Qsan Accelerates IP Storage Solution with Silverback Systems' iSNAP(R).

CAMPBELL, California & TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Qsan Technology Inc. and Silverback Systems today announced that the Silverback Systems' iSNAP2110 will power the new Qsan P series IntelliRAID iSCSI RAID controller. The P series is an iSCSI based 8- or 16-channel SATA II RAID controller.

The P series controller enables solutions costing as low as $2 per GB, roughly 1/5 the cost of traditional systems. Silverback Systems' iSNAP2110 enables the P series RAID controller to provide low cost, high performance networked storage over IP using the industry standard iSCSI protocol.

Qsan's P series IntelliRAID solution is targeted at small and medium business environments, for use in data storage systems, disk-to-disk-to-tape back-up systems, virtual tape libraries and near-line back-up systems. The iSCSI acceleration provided by the iSNAP2110 enables class leading iSCSI performance of the P series controller, and allows IT departments to drastically shorten the time required to perform back-ups.

Qsan's design team set strict requirements for its iSCSI acceleration engine, and selected Silverback Systems' iSNAP2110. Key factors included industry leading performance of more than 250,000 IOPS, as measured by Iometer, and full-duplex throughput of 440MB/s, as measured by TTCP.

In addition, the iSNAP2110 consumes only two watts per channel for the dual-port, two-gigabit storage network acceleration processor, enabling smaller, more reliable, lower power and lower cost solutions.

"Networked storage, whether it is front line access and retrieval or back-up and archiving, is all about performance," said Eric Kao, director of sales and marketing at Qsan. "With the iSNAP2110, small and medium enterprises are assured of superior performance and functionality at a reasonable price, along with unprecedented level of intelligence built in the Qsan P series natively."

"With iSNAP, we provide an accelerated converged networking solution," said Ahmet Houssein, Silverback Systems' president and CEO. "We are providing Qsan with a software and firmware compatible roadmap to 10Gb/s, which will drastically improve performance and reduce back-up times even further."

Qsan Technology Inc.

Qsan Technology, Inc., develops, manufactures and markets RAID controllers for IP SANs. The company designs its products adhering to industry standards and customer requirements. Headquartered in Taipei Taiwan, Qsan was founded in 2004 and is privately held. Distribution partners are worldwide including Europe, the United States and Greater China Region. For more information, visit www.qsan.com.tw.

Silverback Systems

Silverback Systems, Inc. designs, develops and markets iSNAP(R), family of storage network acceleration processor, for IP protocol acceleration and converged networking. The company was founded in July 2000 and is based in Campbell, CA, with facilities in Rochester, MN and Netanya, Israel. More information can be found at www.silverbacksystems.com.

-- iSNAP is a registered trademark of Silverback Systems.