 3000 Series Product Launch Feb 2010 Dot Hill Confidential Exhibit 99.1 |
 Dot Hill Overview • 20+ Years In The Storage Business NASDAQ Publicly Traded Since 2000 (HILL) 2008 revenues of $273M • Based In Longmont, Colorado 320+ Employees In 9 World-Wide Locations Over 40% R&D • Provider of World-class Storage Solutions Storage Virtualization Software Entry-to-Mid Range Family of RAID Storage Mature 7th-Generation RAID Technology Extensive Patent portfolio Over 350,000+ Systems In Use Worldwide 2 Dot Hill Confidential |
 Dot Hill Product Portfolio 3 Storage Virtualization Solutions Heterogeneous Unified Storage Servers for managing peta-byte sized data centers or high performance storage arrays High Availability Storage Disk Arrays Highly redundant rack mountable disk arrays for general purpose storage and SMB to large data center Enterprise Class Server RAID Internal Virtual RAID Array Adapters for Windows and Linux Servers Dot Hill Confidential iSN™ R/Evolution™ RAIDCore™ Covering All Elements of Mainstream Storage |
 Summary • New 3000 series products being launched Feb 24 Now shipping at OEMs, general availability March Channel line up today, with remote appliances in late March • Significant new features AssuredRemote™ remote replication software 8Gb Fibre Channel Hybrid dual protocol Fibre Channel-iSCSI Drive Spin Down • Reinforces Dot Hill’s position as the leader in entry level RAID storage 4 Dot Hill Confidential th |
 What’s New • AssuredRemote™ Software for Entry Level Off-site Bi-directional replication capability with new AssuredRemote feature Simple, agent-less approach to remote site disaster recovery Support for up to 1,000 Snapshots per storage array • Higher Performance Next Generation Array Family 8Gb Fibre Channel, 10Gb iSCSI later this year 6Gb SAS, SATA and SSD drive support Additional power savings: automated drive spin down, efficient PSUs Support for up to 144 drives via JBOD expansion • Hybrid 8Gb FC and iSCSI Improved value and flexibility in dual-use environments e.g. server virtualization Easier to introduce iSCSI into Fibre Channel centric environments Reduced Opex and spares handling 5 Dot Hill Confidential WAN |
   6 Scalable Technology Scaled Solutions Mercury: -1.8 GHz Turion -120MHz PCI-X -90K/230K IOPS -1200 MBps (read) -800 MBps (R5 write) - New Simpler User Interface - New 2.5” 2U/24 Neptune: -566MHz Celeron -100MHz PCI-X -30K/90K IOPS -1000 MBps (read) -600 MBps (R5 write) Neptune Turbo: -700MHz Pentium -100MHz PCI-X -50K/150K IOPS -1100 MBps (read) -700 MBps (R5 write) 2730 2730T 2002 Series Progressive Levels of Features and Performance Dot Hill Confidential 3000 Series Titanium - 1.2GHz Tolapai - 2.5Gb PCIE - 2x DDR2-400 - 72K/264K IOPS -1750 MBps read - 1375 MBps R5 write - New Hybrid FC+iSCSI - New Remote Replication - New Drive Spindown NEW! NEW! |
 Bringing midrange features into entry level space Product Line Up Q1 2010 New Dot Hill models 8Gb FC 1Gb iSCSI DC Power Option Single Cntrl Option Channel version Snapshot, Copy, VxS Assured Remote 3730 / 3720 X X X 3930 / 3920 X X X 3730C / 3720C X X 3930C / 3920C X X X 3730S / 3720S X X X 3930R / 3920R X X X X X 7 Dot Hill Confidential • Availability via OEM partners – now • Dot Hill General Announcement - Feb 24 • General availability – March 5th |
 Bringing midrange features into entry level space Primary Features, Benefits Features Benefits Competition Next Generation Host Connectivity 8Gb Fibre Channel now available from entry level market leader Offered in mid range OEM products only Dual Protocol 8Gb Fibre and 1G iSCSI Low risk method to introduce iSCSI into Fibre Channel installations; Ideal for server virtualization midrange, high cost offerings only Higher Performance Up to 2x more data throughput, lower transaction times Older architectures that often don’t scale Efficiency Features: 1. EcoStor™ battery-less backup 2. Drive spin down 3. DC power option 4. 80%+ Bronze rated PSU 5. Lower frequency CPUs Improved operating costs, less heat generation; New drive spin down can save up to 20% in energy costs Many using service-heavy battery solutions and high wattage processors Remote office protection Simple to use remote office data protection with no host agents required Relying on expensive host based third party software RAIDar™ 2.0 Management Extremely easy to use web management tool for fast configuration and management of storage 8 Dot Hill Confidential |
