iQstor Networks Debuts iQ2080 - Industry's First 4Gb FC Storage
Platform With Enterprise-Level Data Services for SMBs

Orlando, Florida - October 24, 2005 - iQstor Networks, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent and integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, announced today at the 2005 Fall Storage Networking World Exhibition and Conference the release of the iQ2080, the industry's first 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) storage platform with integrated enterprise-level data services for the small-to-medium size business (SMB) market.

"The SMB market for networked storage is the fastest growing market opportunity for storage vendors today, with full feature functionality, high availability and economical pricing being major requirements," said Brian Garrett, industry analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group. "Customers in this emerging market are demanding feature-rich functionality typically seen in enterprise level storage systems, but at significantly reduced price points."

The iQ2080 storage platform from iQstor Networks delivers the high performance, functionality and reliability required by today's demanding business and mission critical applications, at a price point that's dramatically less than current competing storage solutions. Noted Jason Lo, president and CEO of iQstor, "We've designed the iQ2080 to address the evolving needs of the small-to-medium size businesses, combining enterprise-level features such as storage virtualization, snapshot, mirroring, remote replication, storage provisioning and automated capacity growth with fully redundant components, to deliver storage scalability, data protection, storage automation and management simplicity in a single scalable platform."

With all key internal components being hot-swappable, the iQ2080 storage platform features dual active-active storage controllers with transparent fail-over, 4 host ports, 4 disk loops, and RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 50 and 6. Up to 8GB of dynamic cache memory with battery backup for up to 72 hours and UPS cache vaulting are also available. An embedded wizard-based configuration & management GUI gives instant access to the optional integrated data services features which include: Managed Snapshot Services; Volume Copy Services; Intelligent Capacity Management; Remote Replication; and Database Application Agents. In addition, each iQ2080 houses 15 Fibre Channel disk drives in a 19" 3 RU rack mountable enclosure, providing 4.5TB of storage capacity using 300GB disk drives.

The iQ2080 is also designed to provide maximum flexibility, scalability and reliability for a myriad of applications, large and small and can by easily and dynamically scaled to over 100TB, Attaching iQstor's optional J1000 FC or J1200 SATA disk enclosures enables a tiered-storage environment, with Fibre Channel drives for primary storage and SATA drives for secondary storage. An iQ2080/J1000 FC-FC system can be configured for high I/O access information processing applications to service on-line transaction processing, enterprise resource planning, database processing, life sciences, healthcare and manufacturing needs.

Similarly, an iQ2080/J1000/J1200 FC-SATA tiered-storage system can be integrated for mixed application environments such as a virtual tape library, disk-to-disk-to-tape backup, snapshot repository or remote mirror repository. For high performance rich media applications, an iQ2080/J1200 FC-SATA combination can support throughput intensive applications including non-linear editing, HD digital film post-production, broadcast / VOD, satellite/seismic imaging and internet content delivery.

"The iQ2080 storage platform delivers on our promise of providing investment protection, cost-effectiveness and high availability for small-to-medium businesses that need a robust Fibre Channel solution at an exceptional value," concluded Jason Lo. "Our iQ2080 offers unsurpassed availability, reliability, manageability, data integrity and enterprise-level functionality that is becoming a standard requirement for a wide range of business and mission critical environments today."

Pricing and Availability
The iQ2080 storage platform is available through iQstor's network of domestic and international business partners. Estimated end-user pricing starts from $12,995 with 1.2TB of storage, embedded volume manager-based virtualization software and System Manager.

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 Contacts:

Curtis Chan
CHAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Ph: 714-447-4993
Email: cj_chan@chanandassoc.com

Albert Saraie
iQstor Networks, Inc.
Ph: 805-376-1010
Email: asaraie@iqstor.com