BIOLOGY

Dot Hill is showcasing its SANnet II storage solutions to the Australian market at Storage World Australia 2003, October 13-14, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The SANnet II Fibre Channel and SANnet II Blade storage systems will be featured in Dot Hill's stand number 8. Dot Hill is inviting value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators (SIs) from the region to view the SANnet II product line during Storage World Australia. Qualified VAR and SI partners receive generous margins, competitive pricing, training and pre-sales support. Dot Hill also offers locally based technical support and spare parts depots to the Australian market. The SANnet II line has the highest availability on the market today. Its compact 2U enclosure can house up to 12 drives and scales seamlessly when adding capacity. Based on open standards, the SANnet II product line can be easily integrated into virtually any IT environment. It's compatible with Windows, Linux and Unix operating systems. "The SANnet II product line has been very well received by our channel partners in the U.S., Europe and Asia since it began shipping in the first quarter of this year," said Omar Barraza, Dot Hill's director of marketing. "We look forward to showcasing the line to Australian solution providers at the Storage World show in Sydney." The SANnet II family of storage systems provides industry-leading 99.9998+ percent uptime in a compact, rugged enclosure. SANnet II brings enterprise class features into the workgroup and virtually eliminates downtime with no single point of failure. The common modular architecture of the SANnet II product family provides seamless scalability for future growth. All SANnet II products feature hot-swappable, field-replaceable components including drives, controllers, power supplies, fans and event monitoring units. This product line meets MIL-STD-810F standards for the U.S. Department of Defense and is certified to the telecommunications industry NEBS Level 3 standard.