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TMS HIGHLIGHTS VERSATILITY OF "WORLD'S FASTEST STORAGE"

Texas Memory Systems is demonstrating the value of solid state disk speed and connectivity at Storage Networking World Fall 2003. Two demonstrations allow users to observe first-hand how the RamSan-320 solid state disk accelerates several applications in a mixed storage area network (SAN) and direct-attached server mode with multiple vendors' products.

At the Interoperability and Solutions Demonstration, a RamSan-320 solid state disk is connected to a SAN alongside numerous vendors, including Brocade, Softek and McData. At the same time, it is directly connected to a nearby server running benchmarking software. This demonstrates not only the versatility of external solid state disks, but the RamSan-320's ability to eliminate I/O and latency bottlenecks for several applications in multiple places at the same time.

"The RamSan was designed to be the most interoperable, as well as the fastest solid state disk in the market," said Rich Holzmann, vice president of engineering at Texas Memory Systems. "We're a regular participant in the SNW Interoperability and Solutions lab so end users can see the speed and reliability of our product in a highly demanding, heterogeneous environment. They can observe, ask questions and get a true picture of what they can expect in their own data centers."

At the Texas Memory Systems booth in the vendor exhibit hall, a RamSan-320 is directly connected to a server through the new Emulex LP10000 dual channel host bus adapter. This joint Texas Memory Systems/Emulex demonstration sets a new record in storage performance -- 94,000 I/Os per second through a single Emulex LP 10000 and only one of the RamSan's four dual ported Fibre Channel controllers.

"The performance of the RamSan matches perfectly with our fastest Fibre Channel hardware," said Mike Smith, vice president of worldwide marketing at Emulex. "We're excited to demonstrate another fast and reliable solution with Texas Memory Systems products. With this product combination, users can accelerate their applications and support greater loads."

Texas Memory Systems is exhibiting at booth PP22 at Storage Networking World.