1. Step. 2008 Arena Storage Introduction

2. www.maxtronic.com.tw 2 HDD trend- SAS is the future Source: (IDC) Infostor June 2008

3. www.maxtronic.com.tw 3 HDD easily fails when only one there Using RAID technology: –High availability –Parallel access gain extra performance Extra efficient way to manage data –Combine with tape library. D2D2T –Information life cycle management From one to many- Why RAID Fast Speed Data Lost Fail Fail Still Working

4. www.maxtronic.com.tw 4 Why MaxTronic Support from Web  Latest firmware, software, product info download from Web  Fast response of warranty service  FAQ helps solving problem quickly Latest news release  Arena and industry news online  Monthly offer latest update Quality assurance  High performance, reliability  Ultimate user friendly solution Cost effective  Full line product/ various choices  Small to big enterprise solution.2

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6. 6 HDD Comparison- Interface *Source of capacity/ price: price watch site: http://www.pricewatch.comhttp://www.pricewatch.comSCSI Fiber Channel US$ 310 US$ 0.31 US$ 160 US$ 0.16 Price Price per GB Multi-initiatorSingle host Availability Dual-port HDDsSingle-port HDDs 1TB Drive Capacity >128 devices (16,384 max) One device (multiple devices with port multiplier) Connectivity > 8m external cable 3.0Gb/s x43.0Gb/s Performance Full duplex with Link Aggregation 7200/10000/ 15000 rpm Half duplex 5400/ 7200 rpm SASSATA US$ 210 US$ 0.42 Multi-initiator Dual-port HDDs 500 GB >128 devices (16,384 max) > 8m external cable 320 MB Full duplex 7200/ 10000 rpm US$ 540 US$ 1.8 Multi-initiator Dual-port HDDs 300 GB 127 devices 15m external cable 4Gb/s Full Duplex 7200/ 10000/ 15000 rpm

7. www.maxtronic.com.tw 7 RAID features RAIDGuard Central  RAIDGuard Central features  National Prison in Turkey SNAPshot  SNAPshot details  Available Arena models PathGuard MPIO  PathGuard benefits  HD video editing application VMware compatible  VMware –Virtualized integration  Why VMware with MaxTronic

8. www.maxtronic.com.tw 8 RAIDGuard Central Features-1 Ethernet Switch ․․․ Centralized Monitoring

9. www.maxtronic.com.tw 9 Ethernet Switch ․․․ Fan Error Error Event notice Mail and MSN inform RAIDGuard Central Features-2

10. www.maxtronic.com.tw 10 Ethernet Switch ․․․ Config. RAID 5 Centralizing configuration Config. RAID 5 RAIDGuard Central Features-3

11. www.maxtronic.com.tw 11 Centralized monitoring: New RAIDGuard Central could monitor hundreds of Arena RAID at the same time. Best way to control multiple installations. Advanced Event notice : All systems could send error message to center server. Easy to know immediately which unit needed to be proper maintained. Mail and MSN inform : Allow customer to warning the engineer real-time with mail sending and most popular web messenger: MSN. Centralizing Configuration: Maintain/ configure multiple Arena RAID to save the most time on system integration and supports. RAIDGuard Central Features-1

12. www.maxtronic.com.tw 12 Centralized Solution

13. www.maxtronic.com.tw 13 SNAPshot 12:00 1:002:003:00 Timeline Roll Back Data Restore Saving Data Virus 1:00 status Instant copy Multiple copies Instant recovery Data Rollback

14. www.maxtronic.com.tw 14 SNAPshot Features Instant Copy : Copy on the scheduled time of the date. Customers can define how much and when they feel data is important Multiple copies: Snapshot can create multiple return point with change only- it means without lot’s efforts on RAID and no loading on server Instant Recovery: No down time needed. Work instantly online. No performance impact and also no requirement to rebuild or try to data rescue. Data Rollback: Snapshot allow you to rollback/ recover to the nearest point of time. Only little data loss for time being.

15. www.maxtronic.com.tw 15 Fiber JanusRAID series: SA-4551E SA-6651E SS-4551E iSCSI JanusRAID series: SA-6643 SA-4303 SA-4503 SAS JanusRAID series: SS-4552 SS-6652 3U 16bays SS-6651E SS-6601R SS-8801R SA-6603 SS-4503 SS-6603 SS-6602R SS-8802R 4U 24bays 2U 12bays Tower 8bays PCIe RAID series: SA-3378 SA-4378 2U 8bays SNAPshot Features

16. www.maxtronic.com.tw 16 PathGuard MPIO - Multi-Path Input/ Output software Server Host 1 Host 2 Before Path Guard Server Host 1 Host 2 After Path Guard Double Bandwidth Boost up Performance Load balancing Boost up performance

17. www.maxtronic.com.tw 17 PathGuard MPIO-2 Server Host 1 Host 2 Fail Server Host 1 Host 2 Fail back After Path Guard Fail Over Fail over Fail back After check Re-Connect /Change cable

18. www.maxtronic.com.tw 18 PathGuard™ Features Load balancing: Add both bandwidth boost up performance. Improve server and application performance and data availability Fail-over: Automatic recovery from path fails. Improve application availability and enhances performance Fail-back: Real-time detect and auto switching back while the other path is back. Improve application and server availability Auto detection and performance policy: Tunable policy to optimize performance for specific application. Such as video editing or video surveillance.

19. www.maxtronic.com.tw 19 HD Video Editing Structure SS-8801R

20. www.maxtronic.com.tw 20 VMware - Virtualized integration Act. 1 Before Server RAID OSOS Windows XP / 2003 Linux/ Unix SuSe 10 Windows Vista / 2008 Need 5 Servers + 5 RAIDs Lots of Cost…. Mac OS X

21. www.maxtronic.com.tw 21 Mac OS X Server ESX After RAID Only 1 Servers + 3 RAIDs Cost Efficient ! OSOS Windows XP / 2003 Linux/ Unix SuSe 10 Windows Vista / 2008 VMware - Virtualized integration 2

22. www.maxtronic.com.tw 22 VMware Compatible - Virtualized OS solution Most wanted virtualization solution VMware was listed 70% of market share Good combination with Arena RAID Listed with multiple technology Cost efficiency solution Save servers and use the best of storage Optimized future integration –All in one server : easy to maintain –Flexible resource on storage and other upgradeable accessories –Extended management for all client users

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