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NEXSAN ATAboy2 SPORTS HIGH-PERFORMANCE RAID CONTROLLER

Nexsan Technologies, a leader in innovative storage solutions, announced a new high-performance version of its award-winning ATAboy2 storage array, leveraging an advanced RAID controller architecture to deliver best-in-class performance for the most data intensive applications.

The new ATAboy2x incorporates a new RAID controller design, featuring dual independent 2-gigabit Fibre Channel host ports to deliver up to two-and-half times the performance of the previous ATAboy2 model. Nexsan's innovative twocontroller design supercharges RAID performance to produce sustained RAID 5 reads over 600 Mb per second, making the ATAboy2x an ideal platform for HDTV, digital film and video, and other high-performance and high-capacity fixed content applications. The highly-flexible Fibre Channel controller design supports fabric, point-to-point, or FC arbitrated loop modes and is backward compatible with 1 Gigabit Fibre Channel equipment, enabling the ATAboy2x to be seamlessly integrated into any SAN infrastructure. Additionally, each controller is equipped with two gigabit Ethernet management ports.

"Nexsan continues to dominate the ATA array market, and the ATAboy2x should further their lead. Anyone who says ATA isn't ready for prime time should talk to one of the many Nexsan customers," said Steve Duplessie, senior analyst of the Enterprise Storage Group.

The ATAboy2x builds on Nexsan's history of delivering innovative storage solutions that combine enterprise-class features and functionality with the cost-correct pricing enabled by advanced ATA disk technology. Built around a modular, redundant architecture designed for maximum flexibility and scalability, the ATAboy2x provides up to 5.6TB of capacity in a compact 3u enclosure. All of the critical components, including the RAID controller and host connections, are user pluggable, enabling users to maximize the return on their storage investment by extending the capabilities of the ATAboy2 system with future upgrades for enhanced performance and functionality.

The high-performance ATAboy2x is the latest offering in Nexsan's broad ATAboy product family that also includes a quad SCSI connectivity option and single controller models for more price-sensitive applications where performance is less critical.