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MILPITAS, Calif. -- LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., a technology leader in high performance, highly scalable storage for the open enterprise, today announced general availability of the 5884, its newest 2 gigabit per second Fibre Channel storage controller that provides cost effective modular storage systems with industry-leading performance for both bandwidth-intensive and transaction-based applications. "LSI Logic Storage Systems set the performance standard in the initial round of SPC-1 benchmark testing conducted earlier this year," said Randy Kerns, partner, Evaluator Group. "Now they have raised the bar again with the release of the 5884 controller. We expect storage systems based on this controller to be among the fastest in the industry." The 5884 storage controller's fifth generation architecture is the latest and highest performing design from LSI Logic Storage Systems, which introduced the industry's first Fibre Channel controller in 1995. The 5884 meets bandwidth requirements for such high performance computing (HPC) environments as seismic processing, government labs, streaming media and genetic research by taking full advantage of its 2 Gb/s host and drive interfaces. Fully configured, 5884-based systems can deliver 772 MB/s, or more than 96 percent of the theoretical maximum bandwidth. Organizations using 5884-based storage systems for transaction-based applications, such as OLTP, databases and Microsoft Exchange, will realize greater cost savings and return on investment because they can complete more transactions in less time as a result of the 5884 controller's industry leading I/O per second (IOPS) performance. The new performance levels are enabled by integrating LSI Logic's patented multipathing architecture into a single custom ASIC, faster cache memory, and specialized I/O control processor. The 5884 achieves 148,000 IOPS from cache and 53,200 IOPS from disk in a typical dual controller system. "With IT spending under tight scrutiny, customers are increasingly looking for high performance modular storage systems that offer enterprise class features and functions at lower costs than monolithic systems," said Steve Gardner, manager, product marketing, LSI Logic Storage Systems. "With our new 5884 controller, our strategic partners will be able to deliver even higher performance storage solutions that satisfy this growing demand for cost effective, modular enterprise systems."