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Xyratex, a leader in delivering high performance and highly scalable storage systems for the OEM market, today announces the release of the Xyratex 4200 Fibre Channel to Serial ATA (SATA) RAID subsystem. This 3U Dual integrated controller SATA RAID solution is the newest member of Xyratex's existing family of enterprise class Fibre Channel, SATA and SCSI storage offerings and continues Xyratex's commitment to offering turnkey storage solutions to the OEM market. Providing a powerful combination of Fibre Channel connectivity and cost-effective SATA drive technology, the Xyratex 4200 allows for a new standard in multi-tiered storage offerings needing lower cost storage without sacrificing the availability achieved with Fibre Channel based storage systems. "The demand for storage is growing everyday. SATA is the first technology to offer a disk based solution for archived or non-mission critical information storage at a reasonable price and offers end-users a new standard for dollars-per-MB and ROI." said Tim Piper, Director of Product Marketing at Xyratex "This coupled with a Fibre Channel based front-end allows for easy integration into the customers already existing fabric solution." Targeted at the Oil & Gas, High Performance Computing (HPC) and other data intensive markets, the Xyratex 4200 sets a new precedent in storage commoditization and resource allocation.