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CEI Adds PCI Ultra ATA-133 RAID Card to RAID Toolbox Family of Products

Auburn, CA - 5/21/2002 CEI added a custom built PCI Ultra ATA-133 RAID card, the ATA NitroCannon, to the RAID Toolbox family of world class storage products today. The ATA NitroCannon brings versatility, high-performance and reliability to the Microsoft (MSFT) Windows family of operating systems at the low cost of $69.95.

The ATA NitroCannon lets users create an exact, real-time backup by mirroring their boot drives. It also features data striping and mirroring (RAID levels 0 and 1) as well as mirrored striping (RAID 0+1). The ATA NitroCannon carries a retail price of $69.95, bringing affordable Boot Drive Backup and RAID technology to the Windows market.

With IDE hard disk pricing continuing to fall, users can set up ultra-reliable or high-speed disk arrays for a fraction of the cost of SCSI-based RAIDs. The ATA NitroCannon is compatible with virtually all PCI-based PC’s including those manufactured from HP (HPQ), Dell (DELL) and Sony (SNE).

The ATA NitroCannon’s mirroring support is perfect for real time, online backup of the boot drive. If the boot drive fails, users can boot from the spare drive of the mirror causing little to no downtime. Hot spares may also be added for zero downtime.

Disk striping is targeted for users seeking top disk performance. When data is written to a striped set, the ATA NitroCannon card segments writing the data stream between drives providing significant speed increases. Striping is perfect for digital A/V, pre-press and graphics professionals moving large files.

The ATA NitroCannon card has two independent IDE channels allowing connectivity for up to 4 high speed ATA drives and is backward compatible with ATA 100/66/33. Multiple ATA NitroCannon cards can be used together to create a Mega Disk by striping or spanning the two volumes into one large high speed volume. CEI offers a 2 year limited warranty as well as a 30 day money back guarantee.

More information on the ATA NitroCannon can be found on CEI’s RAID Toolbox web site https://www.raidtoolbox.com. The ATA NitroCannon can be purchased directly from the RAID Toolbox web site for $69.95.

CEI, founded in 1986, is a privately held Storage Company headquartered in the Sierra Nevada foothills. CEI engineers world class products including Storage Management and Virtualization software.

Keywords: RAID, Backup, Storage, Microsoft, Hardware, Software, Virtualization, SAN

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CEI Adds Mirroring to RAID Toolbox, Product Now Supports RAID Levels O and 1

NEWCASTLE, CA—9/27/01 CEI added RAID level 0 (mirroring) support today to their popular software-based RAID solution RAID Toolbox. RAID Toolbox is a high-performance RAID utility for the Microsoft® (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 2000 operating system. RAID Toolbox lets users stripe or mirror IEEE 1394 (firewire), SCSI, IDE, USB 2.0 or fibre channel drives to create powerful, portable disk arrays.

RAID Toolbox’s mirroring module lets users create redundant arrays perfect for real-time backup. The striping module helps users achieve unparalleled performance gains by combining two or more drives together and transfer data in parallel, dramatically multiplying data-transfer rates. In certain configurations users can expect to see performance increases of up to 300% or more.

RAID Toolbox lets users create and manage single volume and multiple disk arrays on both external and internal storage devices. RAID Toolbox is the only product that will let you create stripes or mirrors with high-performance IEEE 1394, or firewire, hard disk drives.

CEI’s Portable RAID technology eliminates sluggishness often associated with large network data transfers. RAID Toolbox’s intelligent driver lets users create striped or mirrored arrays on one workstation and then move the array to a separate workstation where the array will auto mount practically eliminating the need for large, slow, network data transfers.

RAID Toolbox is targeted directly at the digital audio/video, graphics, prepress or enterprise markets or anyone seeking top hard disk drive performance. RAID Toolbox lets users stripe or mirror on Windows 2000 Professional or Server editions. RAID Toolbox also includes CEI’s Apple® (NASDAQ: AAPL) Macintosh® RAID software.

A RAID Toolbox demo is available at www.raidtoolbox.com/predownload.html.

Special Offer

RAID Toolbox carries an SRP of $99.95, but for a limited time CEI is offering RAID Toolbox at a discounted price of $59.95. RAID Toolbox may be purchased and downloaded from the CEI store located at www.cei-us.com/catalog. For more information about RAID Toolbox, or RAID technology in general, visit www.raidtoolbox.com. CEI can be reached by calling (530) 885-4420 or by emailing "sales@raidtoolbox.com".

