3WARE® ESCALADE™ 7000 CONTROLLERS NOW ENABLE OVER A TERABYTE OF STORAGE ON A SINGLE ATA RAID CARD!

Mountain View, Calif. -----March 19, 2002----3ware, Inc., the industry leader in switched storage RAID controllers, released today the second generation of its popular Escalade 7000 ATA RAID cards. The new 7.4 firmware features includes support for the Maxtor® Big Drive™ interface standard that breaks the 137 GB barrier allowing more than a terabyte capacity on a single controller - setting a new standard for scalable, high capacity ATA RAID storage.

By combining eight Maxtor DiamondMax® D540X 160 GB drives with the 3ware Escalade 7850 product, storage-hungry workstations and servers can now achieve 1.2 terabytes of storage served by a single ATA RAID card. With 3ware's enhanced firmware technology, RAID-5 writing speeds can exceed 75 Mbytes per second, which is 500% faster than any other ATA RAID card available today.

"We feel 3ware has adopted a customer-driven product roadmap that addresses RAID storage requirements for both today and tomorrow," said Mike Dooley, senior director of Desktop Product Marketing at Maxtor. "By implementing Maxtor's Big Drive technology, 3ware's data center and enterprise customers can now combine multiple drives to achieve up to 1.2 terabytes for PC servers."

Bob Henry, 3ware president and CEO says, "By consistently pushing ATA drive technology to new limits, Maxtor has raised the bar for high capacity ATA. The DiamondMax® D540X, combined with 3ware's advanced RAID technology, exceeds the demands of emerging storage intensive applications."

In addition to high capacity drive support, the 7.4 firmware upgrade offers new features such as Maxtor Fast Drive™ ATA/133 support, enhanced background verify and consistency checking, dynamic sector repair and improved rebuild pacing and scheduling features. New drivers add O/S support for Red Hat 7.2, SuSE 7.2 & 7.3, and Windows XP.

Escalade 7000 owners can take advantage of the upgrade with a web download. Please visit the website at www.3ware.com/support/download.asp for more details or to start your download now!

For more information about Maxtor, its hard drives or the Big Drive and Fast Drive technology initiatives, please visit: www.maxtor.com.;

About 3ware, Inc.

Founded in 1997, 3ware, Inc., the technology leader in switched storage solutions, delivers reliable, scalable, network-managed, high performance storage. 3ware products are based on 3ware's StorSwitch™ Architecture, which applies network packet switching to storage controllers. 3ware solutions are designed to meet the explosive new demand for cost-effective, scalable storage, driven by networking applications. 3ware sells through VARs, OEMs and System Integrators.
3ware, Inc. is located in Mountain View, California with sales offices and distribution in the USA, Europe and Japan.

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