Released on: October 24, 2008, 1:17 am

Press Release Author: QSAN Technology, Inc. / Nicole Yang

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Qsan has positioned itself as iSCSI / IP SAN and SAS expert
ever since established. Qsan P150C iSCSI GbE (X2)-SATA II RAID controller has been
certified for Windows Server 2008. As MicrosoftEUR(tm)s partner, QsanEUR(tm)s products are
always going to be certified for Windows.

Press Release Body: P150C is dedicated for SMB backplane solution, flexible driver
number support from 8, 12, to 16 for 2U8, 2U12, and 3U16 subsystems, and it is
painless and quick to integrate into your current chassis designs. QsanEUR(tm)s support
team can shorten your project time by providing fast design capability and overall
reliability test. The overall cost is very effective comparatively. With lower price
tag, fabulous IOPS & throughput (45000 IOPS & 300MB/s), free advanced features
support, and numerous OS/HBA/iSCSI initiators/HDD support, P150C iSCSI(X2)-to-SATA
II controller is ideal for the SMB market.

Windows Server 2008 is the latest release of Microsoft WindowsEUR(tm) Server line of
operating systems. Windows Server 2008 is the next-generation OS and helps IT for
more control over its current infrastructure, higher availability/management, more
reliable, higher security, and robust server environment. With Windows Server 2008
certified, Qsan is able to provide customers more choices which customers can
upgrade the server environment easily and minimize customersEUR(tm) effort. For more
benefits of Windows Server 2008, please visit Windows Server 2008 website,
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008.

P150C is the iSCSI-to-SATA II RAID controller built around with Qsan innovative RAID
stack, featuring industry-leading performance on Intel IOP platform. With 2 GbE
iSCSI ports connected to the host/GbE switch, either working independently,
trunking/LACP, or MPIO together, the benchmark data shows up to 45,000 IOPS and the
throughput can achieve up to 300MB/sec. The outstanding performance is produced by
not only the highly-optimized Qsan storage stack but also strong computing power
offered by Intel Xscale IOP341. At drive-side, P150C supports SATA II drives. And
with the green feature of disk auto spindown supported by Qsan, the whole subsystem
of P150C with fully loaded 16 hard drives can achieve high power efficiency and save
the overall drive power cost. Other useful features in previous products are also
included, such as RAID 6, on-line migration, web-based management, snapshot (QSnap)
and so on.

P150C Feature Highlights:
- iSCSI (X2)-to-SATAII RAID controller
- IOPS 45,000
- Throughput up to 300MB/s
- Snapshot - QSnap w/o relying on host software
- MPIO, MC/S, LACP, Trunking support
- iSCSI jumbo frame support
- Header/Data digest support
- Disk auto spindown support

Please contact sales@qsan.com.tw for more product and pricing information.

About Qsan
Founded in 2004, QSAN technology Inc. is a company developing RAID controller
focusing on iSCSI / IP SAN targeting at small and medium businesses worldwide. Qsan
products are designed and positioned in the way to respond to the storage technology
trend not only the latest standards (e.g. iSCSI, SAS) but also customer requirements
(e.g. business continuity). For more information, please visit www.Qsan.com.tw.


Web Site: http://www.QSAN.com.tw

Contact Details: QSAN Technology, Inc.
Address: 2F, No.23, Lane 583, RuiGuang Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei, Taiwan 114
Telephone No.: + 886 - 2 - 7720 - 2118
Fax No.: + 886 - 2 - 7720 - 0295
Email: sales@Qsan.com.tw
Website: www.QSAN.com.tw