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3WARE TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED INTO NEW IOMEGA NAS PRODUCTS

3ware Inc, a leading provider of high-capacity, switched Parallel and Serial ATA RAID storage solutions, has announced that its Escalade 7500 8 port RAID controller (the 7500-8) will enable ultra-performance, high capacity ATA storage in Iomega Corporation's new high performance P800 series Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers.

3ware's switched-storage controllers are enabling a new class of NAS and storage solutions by combining, for the first time, unprecedented performance, high reliability, and high capacity with the cost efficiency of ATA storage.

The hard disk drive controls in the Iomega 800 series NAS products with the 3ware controller provide enterprise level performance and reliability in an easy-to-manage network storage solution for file-level data consolidation, sharing and backup across all Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, NetWare, UNIX and Linux clients on a LAN or WAN. Iomega NAS products range from 120GB to 1.4 terabytes of easy-to-manage storage capacity network, giving network administrators enterprise level features and data security that is priced for departmental and workgroup storage budgets.

3ware's Escalade 7500 series of ATA RAID controllers deliver full-featured hardware RAID for servers, near-line backup and fixed content storage. The Escalade 7500 series is based on 3ware's innovative StorSwitch(TM) architecture, which applies network packet switching to storage. The non-blocking switched fabric allows data to be simultaneously routed to multiple hard disk drives with the highest efficiency, delivering the performance and reliability customers have come to expect from enterprise solutions, with the added benefit of lower cost ATA storage.

"We selected 3ware's Escalade ATA RAID switched controller because we believe it will enable us to deliver business-ready NAS products that combine high capacity storage, ease of integration, industry-leading fault tolerance, and affordable prices for any network infrastructure and application," said Akshay Gupta, product general manager, Network Storage Systems, Iomega Corporation. "We determined that 3ware was the solution for us because of its documented superior performance and high capacity, as well as the company's well-respected follow through and support to ensure that product development was on time and on budget."

"Iomega is extending the market for NAS by designing solutions for mid-sized companies and marketing to VARs, system integrators, and IT managers looking for a simple, affordable and powerful solution for their immediate storage needs," said Faye Pairman, president and CEO at 3ware. "3ware's Escalade ATA RAID controllers are designed to enable a new generation of performance-driven, high capacity storage solutions for mid- to enterprise-class applications. The Iomega NAS design fully leverages our unique switched-architecture, which allows for the development of a variety of configurations up to 1440GB of RAID network capacity, ensuring simplicity and affordability for file sharing and data storage."