Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — 12:00AM MST, March 17th, 2005 — Hard Data Ltd. today announced that its line of servers, and NAS storage now support LSI Logic™’s new MegaRAID™ SATA 300-8x Eight-port SATA II RAID storage adapter.

Hard Data’s line of Linux based storage products can now be ordered with S-ATA II controller support. This allows its customer to upgrade to S-ATA II drives when they hit the market later this year.

“We at Hard Data are really impressed with the performance of the new LSI Logic S-ATA II RAID controller,” said Mark Lane, sales manager, Hard Data. “LSI has raised the bar by improving performance and lowering the cost of S-ATA RAID.”

Hard Data builds NAS servers which provide flexibility and a wide range of client OS support. By remaining Linux Compliant, Hard Data NAS boxes are able to support Windows, Mac, Unix and of course Linux Clients.

Hard Data NAS servers will be on display at LinuxWorld Canada 2005, April 19-20 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Look for Hard Data in Booth 427.

About Hard Data Ltd:
Incorporated in 1993, Hard Data Ltd. has been an innovator and supplier of high performance UNIX and Linux computers for over 10 years. As the first vendor in Canada to offer pre-installed Linux on equipment, and one of the first 3 worldwide, we are proud of being there from the beginning.

For Further Information:
http://www.harddata.com
Contact: Mark Lane
Tele: 01-780-456-9771 Fax: 01-780-456-9772

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