iQstor Networks Qualifies Hitachi 500GB Disk Drive

Compatible with iQ2280 4Gb FC to SATA II Storage Platform and J2880 SBOD

Newbury Park, CA - March 29, 2006 - iQstor Networks, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent and integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, announced today that it has qualified the Hitachi Deskstar 500 GB SATA II (Serial ATA II) disk drive for use with its iQ2280 4Gb FC to SATA II Storage Platform and its J2880 4Gb FC Switched JBOD (SBOD) disk expansion enclosure.

“We’re pleased to qualify Hitachi's 500GB disk drive for use with our new 4Gb iQ2280 and J2880 for the enterprise data center," said Jason Lo, president and CEO of iQstor Networks. “The new drive technology brings with it a number of Serial ATA II features that will optimize its functionality, including a 3 Gb/s interface; 300 MB/s burst data rate for faster data access; staggered spin-up; Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) and Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which enables fast data transfers for enterprise ATA and other performance-based applications.”

The iQ2280 storage platform delivers a robust and economical FC to SATA II solution with the availability, manageability, data integrity and enterprise-level functionality required for storage applications like virtual tape library, disk-to-disk-to-tape, snapshot repository, remote mirroring and electronic vaulting. Housed in a 19” 3 RU rack mountable enclosure, the iQ2280 features 4 x 4 Gb/s host ports (1.6 GB/s) and provides 7.5TB of storage capacity.

The modular J2880 SBOD enables IT administrators to quickly and cost-effectively optimize and scale their storage solutions, enabling enterprises to grow their network storage from a small expansion system to very large tiered-storage SAN systems. Easily connected to RAID subsystems, each 19” 3U rack mountable J2880 scales to 7.5TB. The J2880 supports the latest 4Gb/s FC interconnect in switched dual loops, is backward compatible to 2Gb FC-AL, provides redundancy and can be configured with either FC or SATA II disk drives.

“We are committed to delivering to our customers the highest level of investment protection and the iQ2280 storage platform and J2880 SBOD offer vastly improved 4Gb performance and increased capacity while maintaining our promise of delivering cost-effective storage solutions that are easy to deploy, easy to manage and easy to scale,” concluded Lo.

About iQstor Networks, Inc.
A privately held company based in Newbury Park, CA, iQstor is a leader in the innovative design and delivery of storage solutions with embedded enterprise level functionality to channel partners worldwide. Its storage solutions include Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SATA intelligent storage systems and expansion enclosures, policy based storage management, data services software, professional services, support and training. For more information on iQstor, visit the company’s web site at www.iqstor.com.

Press and Analyst Contact:
Albert Saraie
iQstor Networks, Inc.
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Email: asaraie@iqstor.com

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