  Dot Hill Software Options • AssuredRemote Async Snapshot Replication Bi-directional remote data replication across the WAN/Internet Centralized backup or remote sites No host server agents required Builds on prior generation software features • AssuredSnap (Snapshots) Point-in-time logical image of a physical volume Protect against accidental or malicious loss or corruption of data • AssuredCopy (Volume Copy) Complete physical and independent copy of a volume Additional protection against complete vdisk or volume failure Mitigates multiple application I/O contention (e.g., production vs. data mining) WAN Assured Family – Broad Level Protection of your Digital Assets 9 human error software program malfunction computer virus site disaster hardware or system malfunction 32% 44% 3% 7% 14% NEW! NEW! Snapshot / Volume Copy Replication RAID 0,1,3,5,6,10,50 |
 10 AssuredRemote™ • Simple bi-directional replication software option for 3000 arrays • Creates new class of entry level appliance with midrange level features Totally integrated – no server level application s/w required Dot Hill Data Management Software Covers All Bases Dot Hill Confidential |
 AssuredRemote™ Advantage 11 Dot Hill Confidential Capacity Dot Hill 3000/AssuredRemote Other Mid-Range Arrays Lower starting cost – only two devices required for high availability Some solutions require 3 in a cluster to achieve redundancy Supports low cost JBOD expansion Uses same expensive unit to scale out Add replication option later to a standard array Bundled upfront cost regardless if used or not Replication over Fibre Channel or iSCSI Replication typically iSCSI only |
  R/Evolution™ Modular Architecture 12 Dot Hill Confidential 2x FC 8G 2x FC 8G 2x 1G iSCSI data Ethernet Management Port AC or DC PSU options 80%+ Bronze rated Common Reusable FRUs Compatible with Earlier Generations DH3730 and 3720 DH3730 and 3720 DH3930 and 3920 Dual Protocol DH3930 and 3920 Dual Protocol JBOD expansion to 7x 3130 or 3120 units Common Disk Drive Components Hot Pluggable Controllers common to 12 and 24 chassis |
 13 3000 Series – Overall Family 3320 3330 3520 3530 3720 3730 3920 3930 Host Interface iSCSI 10 Gb SAS 6Gb FC 8Gb FC 8Gb, iSCSI 1Gb Expected Availability mid-year mid-year Now Now Storage Controllers Single or Dual Enclosure 2U12 or 2U24 Cache Memory (per controller) 2GB Storage Controller Processor 1.2 GHz High-Performance Mirrored Cache SimulCache: High-Performance Mirrored Cache Cache Protection EcoStor: Battery-free Super Capacitors Maximum Drive Count Up to 144 per system Maximum Volumes 128 per RAID set, 256 per system Maximum Initiators 64 RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 Data Protection Options AssuredSnap (1000 max) & AssuredCopy, AssuredRemote 16-way 60 day try and buy Storage Unit Management RAIDar 2.0 web console, SMI-S v1.2 support NEBS Level 3 & MIL-STD-810F Compliant 2U12 2U24 Dot Hill Confidential |
 Summary • New 3000 series products being launched Feb 24 Now shipping at OEMs, general availability March Channel line up today, with remote appliances in late March • Significant new features AssuredRemote™ remote replication software 8Gb Fibre Channel Hybrid dual protocol Fibre Channel-iSCSI Drive Spin Down • Reinforces Dot Hill’s position as the leader in entry level RAID storage 14 Dot Hill Confidential th |
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