text_combined: udhay shankar n udhaypoboxcom 1232 pm 122800 0600 adam rifkin wrote repeat ibm 768gb ultra dma100 hard drive frys 375 home fast friendly courteous service r kid thats half cent megabyte storage el cheapo storage top line storage less two years later 320 gb price httpwwwshareholdercommaxtornews2002090989588cfm maxtor driving capacitycentric enterprise apps supersized ata drives maxtor continues leadership market pioneered new category highdensity ata drives milpitas calif september 9 2002 maxtor corporation nyse mxo worldwide leader hard disk drives data storage solutions today announced maxtor maxlinetm newest generation ata drives designed specifically rapidly emerging enterprise storage applications including nearline media storage network storage maxline family features two critical differentiators huge capacities 320 gb corporate archiving media recording unique manufacturing quality 247 operations mean time failure mttf rates exceeding one million hours maxline family designed bring hard disk drives nearline archive applications adding layer maxline drives archive architectures companies instantly recover timecritical data including executive email transaction data accounting data may need recovered demand new drives designed solve another enterprise problem storage video media audio conference call files even compressed files take tremendous amounts highcost server space priced starting around 29995 39995 msrp maxtors maxline family offers high capacity drives enterprise applications price points traditional ata scsi drives system oems white box builders maxline offers highdensity easytointegrate storage use entrylevel midsize server environments demand instant recall archived data expanding companies meeting obligations quickly access executive emails financial documents transaction records said mike dooley senior director marketing desktop products group maxtor users may need access information applications daily basis need access must instant recent advances ata technology manufacturing processes allow us build upon legacy experience provide customers family premium ata hard drives integrated variety systems enterprise applications maxline family includes 5400rpm maxline ii designed capacities 320 gb 7200rpm maxline plus ii designed capacities 250 gb capacities maxline offers higher storage density many tape optical solutions drives also tested projected meet enterprise reliability requirements already exceeded prior drives employing robust maxtor designs exceed mttf one million hours drives also carry threeyear warranty maxline ii maxline plus ii feature maxtor fast drivetm ultraata133 interface data transfer speeds 133 mb per second maxline ii maxline plus ii available nextgeneration serial ata interface higher performance 150 mb per second maximum data transfer rate serial ata improves hard drive performance keep pace rapidly increasing performance requirements data intensive environments enterprise applications pointtopoint connection architecture rich command set managing hard drive activity data flow along interface serial ata advances performance efficiency drive system interface interfaces reduced pin count allows simpler cabling turn allows better airflow within system benefits user increased design flexibility hot plug capability maxtors maxline family drives provide solution storing data previously expensive keep disk said dave reinsel analyst idc ata drives offer great value low cost per gb integrated storage systems file servers offer compelling costeffective alternative tape libraries optical drives traditional solutions used nearline applications availability limited qualification units parallel ata versions maxtor maxline ii maxline plus ii available volume units available fourth quarter qualification units maxline ii maxline plus ii serial ata available later month volume shipments scheduled begin first quarter 2003 maxtor maxtor corporation wwwmaxtorcom one worlds leading suppliers information storage solutions company expansive line storage products desktop computers storage systems highperformance servers consumer electronics maxtor reputation proven market leader built consistently providing highquality products service support customers maxtor products found wwwmaxtorcom calling tollfree 800 2maxtor maxtor traded nyse mxo symbol note maxtor maxline maxtor logo registered trademarks maxtor corporation fast drive trademark maxtor corporation trademarks properties respective owners gb means 1 billion bytes total accessible capacity varies depending operating environment announcement relating maxtor may contain forwardlooking statements concerning future technology products incorporating technology maxtors execution statements based current expectations subject risks uncertainties could materially affect companys results including limited market demand hard disk drives companys ability execute future production ramps utilize manufacturing assets efficiently pricing competition significant uncertainty market acceptance new products risk factors contained documents company files sec including form 10k fiscal 2001 recent 10qs copyright 2001 maxtor corporation privacy policy udhay shankar n udhay poboxcom wwwdigeratuscom wed 11 sep 2002 114545 0530 storage bits