MPC Computers Grows Storage Portfolio with High Performance DataFRAME 2112 SAN Appliance

MPC Computers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MPC Corporation (AMEX:MPZ), announced today the launch of the new MPC DataFRAME® 2112 Storage Area Network Appliance. The new DataFRAME 2112 provides an industry-standard based SAN platform for high-speed, disk-based storage, which also includes built-in high availability and disaster recovery features powered by FalconStor® IPStor® software. The DataFRAME 2112 is capable of supporting both SATA II and SAS drives with drive capacities of up to 1TB each. The unit houses 12 drives enabling storage growth of up to 12TB in a single 2U shelf which can also be easily grown with additional expansion shelf capacity. Available for the DataFRAME 2112 are a series of professional services to help customers with assessment, storage network design, deployment and training, all delivered from MPC’s award winning, US based, services organization. "Over the last 4 years, we have been growing our storage portfolio and with our recent acquisition of the Gateway® Pro business, which adds even more storage products to our offering, we now have a powerful range of SAN, NAS and Fibre Channel solutions,” said Greg Wolff, Area Vice President of Product Marketing at MPC. "The DataFRAME 2112 provides our customers with a world-class solution for data protection and disaster recovery and is part of a larger strategy from MPC for simplifying and removing the complexity in datacenter storage deployment.” The DataFRAME 2112 is built upon the latest Intel® architecture and the upcoming Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor upcoming 5400 series based on 45 nanometer technology. Through its partnership with FalconStor Software, Inc (NASDAQ: FALC) the internal DataFRAME 2112 software platform, built upon the enterprise-leading FalconStor IPStor software, provides enterprise class functionality including high availability mirroring, application-aware Snapshot Agents, and replication for disaster recovery and remote data protection. The offering also provides the ultimate in growth flexibility with the ability to mix and match drives and to add software packs into the system as customers evolve their storage environments. "We’re excited to be partnering with MPC in bringing affordable, enterprise-class virtualized disk provisioning SAN appliances and built-in state-of-the-art disk-based data protection solutions to the mid-market,” said Bernie Wu, Vice President of Business Development for FalconStor. "The DataFRAME 2112 SAN Appliance will include a suite of our software that provides scalability, provisioning, availability, performance, replication, and rapid recovery of leading database and messaging applications.” "At Intel, our goal is to enable customers to quickly and easily adopt the industry leading Xeon architecture into their storage environments,” said David Brown, general manager for Intel’s Channel Servers Products Division. "MPC’s open standards based approach to storage, enables the latest in Intel technology, such as our new 45-nanometer Intel Xeon processors, to be deployed in a timely manner for storage applications.” The MPC storage portfolio comprises both the complete line of MPC DataFRAME appliances as well as the Gateway Pro storage products. These products include the DataFRAME 40 Workspace Storage Appliance, DataFRAME 540 NAS Appliance, DataFRAME 440/240/140 SAN Appliances, the new DataFRAME 2112 SAN Appliance, the Gateway Pro 842R Storage Array, Gateway Pro E-9422R/E-9425R/E-9522R/E-9525R NAS products and the Gateway Pro E-824R SuperLoader for tape archival. Find out more about MPC's DataFRAME storage line at www.mpccorp.com as well as the Gateway Pro storage product line at pro.mpccorp.com, or by calling 1-888-224-4247. About MPC Corporation: MPC Corporation (AMEX: MPZ), through its subsidiary MPC Computers, provides enterprise IT hardware solutions to small-and-medium businesses, government agencies and education organizations. With its acquisition of Gateway’s Professional business in October 2007, MPC became one of the leaders in the US market providing PCs, servers and storage products to professional customers. MPC provides additional value with an industry-leading level of service and support. For more information, visit MPC online at www.mpccorp.com.