RaidionR Systems Announces The RAIDION.fc Series Fibre Channel Disk Array;.

CHANHASSEN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1999--

Enterprise-Level Features at Industry Leading Price Points

The Raidion(R) Systems Division of Peripheral Technology Group, Inc today announced the RAIDION.fc series Fibre Channel disk array, a powerful new addition to its award-winning family of fault tolerant data solutions.

With an easy entry point of just 3 drive modules, scaling to 90, and available features such as fully redundant components, dual-active storage processors, dual loop fibre capable and mirrored write-cache for the highest levels of availability and data integrity, the RAIDION.fc is one the most advanced Fibre Channel disk arrays in its class. Moreover, it is managed by the world-class Raidion Lookout(TM) storage management software suite which enables system administrators to configure, control, monitor, augment, and respond to all operations of their Raidion storage from a single management station located anywhere in the world. Such features make it an excellent choice for the challenges of more sophisticated applications such as OLTP, data warehousing, scientific research, and Web-based commerce, as well as other applications with a significant cost associated with downtime and/or loss of data. The RAIDION.fc also offers heterogeneous platform support on Microsoft Windows NT, Novell NetWare, Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX for plug-and-play deployment.

"The RAIDION.fc delivers enterprise-level features at industry leading prices, making it ideal for companies that wish to protect their initial technology investments as their organizations grow," said Jason Hall, director of product marketing for Raidion Systems. "This announcement further demonstrates the ability of Raidion Systems to develop high-value, cost-effective products and deliver them with quick time-to-market."

With the addition of the FC disk array to the already robust Raidion storage product family, Raidion is opening up a whole new market for high-function, high-capacity, Fibre Channel storage. Shipping soon, the rack mounted Raidion FC disk array has a list price starting at $12,000.

Raid storage market experts predict that the external RAID multi-user storage market will grow to $24.4 billion by the year 2002 with Fibre Channel-based systems capturing 64 percent.

Added Hall, "As a leading force in storage solutions market, RAIDION.fc is well positioned to take advantage of this tremendous market opportunity. The increased breadth of our Fibre Channel product offerings now further enhances our award winning product family."

Since their introduction over eight years ago, Raidion disk arrays have been chosen by many of the world's top companies and have become the industry's most widely adopted fault tolerant storage solution.

About Raidion

With more than 20,000 disk arrays installed, the Raidion Systems Division of Peripheral Technology Group is the leading supplier of advanced storage solutions to major corporations, value-added storage resellers, and system integrators around the world. Raidion high-availability solutions are based on its award winning modular design and feature a full range of flexible, scalable products for UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows NT platforms, including SCSI arrays, Fibre Channel arrays, and enterprise storage management software. Raidion Systems, based in Chanhassen, Minnesota, is a 6 major supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide. The company's products include Raidion Fibre Channel storage systems, Ultra Wide LVD, digital storage solutions, and related software and services.

For more information about Raidion enterprise storage solutions, call 1-800-875-0068 , email [e-mail], or visit the web site at www.raidionsystems.com.