Dot Hill to Launch Trailblazing 24TB RAID Arrays in Compact 2U Footprint, an Industry First
07 July 2009 - 10:55PM
PR Newswire (US)
WD RE4-GP 2TB Hard Drives Double Storage Capacity While Reducing
Energy Costs CARLSBAD, Calif. July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dot
Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:HILL), a world-class provider of
entry-level and midrange storage solutions for OEMs and system
integrators (SIs), today announced it has completed qualification
of Western Digital's new 2TB enterprise SATA drives, and is gearing
up to launch what is anticipated to be the world's first generally
available 24TB RAID storage arrays featuring a compact 2U
footprint. Slated for general availability later this month, the
Dot Hill arrays leverage Western Digital's enterprise-class WD
RE4-GP 2TB hard drives with WD GreenPower Technology(TM) - the
world's highest capacity drives - which also offer energy
efficiency. In laboratory testing, the Dot Hill 24TB RAID array
outfitted with the WD RE4-GP 2TB drives demonstrated an up to 60%
reduction in power usage over that used by traditional 1TB drive
technology. "Capacity-hungry applications that have reached a
dead-end with floor space now have a new lease on life," said Andy
Mills, vice president of marketing, Dot Hill. "With today's
announcement, Dot Hill and WD are at the forefront of a major
milestone in the storage industry. The combination of Dot Hill 2U
arrays and WD RE4-GP 2TB hard drives, which scale to 216TB total
storage capacity, maximize data center space and reduce costs on
cooling and power." Dot Hill's move to more power-efficient drives
is the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken by Dot Hill to
help lower power consumption and improve efficiencies in the data
center. WD RE4-GP 2TB hard drives are eco-friendly, cool-and-quiet
3.5-inch disk drives based on WD's third-generation WD GreenPower
Technology, and which use an industry-leading 500GB per platter to
realize excellent performance at energy-saving speeds. WD RE4-GP
2TB drives are available today with Dot Hill 2330, 2530, 2730,
2730T, and 5730 storage arrays as well as the company's 2130 JBOD
expansion arrays. "Businesses are looking to increase capacity and
performance while finding ways to trim power costs," said Tom
McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD's enterprise
storage solutions business unit. "We've found a way to do both with
the new WD RE4-GP 2TB hard drive. With this innovative enterprise
drive offering, leading RAID vendors such as Dot Hill can now
easily double the capacity of their storage arrays to address
customers' burgeoning storage needs." "Today, the range of use
cases for capacity-optimized storage systems is very broad and
growing: digital media, data archiving, secondary storage, etc.,"
said Natalya Yezhkova, research manager, storage systems, with
Framingham, Mass.-based industry analyst firm IDC. "IDC expects the
share of capacity-optimized terabytes shipped into enterprise
storage to increase from 43% in 2008 to over 70% in 2013. Dot
Hill's quick move to integrate 2TB SATA drives into its storage
products is a positive for the company, and is aligned well with
customer expectations for high-capacity low-cost storage solutions
in an optimal footprint." Dot Hill R/Evolution Architecture Gives
Customers a Competitive Advantage Dot Hill 2000 Series and 5000
Series arrays are based on the highly modular, highly dynamic Dot
Hill R/Evolution Architecture, which is designed to rapidly evolve
and support OEM technology, enabling OEMs to quickly achieve
sustainable competitive advantage in the volume storage market. The
R/Evolution Architecture delivers the high levels of performance,
storage density, time-to-market leadership and -- most importantly
-- configuration flexibility required by volume storage customers.
Using modular and bladed components, the R/Evolution Architecture
provides OEMs with a "configure-to-product" model (not just
"configure-to-order") that lets them customize volume storage
market solutions quickly, easily and precisely. This unique model
revolutionizes how OEMs bring storage products to market by
ensuring opportunities for product differentiation, even between
different companies that simultaneously OEM products from Dot Hill.
About Dot Hill Delivering innovative technology and global support,
Dot Hill empowers the OEM community to bring unique storage
solutions to market, quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Offering
high performance and industry-leading uptime, Dot Hill's RAID
technology is the foundation for best-in-class storage solutions
offering enterprise-class security, availability and data
protection. The company's products are in use today by the world's
leading service and equipment providers, common carriers, advanced
technology and telecommunications companies as well as government
agencies. Dot Hill solutions are certified to meet rigorous
industry standards and military specifications, as well as RoHS and
WEEE international environmental standards. Headquartered in
Carlsbad, Calif., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in
China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. For
more information, visit us at http://www.dothill.com/. HILL-G
Certain statements contained in this press release regarding
matters that are not historical fact are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act. Because such statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied by the statements. Forward-looking statements
include statements regarding: the size and timing of orders for Dot
Hill's 24TB RAID arrays; any improvement in Dot Hill's financial
results due to the availability of the arrays; the technological
benefits of the Dot Hill arrays due to the use of the WD RE4-GP 2TB
disks; the performance of the arrays and disks in particular
environments; the dates and continued availability of the 24TB
arrays; and the particular amount of energy, cost and space savings
available through the use of the products. Because such statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The
risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the
forward-looking statements include: changing customer preferences
in the open systems computing market; and unforeseen supply,
technological, intellectual property or engineering issues.
However, there are many other risks not listed here that may affect
the future business of Dot Hill, as well as the forward-looking
statements contained herein. To learn about such risks and
uncertainties, you should read the risk factors set forth in the
company's public filings with the SEC, including the Forms 8-K,
10-K and 10-Q most recently filed by Dot Hill. All forward-looking
statements contained in this press release speak only as of the
date on which they were made. Dot Hill undertakes no obligation to
update such statements to reflect events that occur or
circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
IDC is independent from Dot Hill, and Dot Hill has no
responsibility for or control over the statements made or research
conducted by IDC. DATASOURCE: Dot Hill Systems Corp. CONTACT: Erin
Lutz of Lutz PR, +1-949-293-1055, , for Dot Hill Systems Corp.; or
Ruth Macdonald, Marketing Communications Manager of Dot Hill
Systems Corp., +1-720-839-6614, Web Site: http://www.dothill.com/
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