Sepaton, New OEM for Dot Hill

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has entered
into an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Marlborough,
Mass.-based SEPATON, Inc.

SEPATON
is one of the industry’s leading developers of high-performance,
modularly scalable Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) for enterprise-class
data protection. SEPATON has selected Dot Hill’s 2730 Turbo, the
company’s newest high-performance, modular enterprise storage platform
that is compliant with RoHS and WEEE standards, and has chosen a
configuration that features Serial-ATA (SATA) connectivity.

Dot
Hill’s offering is integrated with SEPATON’s award-winning S2100(R)-ES2
VTL, a disk-based appliance that appears to backup software
applications as a physical tape library. The S2100(R)-ES2’s unique
ContentAware(TM) architecture was specifically designed to deliver
modular scalability, Fibre Channel wire speed performance, simple
management and best-in-class de duplication performance. This advanced
technology automates all storage provisioning and performance
optimization, including dynamic capacity expansion and load-balancing
to maintain optimal performance.

Using
Dot Hill’s patented SimulCache technology, the SEPATON offering
leverages redundant controllers for industry-leading read/write
performance, eliminating the performance hit associated with
conventional cache mirroring. The combined solution is immediately
available from SEPATON.

Unlike other alternatives, SEPATON
offers a complete hardware and software system, enabling customers to
realize the benefits of VTL quickly and with no disruption to existing
systems.

"In addition to being RoHS- and WEEE-compliant, the
S2100-ES2 offers customers a single, cost-effective, scalable system to
centrally manage and protect enterprise data, and eliminate costly,
manual and error-prone remote-site data management practices," said
Miklos Sandorfi, chief technology officer, SEPATON, Inc. "We are
pleased to partner with Dot Hill and applaud the company’s commitment
to our success as an OEM partner."

The
OEM partnership between SEPATON and Dot Hill is the latest in a series
of OEM relationships announced by Dot Hill. The solution has been
developed using Dot Hill’s R/Evolution (Rapid Evolution) Storage
Architecture, which enables OEM customers to rapidly customize a
storage solution through a "configure-to-product" model. The result is
an innovative product offering which enables partners to easily
integrate value-add hardware and software. This unique business model
has enabled Dot Hill’s OEM partners such as SEPATON to provide their
customers with competitive products while lowering development costs
and accelerating time to market.

"We
are pleased to collaborate with SEPATON to meet market requirements for
a high-performance, cost-effective VTL solution that delivers
enterprise performance," said Dana Kammersgard, president and chief
executive officer, Dot Hill. "Dot Hill’s focus on developing innovative
OEM products has enabled us to become one of the leading suppliers in
this market, and we are looking forward to helping SEPATON continue to
expand its footprint in the storage market."

According to a
research report by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) adoption of VTL
solutions is increasing. The in depth study, conducted in March of
2007, found almost one-third of survey respondents had implemented a
VTL solution and another one-third planned to do so within the next 24
months.

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

SEPATON, Inc.