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To: Adam Rifkin <adam@KnowNow.com>, FoRK@xent.com
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From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
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At 12:32 PM 12/28/00 -0600, Adam Rifkin wrote:
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>I repeat, IBM 76.8Gb ultra dma/100 hard drive at Fry's for $375...
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>"home of fast, friendly courteous service! (R)"
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>
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>I kid you not. That's a half a cent a Megabyte for storage.
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>Not El Cheapo storage but top of the line storage.
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less than two years later, we have 320 GB for the same price:
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http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/news/20020909-89588.cfm
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Maxtor Driving Capacity-Centric Enterprise Apps With "Super-Sized" ATA Drives
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Maxtor Continues its Leadership in the Market it Pioneered with a New
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Category of High-Density ATA Drives
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MILPITAS, Calif., September 9, 2002-
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Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and
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data storage solutions, today announced Maxtor MaXLineTM, its newest
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generation of ATA drives designed specifically for rapidly emerging
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enterprise storage applications including near-line, media storage and
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network storage. The MaXLine family features two critical differentiators:
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huge capacities up to 320 GB for corporate archiving and media recording;
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and unique manufacturing and quality for 24/7 operations with mean time to
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failure (MTTF) rates exceeding one million hours.
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The MaXLine family is designed to bring hard disk drives into "near-line"
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archive applications. By adding a layer of MaXLine drives to archive
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architectures, companies can instantly recover time-critical data including
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executive e-mail, transaction data and accounting data that may need to be
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recovered on demand.
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These new drives are designed to solve another enterprise problem with the
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storage of video, media and audio conference call files. Even compressed,
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these files take up tremendous amounts of high-cost server space. Priced
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starting around $299.95 to $399.95 MSRP, Maxtor's MaXLine family offers
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high capacity drives for enterprise applications at price points between
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traditional ATA and SCSI drives.
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For system OEMs and white box builders, MaXLine offers high-density,
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easy-to-integrate storage for use in entry-level and mid-size server
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environments.
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"The demand for instant recall of archived data is expanding as companies
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are meeting their obligations to quickly access executive e-mails,
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financial documents and transaction records," said Mike Dooley, senior
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director of marketing for the Desktop Products Group at Maxtor. "Users may
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not need to access information in these applications on a daily basis, but
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when they do need access, it must be instant. Recent advances in ATA
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technology and our manufacturing processes allow us to build upon our
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legacy of experience and provide our customers with a family of premium ATA
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hard drives that can be integrated into a variety of systems for these
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enterprise applications."
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The MaXLine family includes the 5400-RPM MaXLine II, designed for
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capacities up to 320 GB and the 7200-RPM MaXLine Plus II, designed for
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capacities up to 250 GB. At these capacities, MaXLine offers higher storage
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density than many tape and optical solutions. These drives have also been
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tested and are projected to meet enterprise reliability requirements,
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already exceeded by prior drives employing the same robust Maxtor designs,
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which exceed MTTF of over one million hours. These drives will also carry a
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three-year warranty.
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The MaXLine II and MaXLine Plus II feature the Maxtor Fast DriveTM
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UltraATA/133 interface for data transfer speeds up to 133 MB per second.
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The MaXLine II and MaXLine Plus II will be available with next-generation
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serial ATA interface for higher performance. At 150 MB per second maximum
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data transfer rate, serial ATA improves hard drive performance to keep pace
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with the rapidly increasing performance requirements of data intensive
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environments and enterprise applications.
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With a point-to-point connection architecture, and rich command set for
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managing hard drive activity and data flow along the interface, serial ATA
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advances the performance and efficiency of the drive to system interface.
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The interface's reduced pin count allows for simpler cabling which in turn
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allows better airflow within a system and further benefits the user with
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increased design flexibility and hot plug capability.
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"Maxtor's MaXLine family of drives provide a solution for storing data that
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has previously been too expensive to keep on disk," said Dave Reinsel,
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analyst at IDC. "The ATA drives offer a great value, low cost per GB and
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when integrated into storage systems and file servers offer a compelling
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cost-effective alternative to tape libraries and optical drives, which have
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been the traditional solutions used for near-line applications."
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Availability
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Limited qualification units of the parallel ATA versions of Maxtor MaXLine
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II and MaXLine Plus II are now available; with volume units available in
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the fourth quarter. Qualification units of the MaXLine II and MaXLine Plus
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II with serial ATA will be available later this month with volume shipments
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scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2003.
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About Maxtor
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Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers
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of information storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of
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storage products for desktop computers, storage systems, high-performance
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servers and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven
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market leader built by consistently providing high-quality products and
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service and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found
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at www.maxtor.com or by calling toll-free (800) 2-MAXTOR. Maxtor is traded
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on the NYSE under the MXO symbol.
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Note: Maxtor, MaXLine and the Maxtor logo are registered trademarks of
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Maxtor Corporation. Fast Drive is a trademark of Maxtor Corporation. All
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other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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GB means 1 billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on
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operating environment.
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This announcement relating to Maxtor may contain forward-looking statements
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concerning future technology, products incorporating that technology, and
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Maxtor's execution. These statements are based on current expectations and
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are subject to risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the
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company's results, including, but not limited to, market demand for hard
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disk drives, the company's ability to execute future production ramps and
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utilize manufacturing assets efficiently, pricing, competition, and the
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significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products. These and
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other risk factors are contained in documents that the company files with
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the SEC, including the Form 10-K for fiscal 2001 and its recent 10-Qs.
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Copyright <20> 2001, Maxtor Corporation <20>. Privacy Policy.
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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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