MILPITAS, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Faster Throughput and Increased Transactions using MaxIQ SSD Cache
Performance Solution Demonstrated by AppLabs Performance Testing

Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT) today released the results of third-party
performance testing of its new MaxIQ(TM) SSD Cache Performance Solution in
MySQL environments. AppLabs, the world's largest independent testing and
quality management company, found that Adaptec MaxIQ (with MaxIQ SSD cache
enabled) improved read and write throughput by eight times and increased
transactions per second by 6.9 times when compared with a non-cached
environment.

Adaptec's MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Solution integrates up to four
tuned 32GB Intel(R) X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs, with Adaptec's MaxIQ SSD caching
software and its Series 5Z, Series 5 or Series 2 Storage Controllers to
provide I/O intensive data center and cloud computing customers with
cost-effective scalability and increased performance without disrupting
existing operations. It is the first solution for building and managing
High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) - storage arrays using both
solid-state drives and hard disk drives - which dramatically increase I/O
performance, reduce capital and operating expenses by as much as 50 percent,
and can deliver significant savings in power consumption over hard disk
drive-only arrays. MaxIQ can be deployed using commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) hardware, requiring no modification of existing storage architectures,
application software or operating systems for easy integration.

AppLabs evaluated the performance of MaxIQ in its MySQL Testing
Environment and found that read and write throughput increased eight times
with MaxIQ SSD cache enabled. Transactions per second improved 6.9 times,
going from 346 transactions per second with SSD cache disabled to 2374
transactions per second with SSD cache enabled. A total of 1.6 million
transactions were executed during each test run. These increases result in
higher levels of performance, allowing data center managers to increase the
number of users hosted per IT dollar, reduce the need for additional
equipment acquisition and significantly cut data center energy costs.

"Data centers running applications with high 'read' demands such as
databases running MySQL are continuing to grow at an exponential pace," said
Marc Lowe, Adaptec vice president of marketing and business development. "The
testing results from AppLabs' MySQL environment demonstrate that Adaptec's
MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Solution is ideal for cost-effectively addressing
the I/O bottleneck and maximizing performance for data centers in today's
economy. AppLabs' testing expertise and experience allowed us to ensure
everything met the highest standards."

"This is a testimony of the best-in-class performance testing services
offered by AppLabs. We help our clients identify performance bottlenecks
early to ensure that their applications have near-zero defects," said John
Carmody, senior vice president and head of Americas, AppLabs. "Through
AppLabs rigorous Performance Testing procedures with MySQL server, Adaptec's
MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Solution demonstrated that throughput increased
significantly when SSD caching was enabled."

The Adaptec MaxIQ SSD Cache Performance Solution is the latest product
within Adaptec's Data Conditioning Platform strategy, an innovative approach
delivering business value to data center managers by intelligently routing,
optimizing and protecting data as it moves through the I/O path. The Data
Conditioning Platform is at the core of the company's strategic goal of
lowering costs, maximizing performance and achieving Green IT objectives in
next generation enterprise and cloud data centers. Adaptec customer solutions
built on the Data Conditioning Platform provide data center managers, system
integrators, and storage and server OEMs with improved hardware and software
utilization, along with non-intrusive technology integration to lower the
risks traditionally associated with adopting new data center technologies.

For additional information, and more testing details, download the
AppLabs report (http://www.adaptec.com/NR/rdonlyres/2767C960-2905-4695-9523-
BC1E394943F4/0/AppLabsMySQL.pdf?refURL=/AppLabsMYSQL) from Adaptec's Web
site.

About AppLabs

AppLabs is the world's largest software testing and quality management
company. With over a decade of experience, AppLabs has become a trusted
partner to more than 600 companies, providing both quality assurance and
third-party validation. Clients include American Airlines, Experian, JP
Morgan, VocaLink and National Australia Bank among others. AppLabs goes
beyond technical expertise when it comes to IT services and offers customers
rigorous risk mitigation processes, a singular focus on quality, expert
project management, communication and global delivery capabilities. It is the
first software testing company to get appraised at SEI CMMI Level 5, the
highest quality standard attainable in software engineering. Headquartered in
Philadelphia, the company maintains advanced testing facilities in the US,
India and Europe. For more information, visit www.applabs.com.

About Adaptec

Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT) provides innovative data center I/O
solutions that protect, accelerate, optimize, and condition data in today's
most demanding data center environments. Adaptec products are used in IT
environments ranging from traditional enterprise environments to fast
growing, on-demand cloud computing data centers. The company's products
enable data center managers, channel partners and OEMs to deploy
best-in-class storage solutions to meet their customers' evolving IT and
business requirements. Around the world, leading corporations, government
organizations, and medium and small businesses trust Adaptec technology. More
information is available at www.adaptec.com, on its blog,
storageadvisors.adaptec.com, and at adaptec.com/facebook and
twitter.com/Adaptec_Inc.

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Contact:
    Sara Lee
    Walt & Company for Adaptec
    +1-408-369-7200 x2980
    slee@walt.com