Dot Hill Backs AssuredSAN Storage System Line with Free Onsite Support

LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of SAN storage solutions and Unified Virtual Storage, today announced it is now offering one year of free onsite support on all Dot Hill branded AssuredSAN™ storage systems purchased through authorized Dot Hill resellers. Combined with the company's standard three-year warranty, inclusion of the company's onsite service for a year increases the value of Dot Hill's highly reliable AssuredSAN storage solutions by providing end-user customers with access to unparalleled technical support and greater peace of mind.

Dot Hill AssuredSAN storage solutions come with a three year warranty at purchase. Customers can activate their first year of onsite support at no cost by registering at www.dothill.com/registration. In addition, customers have the option of purchasing a full three-year onsite service agreement at an attractive price, within 30-days of purchase.

"The addition of free onsite support serves as the latest testimony to Dot Hill's highly reliable AssuredSAN storage, which continues to gain momentum in the distribution channel," said Brad Painter, vice president of channel sales, Dot Hill. "We want our channel partners and end-user customers to know that 'Assured' is not just the name of our SAN solutions, but also how we want them to feel when they turn to Dot Hill products to manage and protect their critical data assets."

"The three-year support option is a great value to customers," said Scott Brooks, vice president, customer services and support, Dot Hill. "With the discount provided at time of product purchase, the three-year annual onsite service package is less than seven percent of the product price. We also offer options to upgrade the service model for four-hour response time and 24x7 coverage in many locations."

"Our customers' primary requirement for storage is system reliability," said Rick Crane, CEO, West Coast Technology. "That's why we recommend Dot Hill AssuredSAN solutions to so many organizations.  By adding a free year of onsite service to the company's impressive three-year warranty, Dot Hill continues to enhance its robust line of storage offerings that deliver enterprise features at entry-level prices."

Dot Hill AssuredSAN - Smart, Simple Storage

Certified for VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V environments, Dot Hill AssuredSAN solutions are well-suited for virtualized and cloud computing environments. AssuredSAN solutions are popular in a variety of vertical markets including media and entertainment, retail, finance, education, defense, healthcare and government.

The Dot Hill AssuredSAN family of disk-to-disk data protection products offers a number of highly compelling enterprise-level features, including demonstrated 99.999 percent reliability and up to 288TB of data capacity in a single array. The Dot Hill storage portfolio features the very latest storage networking technologies such as 8Gb Fibre Channel and 10Gb iSCSI which opens the door to Fibre Channel levels of SAN performance for small- to medium-sized business based on standard Ethernet networking technology.

The AssuredSAN line combines the company's robust storage capability with enhanced data protection software features to address many of today's disaster recovery, business continuity and regulatory compliance requirements. AssuredSAN 3000 and 3003 Series arrays are available with Dot Hill AssuredRemote™ data management software for remote replication, AssuredCopy™, Dot Hill's volume copy technology, and AssuredSnap™ snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity.

Additionally, Dot Hill storage systems feature the company's patented EcoStor™ "green" battery-free alternative for cache memory, which leverages a combination of super capacitors and flash memory that outlasts traditional batteries nearly fivefold. Business benefits include lower maintenance and disposal costs and reduced server and application down-time due to scheduled battery replacement and maintenance.

The free year of on-site support is available subject to Dot Hill's then-standard terms and conditions to anyone who purchased a branded AssuredSAN product through a Dot Hill authorized reseller on or after January 1, 2012.  Dot Hill may modify or discontinue program offerings, such as free support, in the future with or without notice.

About Dot Hill

Leveraging its proprietary Assured family of storage solutions, Dot Hill solves many of today's most challenging storage problems – helping IT to improve performance, increase availability, simplify operations, and reduce costs. Dot Hill's solutions combine breakthrough virtualization software with the industry's most flexible and extensive hardware platform and automated management to deliver best-in-class unified virtual storage and SAN solutions. Headquartered in Longmont, Colo., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

For more information, visit us at www.dothill.com.

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Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include statements regarding: any improvement to Dot Hill's sales or financial results due to Dot Hill's providing a year of free onsite service; the length of time that Dot Hill will make this special offer available to customers; and the performance or benefits of any Dot Hill product in any particular environment. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include, among other things: that Dot Hill reserves the right to discontinue this special offer at any time, with or without notice; changing customer preferences; unforeseen technological, intellectual property, personnel or engineering issues; and the additional risks set forth in the Forms 10-K and 10-Q most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Dot Hill.  All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Dot Hill undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

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