BigStorage Inc. Announces the tRAID, Enterprise Storage for Linux

San Francisco, July 6, 2000 ­ BigStorage Inc., the market leader in
open-systems storage solutions, today announced the unveiling of the tRAID,
the first industrial-strength RAID for Linux. The tRAID will provide users
with a highly reliable, enterprise-class storage solution at an open-systems
price. With its extensive experience in open-systems hardware for Linux and
UNIX, BigStorage has built the tRAID to fulfill the need for scalable and
robust hardware solutions for the ever-increasing Linux platform.

"As large enterprises, ISPs and Dot-com companies are embracing Linux, the
need for cost-effective open-systems storage solutions is increasing at a
dramatic rate", said Sam Bogoch, president and CEO of BigStorage Inc.
"Priced for affordability and designed for maximum uptime and reliability,
the tRAID offers all the benefits of an external RAID configuration and is
the first state-of-the-art RAID solution for a Linux-hosted environment."

The BigStorage tRAID can be configured to hold over 2 terabytes of useable
storage per subsystem, and can chain as many as 2 additional 3U JBOD units
to the controller unit. Available in both UltraSCSI and FibreChannel
versions, the tRAID promises reliability with top-notch controller design,
hot-swap SCA drives and power supplies, and high airflow layout. In addition
to the benefits of its bullet-proof components and superb design, the tRAID
is backed by BigStorage's benchmark twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week
Live Response (TM) customer support system to guarantee maximum client
uptime.

About BigStorage Inc.
Founded in 1989, BigStorage, Inc. is the market leader in integrated-storage
solutions for the Linux platform. The product line is extensive, offering
IDE, SCSI and FibreChannel RAIDs, CD and DVD optical autoloaders, several
tape storage technologies, network-attached storage and software solutions
to support the devices. BigStorage offers a complete line of services,
including LiveResponse 24/7 telephone support, onsite support, online
product review and a gateway to the Linux community. Headquartered in San
Francisco, the privately held company has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Seattle, Dallas and New York. The company's homepage can be access at
http://www.bigstorage.com


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Erin Harbaugh
Marketing
BigStorage Inc.
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San Francisco, CA 94103

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