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To: Kerry Lee who wrote (1217)	5/3/1999 12:56:00 PM
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LSI's MetaStor Offering 50GB Drives, Scale to 5TB biz.yahoo.com MetaStor Scalable Storage Systems First to Ship 50 GB Drives; New Disk Drives Provide Room to Grow to 5.0 TB in a Single 72-Inch Cabinet WICHITA, Kan., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The MetaStor® Storage Solutions Division of LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of 50 GB, 7200 RPM disk drives for its MetaStor line of scalable storage systems. The MetaStor product family is first in the market to offer the new 50 GB disk drives. The drives extend system flexibility by providing greater capacity in a smaller space -- up to 5.0 TB in a single 72-inch cabinet. The higher capacity drives reduce the cost per megabyte, thereby translating to a 30% to 40% total system cost reduction making MetaStor products the leader in price performance over its nearest competitor. With the ever-increasing need for higher capacity storage, companies are looking for ways to reduce their total cost of ownership. In addition to savings in cost per megabyte, the new 50 GB drives improve users' applications by providing higher performance in data mining and data warehousing, faster access to large files, and faster performance in electronic commerce applications. The MetaStor family of scalable storage systems allows network administrators the flexibility to grow capacity, add high availability features and choose between SCSI or Fibre Channel performance. As users' network requirements change, they can add, alter or redeploy their system and its components, thereby protecting initial investment and taking advantage of technological advances and emerging opportunities. ''Once again, MetaStor products are leading the industry in storage solutions,'' said Bill Reed, managing director, MetaStor Storage Solutions Division. ''Our industry experience continues to drive our commitment to provide best-in-class products while keeping the cost factor in mind. The new 50 GB drive is a testament to that "commitment.'' LSI Logic Storage Systems markets its MetaStor line of scalable storage products exclusively through a worldwide network of value-added resellers, system integrators and distributors. The 50 GB drive is available immediately in both the MetaStor scalable server-and network-attached product families. Maintaining its price/performance value, the 50 GB drive is available for $3,995 (U.S. list). The 9 GB -- 10,000 RPM and 18 GB -- 10,000 RPM drives list for $1,395 and $2,750, respectively. About MetaStor Products The MetaStor product family is a brand of LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., a leading provider of scalable, high performance storage systems for the enterprise. LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., is a subsidiary of LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI - news), the System on a Chip Company®, a leading supplier of custom, high-performance semiconductors. MetaStor products are offered to end users through a worldwide network of value-added resellers and system integrators. The MetaStor product family includes a complete line of SCSI, Fibre Channel, and network-attached storage products for the open systems market. It also includes software that simplifies and centralizes the management of storage resources to minimize the administrative costs associated with data storage. For further MetaStor product information please call 1-888-METASTOR or visit metastor.com . The e-mail address for product information is info@metastor.com.