-based storage systems and storage area networks (SANs). Alacritech's 1000x1 Gigabit Ethernet Accelerator running in conjunction with the SANRAD iSCSI V Switch will enable any company to deploy a high-performance, highly scalable iSCSI SAN.

Alacritech is well known in the industry as having the top-performing TCP offload and acceleration technology; Alacritech accelerators are the only cards available on the market today, which are capable of moving both file and block-level traffic. SANRAD's iSCSI Virtualization Switch 3000 enables companies to reap the benefits of multi-protocol, block-level storage virtualization within a highly scalable switch architecture. The Alacritech and SANRAD products provide enterprises with increased network throughput, low latency, efficient storage utilization, faster centralized backups and easier management in IP-based networks ranging from local area networks (LANs) to wide area networks (WANs).

"Alacritech is uniquely positioned to address the multi-billion dollar market for IP storage," said Barry Haaser, vice president of marketing, Alacritech, Inc. "Companies deploying the Alacritech and SANRAD solution can now take advantage of the performance and scalability cost benefits of IP storage."

"Both Alacritech's and SANRAD's products provide ideal solutions for companies faced with increasing data and limited IT budgets," said Zophar Sante, vice president of market development, SANRAD. "Alacritech's technology is known for significantly increasing the performance in servers and networks, and virtualization is a very cost-effective way to manage storage. Now, a company can add an Alacritech accelerator and a SANRAD switch for less than a penny per megabyte and double the performance and utilization rates of existing storage systems."

About SANRAD's iSCSI V Switch

The iSCSI V Switch is a network centric, storage management and virtualization solution. It includes the iSCSI V Switch 3000 hardware and a browser based management GUI. The iSCSI V Switch supports the new, standards based, iSCSI TCP/IP storage protocol in addition to the existing fibre-channel and SCSI protocols. This provides iSCSI-networked hosts with secure and trusted access to a variety of logical volumes residing on diverse storage systems within a SAN. The iSCSI V Switch operates in the data-path of a storage network, independent of hosts and storage. It provides a single, easy-to-use connectivity and management platform for IT professionals responsible for administering small to enterprise class storage resources.

About Alacritech Acceleration Technology

Alacritech's 1000x1 Gigabit Ethernet Accelerator is based on the company's patented SLIC Technology(R), and is the only Integrated Storage Network Interface Card (IS-NIC) capable of significantly accelerating both IP storage and standard Ethernet traffic. Alacritech's complete line of accelerators are based on SLIC Technology, a TCP/IP offload and acceleration architecture proven to deliver the most efficient, top-performing server and storage traffic acceleration possible. To eliminate the network throughput, compatibility and scalability issues associated with other TCP/IP offload engines, Alacritech's data-path TCP/IP offload enables data movement to be performed by a custom ASIC on the adapter, and TCP/IP connection management and error handling to be handled by host software.

Availability

SANRAD's iSCSI Virtualization Switch 3000 is shipping and can be obtained by contacting one of SANRAD's channel partners, calling SANRAD at 510/521-2424, or by accessing the company's Web site http://www.sanrad.com. Alacritech is shipping a complete line of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet accelerators that are available by contacting Alacritech's channel partners or through the company's Web site http://www.alacritech.com.

About Alacritech, Inc.

Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface, to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today, Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's complete line of high-performance server and storage accelerators is based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface card) Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based in San Jose, Calif., Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA) and a founding member of the SNIA IP Storage Forum. Alacritech site: http://www.alacritech.com.

Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, and the SLIC Technology logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States. SANRAD and the iSCSI Virtualization Switch is a trademark of SANRAD. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.