Monday April 12, 10:02 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
nStor to Manufacture RAID Storage Solutions for
Silicon Graphics
High-Performance Storage Enclosures to be Offered With New Family
of Silicon Graphics Visual Workstations
LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1999--nStor(TM) Corporation, Inc., (AMEX:NSO - news), a leading
manufacturer of RAID and information storage solutions, announced that it has signed an OEM agreement with Silicon
Graphics, Inc.(TM) (NYSE:SGI - news) to manufacture high performance RAID storage subsystems for the new Silicon
Graphics family visual workstations based on the Intel and Microsoft Windows NT(TM) platforms.
''We are extremely excited about our agreement with Silicon Graphics, one of the most respected industry leaders in the
professional graphics and digital media arena,'' stated Lawrence F. Steffann, president and chief executive officer for nStor.
''The marriage of nStor's next generation Fibre Channel and Ultra2 RAID technology with Silicon Graphics new high
performance visual workstations for the NT market certainly reinforces our position as a major data storage solutions provider
in today's storage marketplace.''
''We recognize a tremendous need for high-performance, fault tolerant disk storage for our customers in high-end visual
computing. nStor's reputation for manufacturing high-quality, state-of-the-art systems and management software were key
selling factors for us,'' stated Cliff Apsey, director of marketing, Workstation Division at Silicon Graphics. ''nStor's flexible
storage design enables us to provide our customers with a world-class scalable drive enclosure. For the first time, customers
can take advantage of JBOD, high performance Fibre Channel or Ultra2 SCSI RAID configurations from the same box.''
Specially designed by nStor to compliment the look of the new Silicon Graphics workstations, the sleek-looking eight-bay
tower or rack-mount subsystems utilize nStor's next generation RAID technology, supporting an Ultra2 or Fibre Channel host
connection. Designed to provide high performance throughput and offer the maximum in fault tolerance, the subsystem features
dual hot swappable RAID controllers, dual power cords, and redundant, hot swappable disk drives, fans, power supplies and
I/O cards. Multiple subsystems can be combined to offer storage capacities in excess of 2TBs.
About nStor
nStor Corporation, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:NSO - news), designs, manufactures
and markets a full range of cross-platform storage solutions including advanced external RAID subsystems and stand-alone
data storage enclosures. Headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida (near Orlando), nStor leverages more than 16+ years of data
storage technology experience. With sales offices located throughout the U.S., Europe, the Pac-Rim and Latin America, nStor
markets its products through a worldwide network of OEMs and distributors. Additional Information about nStor and its
products can be found on the World Wide Web at nstor.com or by calling 1-800-724-3511.
All trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Silicon Graphics and the Silicon Graphics logo
are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. nStor, AdminiStor and AdaptiveRAID are registered trademarks of nStor Corporation, Inc.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A high-resolution photograph of the SGI subsystem can be downloaded from nStor's FTP site at
ftp://ftp.nstor.com/pub/mkting/SGI_DS1100.jpg.
Contact:
nStor Corporation, Lake Mary
Diane Weinzierl, Public Relations Manager
Phone: 407/829-3624
Fax: 407/829-3638
Email: diane.weinzierl@nstor.com |
