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GLOBALSTOR® DEBUTS NEXT-GENERATION OF POPULAR EXTREMESTOR-DI REDe WORKSTATION

New system offers advanced, Nehalem-based processing power from Intel

Chatsworth, CA, Feburary 19, 2009:

Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers, is pleased to announce the latest evolution of its ExtremeStor-DI REDe solution, a new workstation based on Intel®’s groundbreaking Nehalem architecture. Ideal for RED digital cinema-based CPU-intensive content and storage applications, the workstation is now shipping.

Featuring the same scalability, reliability and ease-of-use as previous ExtremeStor-DI REDe systems, this new workstation adds the power of Nehalem, Intel’s latest processing architecture, giving it the highest amount of energy efficiency and performance available. Built around Intel’s highly advanced Hi-k metal gate silicon technology, Nehalem dynamically manages cores, threads, cache, interfaces and power to deliver outstanding energy efficiency and performance on demand.

“Globalstor is committed to ensuring its products stay on top of the latest technological innovations, so that our customers are always ahead of the curve,” says Scott Leif, president of Globalstor Data Corporation. “The advanced processing capabilities of Intel’s Nehalem architecture within this new workstation give users access to unprecedented levels of speed, which is essential to an efficient, successful DI workflow. This allows them to crank out projects on time and at cost, helping them to stay competitive in the constantly evolving environment of DI post.”

As with its predecessor, the new workstation has been engineered and certified to work with the industry’s leading providers of feature-rich, high-performance graphics, capture and playback cards, as well as the best open platform color-grading technologies on the market. Scalable from 2.5 to 24TBs of internal storage, it integrates the Windows XP™ or Windows Server 2003 open platforms operating system in a tower package.

About Globalstor Data
Globalstor® Data Corporation is a leading distributor of high-performance RAID, SAN and storage/video servers. Widely recognized for its value-added services, including systems integration and customer support, Globalstor is an OEM with a full spectrum of hardware and software support offering a broad range of broadcast and video professional solutions including DVD-R Digital Video Dailies solutions, 2K and 4K Digital Intermediate solutions, and high-performance high definition video servers offering scaleable storage up to 36TBs in a single server. Globalstor serves a worldwide customer base from its U.S. headquarters in Chatsworth, California and internationally through a strong foundation of overseas authorized resellers.