Celerity FC-44ES ships with PCI Express and ADS™

Amherst, NY (April 14, 2005) – ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announces the release of the highest-performing adapter yet, the Celerity FC-44ES, and the industry’s first 4-Gigabit, quad-channel Fibre Channel Storage Adapter with a PCI Express bus interconnect.

The Celerity FC-44ES optimizes the latest in host interconnect technology with PCI Express (PCIe), a serial, high-speed connection that supports aggregate throughput up to 2 GB/second. Since PCI Express host adapters move data more efficiently than others, the FC-44ES provides a valuable advantage in data intensive environments. The FC-44ES also features the exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS™) technology for controlled acceleration of data transfers. With a combination of features that provides controlled acceleration of large and small blocks of data, ADS technology enables users to achieve the ultimate in I/O performance for workgroup applications.

The quad-channel Celerity FC-44ES storage adapter provides the highest available throughput for Fibre Channel applications while protecting technology investments via backward compatibility with existing infrastructure. With speeds of up to 800 MB/sec. per channel, the FC-44ES is capable of supporting the most intensive data applications, including HDTV, tape streaming and backup, rich content delivery, and complex database environments. To ensure a smooth transition path, the FC-44ES leverages the existing Celerity FC software and hardware architecture, allowing ATTO to deliver industry-leading quality and stable software architecture.

Features of the Celerity FC-44ES include:
• 800 MB/sec. throughput per Fibre Channel port in full-duplex mode
• Proven industry interoperability with support for the SNIA host adapter API
• Driver support for Windows® and Linux
• Backward compatibility with 2-Gb and 1-Gb legacy Fibre Channel

ATTO Celerity storage adapters are an integrated family of advanced storage connectivity solutions that are designed to provide reliable connectivity, intelligence and scalability. Celerity FC storage adapters extend the capabilities of software and hardware, increase overall system performance and drive intelligence to the edge of the SAN.
"The powerful combination of 4-Gb Fibre Channel, PCI Express architecture, and four independent channels results in the Celerity FC-44ES being the industry’s highest performance adapter," states Ed Tierney, director of marketing at ATTO Technology. "This means that customers working in the most demanding environments such as HPC and HDTV can now satisfy the performance requirements of their application."

About ATTO Technology Inc:
ATTO Technology, Inc., is a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO’s vision is to provide a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures products in the categories of storage adapters, interface bridging appliances, managed hubs, Enterprise-class ATA-based RAID arrays, and management software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including SCSI, SATA, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Gigabit –Ethernet, NDMP, SAS and Fibre Channel. ATTO distributes its products worldwide directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors.