PITTSBURGH (BUSINESS WIRE) April 13, 1998 -- AC&NC introduced today the Primestar RAID desktop sized SCSI disk array system. Joining AC&NC's highly successful product line of storage-related products, Primestar RAID array adds improved RAID controller functionality including UltraSCSI host and drive interfaces, higher speed RAID processor, and larger sized controller cache. In addition, eight drive full height bays allow the Primestar RAID to reach maximum capacity of 144GB in a very compact desktop or rackmount enclosure.

"We are targeting Primestar RAID at the rapidly developing market segment for high performance and high availability workgroup storage," said Gene Leyzarovich, President of Advanced Computer & Network Corporation. "Primestar RAID has been engineered to address the unique needs of the said market with it's cost-effectiveness and cluster-ready capabilities. Designed to be host platform independent, Primestar RAID can be connected to any hardware platform without regard for the operating system, be it Windows NT, Novell Netware, or any flavor of UNIX."

Complete information about the Primestar RAID array, including technical specifications, can be found on Advanced Computer & Network Corporation's web site at http://www.acnc.com/product_primestar.html or by contacting AC&NC's marketing department.

Primestar RAID is available to ship immediately. Example pricing: 32GB - $11,500.00; 72GB - $13,900.00; 144GB - $23,500.00

Advanced Computer & Network Corporation (AC&NC), a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, was founded in May 1993, to become the market leader in the development and marketing of high performance fault-tolerant storage solutions. Since its inception, AC&NC has installed its systems in numerous locations in the United States, Canada, Asia, Western and Eastern Europe. Some of AC&NC's customers include UUNET, US Navy, Duke Medical Center, Oxford Health Plans, Inc., Sun Microsystems, and General Electric. Advanced Computer & Network Corporation's strategy for success is to offer its customers the best performance, highest data integrity, most cost-effective disk storage systems available, anywhere - anytime.