CorData Selects Xyratex F5402E 4Gb RAID System

Business Wire, June 19, 2007

High-Performance Xyratex RAID Technology is Critical Piece of CorData's Storage Networking Solutions

HAVANT, England -- Xyratex Ltd. (NASDAQ:XRTX), a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, today announced that CorData, a leading storage networking solutions provider, has chosen the Xyratex F5402E 4Gb RAID system as a component in its line of networked storage solutions.

Serving a broad range of private and public sector clients, including the U.S. military and large financial services institutions, CorData provides advanced storage networking solutions that help organizations deploy highly optimized, cost-effective storage platforms. CorData will utilize the Xyratex F5402E as a key component for many of its customized end-user solutions.

"CorData chose Xyratex's F5402E 4Gb FC-SAS/SATA RAID for its reputation as a high-end, best-of-breed RAID system that could support a broad spectrum of applications, including multimedia, data warehousing and financial data processing," said Corey Preville, founder of CorData. "Customers depend on CorData to deliver high-quality, highly flexible, storage networking solutions. Xyratex's reputation for rigorous testing and cost-effective solutions make them an ideal storage partner."

The Xyratex F5402E is ideal for the storage demands of small and medium-sized organizations, housing a combination of 12 SATA II or SAS drives and providing up to 9 TB of storage capacity in each compact 2U rack-mountable enclosure. The extensible system can scale up to 60 drives and when fully expanded can accommodate between 1.75 TB and 45 TB of data. StorView, Xyratex's advanced system management software, completes the solution by providing users with an intuitive configuration and maintenance tool.

"Xyratex designed the F5402E RAID subsystem with the intent to support demanding enterprise performance environments, such as those that are common in the government and financial services arenas," said Todd Gresham, executive vice president, Networked Storage Solutions division, Xyratex. "CorData's selection of Xyratex as the storage systems supplier of choice for its line of storage networking solutions is clear validation of Xyratex's ability to anticipate and meet next-generation data storage demands."

About Xyratex

Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols.

Founded in 1994 in a management buy-out from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. For more information, visit Xyratex's Web site at www.xyratex.com