1. Window 2000 and Mylex RAID Y2K after W2k

2. 2 PP360299.ppt Windows 2000 Server  Server (Windows NT Server 5.0)  File and print Servers  Application Servers  Web, and communication server functions  Supports new systems with up to two-way symmetric multiprocessing (SMP).  Small to medium-sized enterprise application deployments, Web servers, workgroups and branch offices  Expected to be the most popular Windows server operating system.  Advanced Server (Windows NT Server 5.0 EE)  Departmental and application server that provides rich network operating system and Internet services.  Supporting new systems with up to four-way SMP  Database-intensive work  Clustering and load balancing support.  Datacenter Server (new)  Most powerful and functional server operating system ever offered by Microsoft.  Supports up to 16-way SMP and up to 64 GB of physical memory  Clustering and load balancing services as standard features

3. 3 PP360299.ppt Windows 2000 Workstation  Professional (Windows NT 5.0 WS)  Plug and Play support for a new generation of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).  Support for dynamic configuration of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and IEEE 1394  Advanced display support is included through support of new standards such as Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP).  Removable storage device support is comprehensive  Digital-Video-Disk (DVD).  Advanced networking hardware support for ATM, cable- modems, and other hardware.

4. 4 PP360299.ppt Summary of key benefits

5. 5 PP360299.ppt Mylex Readiness  Driver submitted to Microsoft for integration  New Plug and Play and Power Management requirements met in the driver submitted  Mylex driver available to OEMs  W2K Beta 3 deployment for OEM testing (Mid ‘99)  W2K Clustering when available  Certification (PC and Server 2000) schedules will match Mylex product releases  eXtremeRAID ™ 3000  eXtremeRAID ™ 2000  AcceleRAID ™ Family (Leopard 1,2 and Lion)

6. 6 PP360299.ppt Mylex Products and Windows 2000

7. 7 PP360299.ppt Summary  Windows 2000 is the OS for the Future  Enterprise  SOHO  Workstations  WEB  Replaces Windows 95 and Windows 98  All New Mylex RAID Products Will Meet All Certification and Compatibility requirements for Windows 2000