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Xyratex 4Gb FC-SAS/SATA RAID System Meets with Enthusiastic Customer Acceptance SAN DIEGO, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xyratex Ltd. (NASDAQ:XRTX), a leading provider of enterprise class data storage solutions, today announced that their F5402E 4Gb FC-SAS/SATA RAID system is now shipping in volume and will be demonstrated in the Xyratex booth G13, at SNW Spring in San Diego, April 3rd-6th and at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, April 4th-6th, in the Rackable Systems booth #630. "The F5402E has received enthusiastic acceptance from customers across multiple market segments in the data and rich media application space," stated Todd Gresham, Executive Vice President, Xyratex Storage and Network Systems. "The 4Gb SAS offering is an ideal solution for our global customers, with its robust functionality including snap, high availability features and an easy intuitive storage management interface. We see Fibre Channel connectivity and tiered SAS/SATA storage as an explosive part of the market and are pleased to be the first company to offer a tailored solution like the F5402E for the SMB space." The F5402E offers the SMB market significant flexibility; the 2U 12 drive enclosure combines 4Gb Fibre Channel connectivity with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives, allowing the end-user a true tiered storage solution. Optimal system performance and data availability are attained by utilizing dual 4Gb FC controllers that provide direct point-to-point connectivity to the disk drives, minimizing data retrieval times and system latency. Enterprise class fault tolerance is assured by incorporating fully redundant and hot swappable key components including: controllers, power supplies, cooling modules and disk drives. Additionally, the embedded StorView(TM) management suite, which ships with the F5402E RAID controller, provides an OS independent GUI, enabling automated configuration, error detection and remote notification, while simplifying storage management and maintenance. "Rackable Systems is pleased to preview this addition to our OmniStor line of RAID offerings here at LinuxWorld Boston," said Colette LaForce, Vice President of Marketing at Rackable Systems. "The 4Gb 5400 series will enable us to offer our customers even greater RAID storage performance and scalability." Xyratex executives will be supporting the F5402E demonstration at SNW Spring. For additional product information please visit http://www.xyratex.com/ About Xyratex Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise data storage subsystems and network technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturer customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols. Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. DATASOURCE: Xyratex Ltd. CONTACT: Public Relations, Curtis Chan of CHAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., +1-714-447-4993, , for Xyratex; or Investor Relations, Brad Driver of Xyratex, +1-408-325-7260, Web site: http://www.xyratex.com/

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