About CEI

CEI, with headquarters in Newcastle, California has produced and licensed quality Windows and Macintosh software applications since 1986. CEI’s award winning line of utilities include: RAID Toolbox, the Anubis Professional Formatting Utility, Charismac RAID for Macintosh, Discribe, Backup Mastery, PowerControl, CD AutoCache and FibreShare.

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CEI Combines Macintosh and Win2K RAID Software, Drops Price By $100

- Hybrid CD now offers both Macintosh and Windows RAID capabilities for reduced price –

NEWCASTLE, CA – 8/1/01 CEI today combined their Macintosh and Windows 2000 RAID software packages on one CD while reducing the retail cost for the all-in-one package. The Macintosh version of the popular RAID software previously retailed for $199.95, the hybrid CD now boasts a suggested retail price of $99.95 and is available for a limited time for $59.95.

The RAID software supports RAID levels 0 (striping) and 1 (mirroring) using either Mac OS 9.x or Windows 2000 (Professional and Server) operating systems.

Striping is a way to significantly increase performance by dividing the data being written to multiple drives and writing it simultaneously to the disks. In certain configurations, users may see up to a 300% performance increase when taking advantage of striping.

Mirroring provides users with real-time backup. When two drives are mirrored, they appear as one drive to the computer. The same data is written to both drives simultaneously with no significant performance hit to the host system. If one drive fails, the user has immediate access to the second drive of the mirror providing an instant backup.

The Charismac RAID software packages both fully support firewire, SCSI and fibre channel disk drive interfaces. The Windows 2000 RAID product also supports internal IDE-based disk drives. Windows 2000 users have not been able to stripe or mirror firewire drives prior to this release.

More information on the Charismac RAID software for Macintosh and Windows 2000 can be found at the Charismac web site, www.charismac.com. Users specifically interested in the Windows 2000 RAID software can find more information at www.raidtoolbox.com. Questions on either product will be answered immediately at sales@raidtoolbox.com, or support@raidtoolbox.com.

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CEI Announces RAID Toolbox, Software Striping Utility for Windows 2000

NEWCASTLE, CA—6/13/01 CEI announced today RAID Toolbox, the high-performance RAID utility for Windows 2000. The initial release will include a software-based striping (RAID level 0) module. RAID Toolbox will release the mirroring module (RAID level 1) later this month. Users who initially purchase RAID Toolbox’s striping module will be upgraded to the mirroring module for free.

CEI RAID Toolbox lets users stripe or mirror firewire, SCSI, IDE, USB or fibre channel drives to create powerful, portable disk arrays. RAID Toolbox’s striping module helps users achieve unparalleled performance gains, while the mirroring module lets users create redundant arrays perfect for real-time backup.

CEI RAID Toolbox lets users create and manage single volume and multiple disk arrays on both external and internal storage devices. The RAID Toolbox striping module offers tremendous performance boosts by combining two or more drives together and transfer data in parallel, dramatically multiplying data-transfer rates. In certain configurations users can expect to see performance increases of up to 300% or more.

CEI’s Portable RAID technology eliminates sluggishness often associated with large network data transfers. CEI RAID Toolbox’s intelligent driver lets users create striped or mirrored arrays on one workstation and then move the array to a separate workstation where the array will auto mount.

RAID Toolbox is targeted directly at the digital video, digital audio, and graphics / prepress or enterprise markets or for anyone seeking top hard disk drive performance. RAID Toolbox lets users stripe or mirror on Windows 2000 Professional or Server editions.

Users may download a demo of RAID Toolbox’s striping module at www.raidtoolbox.com/predownload.html. The demo version lets users stripe two drives together creating a 100 MB stripe in order to test speed gains.

Special Offer

RAID Toolbox carries an SRP of $99.95, but for a limited time CEI is offering RAID Toolbox at a discounted price of $59.95. RAID Toolbox may be purchased and downloaded from the CEI store located at store.cei-us.com/catalog. For more information about RAID Toolbox, or RAID technology in general, visit www.raidtoolbox.com. CEI can be reached by calling (530) 885-4420 or by emailing "sales@raidtoolbox.com". Corporate, Government and Educational purchase orders may be faxed to (530) 885-1410. OEM and site licenses are available.

About CEI

CEI, with headquarters in Newcastle, California, has produced and licensed quality Windows and Macintosh software applications since 1986. CEI’s award winning line of utilities include: RAID Toolbox, the Anubis Professional Formatting Utility, Charismac RAID for Macintosh, Discribe, Backup Mastery, PowerControl, CD AutoCache and FibreShare.