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To: Neil S who wrote (20849)	2/22/1999 11:02:00 AM
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Switches not mentioned: QLogic Selected as Fibre Channel Interconnect Provider for MTI's Gladiator 6700 Series Fibre Channel RAID COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC), an industry leader in I/O technology and a leading designer and supplier of Fibre Channel host, storage, and Storage Area Network (SAN) edge connect products, will provide the Fibre Channel SAN and host connect technology for MTI's recently announced Gladiator 6700 Series Fibre Channel RAID. MTI, an international leader in open systems storage solutions, will employ the ISP2100 Fibre Channel processor in its new enterprise-class subsystem designed specifically for the SAN market. The ISP2100 is an intelligent 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre Channel controller chip, featuring an integrated RISC processor and on-chip Fibre Channel transceivers. The ISP2100's award-winning architecture supports very high I/O rates while offloading all Fibre Channel protocol activity from the host system, resulting in extremely low host CPU utilization. This high level of I/O efficiency allows greater system scalability, in that more I/O controllers or user applications can be supported per a given host CPU resource. QLogic's unique architecture combined with MTI's Gladiator line of industry leading RAID products will help MTI deliver high performance cross-platform data storage management solutions for the enterprise. As the fifth in a series of Fibre Channel RAID storage offerings from MTI, the Gladiator 6700 represents the second generation of internally developed RAID arrays. The fault-tolerant, scalable RAID server enables users to scale up to more than a terabyte of data. The system offers multiple concurrent host support for a variety of applications that require high bandwidth and maximum transfer rates for applications such as large enterprise data warehousing, data mining and online transaction processing environments. In addition, the Gladiator 6700 is MTI's first enterprise-class storage solution designed specifically for the SAN environment. The modular enterprise SAN server offers storage allocation features that enable more comprehensive management of storage among multiple hosts. To ensure data integrity and availability, the Gladiator 6700 features MTI's Volume Mapping feature that allows for data consolidation and redeployment to various storage devices on different servers. Volume Mapping provides a more dynamic allocation of storage and creates centralized storage pools which serve as the backbone of a SAN. According to Kevin J. Liebl, vice president of marketing at MTI, "The selection of the QLogic Fibre Channel controller was made after an extensive evaluation of the available solutions. We ultimately chose the ISP2100 for its superior performance and reliability." "This agreement with MTI gives QLogic a strong foothold in the rapidly growing Fibre Channel RAID Controller marketplace, and establishes a partnership with an industry leader that shares our commitment to Fibre Channel as a SAN interface," said Larry Fortmuller, vice president and general manager of QLogic's Computer Systems Group. About MTI MTI's mission is to be the premier provider of high-performance, cross-platform data storage management solutions for the enterprise. MTI integrates distributed data management software, a hierarchy of modular storage systems and on-site services to meet the mass storage needs of its customers. Headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., the company offers services and support from more than 40 offices in the U.S. and Europe. MTI may be reached by phone: 800-999-9MTI or 714-970-0300, fax: 714-693-2256 or e-mail: info@mti.com. Information can also be accessed via MTI Online, the company's World Wide Web server on the Internet at: mti.com. About QLogic QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level I/O and enclosure management products. The company's products provide high-performance interface connections for computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals, such as hard disk drives, tape drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides enclosure management products that monitor and communicate management information related to components that are critical to computer system and storage subsystem reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated, fully featured solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and storage subsystem marketplaces. The company is utilizing its expertise to develop products for emerging standards such as Fibre Channel and Ultra3, as well as, SAF-TE, SES, IPMI enclosure management solutions. With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or conditions; fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or cancellations in orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with design wins; and reductions in the need for space and increased costs of operations due to facility relocations. Carrying additional expansion space may increase costs and adversely impact future earnings. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-3, Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q. For more information about QLogic and its product lines, contact QLogic Corp., 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; telephone: 800/662-4471 (sales); 714/438-2200 (corporate); fax: 714/668-5008; home page qlc.com. Note to Editors: Trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of the companies with which they are associated. --30--JP/np* KM/np CONTACT: QLogic Corporation Irene Santoyo, 714/668-5359 Fax: 714/668-5008 E-mail: i_santoyo@qlc.com or Comm Strategies Kari Garcia, 949/753-9292 Fax: 949/753-9236 E-mail: kgarcia@commstrategies.com To edit your profile, go to keyword NewsProfiles. For all of today's news, go to keyword News.