INFORTREND FIBRE-TO-SATA RAID ARRAY PASSES TESTING FOR WINDOWS MULTI-CLUSTER PROGRAM

SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 13, 2006 – RAID storage expert Infortrend® today announced that the EonStor® A16F-R2431 4G Fibre Channel-to-SATA RAID subsystem has passed qualification testing by the Microsoft® WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Lab) for the Windows® Multi-cluster program. Being certified for this program means that the ES A16F-R2431 is recommended for use as a shared storage device in a storage area network (SAN) where multiple clusters or non-Windows hosts are attached.

“Certification for the Windows Multi-cluster program is one more example of our commitment to support vital industry platforms,” said Tony Chu, president of Infortrend Corporation. “Storage managers can build the ES A16F-R2431 into their complex clustered SAN environments and know that their data will stay secure, protected, and available.”

The hardware for WHQL testing consisted of the ES A16F-R2431 connected to one Ethernet network switch; one Fibre switch; one DNS server; two client computers as remote test hosts; and six computers as test nodes. The two host servers were grouped into two node clusters with Infortrend's EonPath™ Multipath I/O software installed on each server for path redundancy and protection against component failure. Testing was completed on October 29, 2006; details on this and other qualified EonStor products can be found in the Windows Server catalog at www.microsoft.com/Windows/catalog/server/.

EonStor A16F-R2431 Highlights

• 16-bay, redundant controller, FC-4G to SATA-II RAID subsystem with comprehensive fault-tolerance features
• Two FC-4G host channels per controller
• End-to-end RAID5 performance
  • Sequential Reads: 779 MBps
  • Sequential Writes: 462 MBps
• ASIC400 XOR engine boosts performance by 25 percent over the ASIC266
• Configurable in RAID levels 0, 1(0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50 , 60

About Infortrend

Infortrend, the RAID storage expert, is a pioneer in cost-effective, high performance networked storage. The company's products include EonStor® storage systems and RAIDWatch® software for virtually all storage interfaces including SAS, SCSI, iSCSI, SATA and Fibre Channel.  For over a decade, Infortrend has provided reliable, fault-tolerant technology to prominent O D Ms, distributors, and storage integrators worldwide. The company's core competency includes performance optimized RAID ASICs, feature-rich firmware, and redundant, high availability RAID subsystems.  Founded in 1993, Infortrend is traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiex), ticker number 2495.  For more information, visit www.infortrend.com.

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