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New Offering Extends MPC's Award-winning Storage Product Family NAMPA, Idaho, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- MPC Computers, a wholly owned subsidiary of HyperSpace Communications, Inc. (AMEX:HCO), today announced the new DataFRAME 140 iSCSI SAN, which adds a lower-priced small form factor solution to its family of storage products. The DataFRAME 140 is housed in a 1U form factor and supports 1TB of storage with four redundant and hot-swappable 250GB SATA hard drives. The unit also features two redundant and hot-swappable power supplies. The ability to cluster together multiple DataFRAME 140s enables organizations to "pay as they grow." This product also supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 for optimized performance and fault tolerance, as well as dual Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI connectivity for greater networking flexibility and reduced administrative costs. "We're excited to add the DataFRAME 140 to our storage product portfolio. This new product further enables us to meet our customers' needs by offering them a choice of highly scalable storage solutions with excellent performance," said Paul Petersen, MPC's vice president of product marketing and development. "We've had excellent customer response to our DataFRAME series of storage products." The DataFRAME 140 includes LeftHand Network's innovative SAN/iQ management software, which offers IT administrators an easy-to-use interface for managing storage provisioning and utilization. Software features of the DataFRAME 140 include: * Storage Over-Subscription -- One of IT's biggest challenges is upgrading system capacity as the organization outgrows its existing storage. With Storage Over-Subscription, an IT administrator can provision all the storage a server will ever need throughout its planned life, regardless of how much physical storage is available on the DataFRAME 140. As the DataFRAME 140 uses up physical disk space, it will alert the IT administrator to add additional space in the SAN, which is done seamlessly and eliminates server down time. * Scalability Software -- Allows automatic clustering and virtualization between multiple DataFRAME 140s. This capability provides not only extensive system scalability, but data replication between DataFRAME 140s as well. In the event a DataFRAME 140 goes down, an organization's data is still available on the network with no downtime involved in the recovery. * Automated Snapshot -- Includes manual snapshot capabilities to instantaneously backup a volume of data of any size. This feature also gives the IT administrator the ability to take snapshots automatically at timed intervals. * Data Protection -- Provides the ability to backup data to another DataFRAME 140 that resides apart from the main system. The physical separation could be between buildings, campuses, states or even countries. This enables an organization to have true disaster recovery protection in the event of a catastrophic event. "We're pleased to work with MPC Computers to bring the DataFRAME 140 to market with LeftHand Network's SAN/iQ software," said Karl Chen, vice president of business development and channels marketing for LeftHand Networks. "SAN/iQ's sophisticated clustering technology will enable the DataFRAME 140 product to provide users with enhanced reliability, scalability and manageability features." The DataFRAME 140 features: * Up to 4GB Cache * 4 Hot-Swap SATA Hard Drives * Dual Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies * Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 * LeftHand Network's SAN/iQ Management Software DataFRAME 140 -- $14,999.00 1U Chassis with Dual 560W Power Supplies 4 250GB SATA Hard Drives 1GB (2x512MB) ECC DDR Memory 2.8GHz 2MB Intel(R) Xeon Processor Dual Gigabit Ethernet DataFRAME Server Console Standard Service & Support The DataFRAME 140 includes three years of on-site service, replacement parts and technical support as part of the standard configuration, with optional extensions for up to five years. Optional Services Two, Four or Eight Hour On-site Service Two, Four or Eight Hour On-site Service provides for mission-critical repair service at a customer's location. The necessary replacement parts will be shipped to meet the on-site technician within two, four or eight hours of being dispatched (depending on the customer's location). This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for eligible customers. Hard Drive Protection Plan This service allows customers to replace a failed hard drive while still protecting confidential data stored on the drive. MPC will ship a replacement hard drive, and the customer need only return an RMA form provided by MPC. Availability The DataFRAME 140 is available to order directly from MPC at http://www.mpccorp.com/ or by calling (888) 224-4247. About MPC Computers: MPC Computers provides award-winning computer products and IT solutions to its target markets of mid-sized businesses, government agencies and education organizations. MPC's mission is to provide its customers with a superior level of service and support in addition to its high-quality PC products. MPC, headquartered in Nampa, Idaho, is a wholly owned subsidiary of HyperSpace Communications, Inc. (AMEX:HCO). More information about the company can be found at http://www.mpccorp.com/. DATASOURCE: MPC Computers CONTACT: Kelly Sasso of MPC Computers, +1-208-893-1052, Web site: http://www.mpccorp.com/

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