StreamLogic announces StreamArray; tape array to complement disk array product family.

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 1997--StreamLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:STLC) Tuesday announced the new StreamArray family of high performance, highly fault tolerant tape arrays.

The StreamArray incorporates DLT (digital linear tape) technology and couples it with StreamLogic's own microprocessor controlled enclosure and sophisticated tape array software from Cheyenne to provide a fully integrated backup solution. Fortune 1000 corporations and small businesses alike can be empowered by the StreamArray to quickly and easily backup their WindowsNT, IntranetWare, NetWare, or Intranet servers.

The StreamArray DLT offers users a full system backup and data recovery solution. With capacity of up to 120 GB, backup speeds up to 28 GB/hour, and restore search speeds of up to 40,000 files per second, the StreamArray can meet the backup demands of today's largest servers. The StreamArray comes with up to four drives per array. As the user increases the number of drives in the array, both performance and capacity are increased, reducing backup time and increasing the volume of data that can be processed in one unattended backup. The StreamArray is capable of backing up a single server, several servers, or multiple databases at once.

The StreamArray high availability subsystem offers multiple levels of fault tolerance with up to four hot pluggable DLT mechanisms. Featuring StreamLogic's own patented enclosure design, the StreamArray supports dual hot swappable, load sharing power supplies, hot swappable fans, and an innovative custom split bus backplane design that can stream data to all drives simultaneously for maximum backup and restore speeds. StreamLogic's enclosure also supports a host of environmental safeguards and notification to further increase fault tolerance.

"The enterprise network and intranet markets are two of the fastest-growing segments of the computer marketplace, and the avalanche of data created by these applications heightens the need for constant data availability and reliability," stated Ray Freeman, president of Freeman Associates.

"Tape-array technology holds promise as a means of highly fault- tolerant, high-performance backup. With the introduction of the StreamArray, StreamLogic is poised to address these needs," he added.

StreamArray integrates four performance-matched DLT2000XT tape drives with award-winning Cheyenne JETserve Plus for NetWare or ARCserve with its RAID options for Windows NT to provide multithreaded image backups that bypass the overhead of the operating system.

Supporting RAID levels 0, 1 and 5, the StreamArray offers maximum flexibility and varying levels of performance and/or fault tolerance at the user's control.

With the StreamArray's RAID 5 implementation, users can be assured that even in the event of a tape-drive failure, their important data is still backed up. If one of the tapes in a set is damaged or lost, or if a tape drive fails during the backup process, the parity striping across all tapes in the StreamArray ensures that a full backup is preserved on the remaining tapes in the set.

Available in rackmount, deskside and desktop configurations for optimal flexibility, the StreamArray can be easily serviced from either the front or rear panels. Since a failed tape drive, power supply or fan can be replaced in less than a minute, MIS and network administrators can quickly return the StreamArray to its fault- tolerant state.

"Network and MIS managers are always looking for ways to guarantee the reliability of their corporate data. The StreamArray is ideal to meet this need by providing both highly fault-tolerant and high-performance backup," commented Eric Herzog, senior vice president of marketing.

"With our presence in the enterprise network and intranet disk-drive-based RAID market, StreamLogic will be able to meet another important need of our customer base with the StreamArray," Herzog continued.

A quick rundown of key features includes:

-- RAID 0, 1, and 5 support for maximum user configurability of

performance and/or fault tolerance.

-- High performance, highly fault tolerant tape array for

enterprise network and Intranet backup.

-- Backup performance up to 28 GB/hour and restore search speeds

of up to 40,000 files per second.

-- Redundant, hot swappable tapes, power supplies and fans

qreatly reduce data loss and insure high accessibility to

the data.

-- Comes complete with Cheyenne JETserve Plus for NetWare or

ARCserve with its RAID option for WindowsNT.

-- Completely compatible with StreamLogic's RAIDIONPro, RAIDION

Plus and PageStor families of enterprise and Intranet RAID

solutions, as well as RAID products from other vendors.

-- Performance up to four times faster than conventional DLT

systems, eight times faster than DAT or 8mm, and up to

the full speed of a disk drive system.

Bundled with complete backup and tape array software, the suggested retail price for the StreamArray DLT for NetWare is $22,499 and the StreamArray DLT for WindowsNT is $21,999. The StreamArray family is scheduled to ship May 1997 and is available through StreamLogic Authorized System Integrators and resellers worldwide. For the location of the nearest StreamLogic reseller call 800/585-5888 or E-mail [e-mail] .

NOTE TO EDITORS: StreamLogic develops and markets leading edge network RAID subsystems, Internet/Intranet, video delivery systems, digital media storage and data management solutions. Current product offerings include the industry-leading RAIDION family of high availability network RAID and data management solutions, the award-winning Hammer storage product line. The company sells to OEMs and system integrators, and has a well-established international network of distribution and reseller partners. StreamLogic corporate headquarters are located in Chatsworth, Calif., with marketing, sales, engineering, customer service and manufacturing operations locations in Menlo Park, Calif., and Chatsworth, Calif. RAIDION, MICRODISK, STREAMARRAY, Hammer, and StreamLogic are trademarks or registered trademarks of StreamLogic Corp. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. Additional information on StreamLogic and its products can be found at http://www.StreamLogic.com .

NOTE: See these New Storage Solutions at Internet World, Los Angeles, March 12-14, Booth No.6644 and at NAB, Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, April 7-10, Booth No.3314.

CONTACT: StreamLogic Corp.

Ed Wilka, 818/701-8543

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or

Angelo Meneguzzi, 415/833-4610

[e-mail]

or

Eric Herzog, 415/833-4605

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