STEC Solid State Drive (SSD) Technology Enhances Dot Hill's Ruggedized RAID Storage...

STEC Solid State Drive (SSD) Technology Enhances Dot Hill's Ruggedized RAID
Storage Arrays

SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC),
today announced qualification of its ZeusIOPS SSDs across a wide range of Dot
Hill's platforms including iSCSI, SAS, and Fibre Channel RAID Arrays. STEC SSDs
provide complementary rugged media to Dot Hill's ruggedized storage area network
solutions, creating a combined solution ideal for mission-critical environments.
As a specialized provider of quality and reliable storage solutions to
applications with stringent requirements, Dot Hill needed a storage solution
that could withstand harsh conditions. STEC's ZeusIOPS SSD is adaptable to an
expansive range of applications, leveraging the inherent strengths of SSDs -- no
moving parts -- as well as high shock, temperature, and vibration tolerances. In
addition, ZeusIOPS SSDs enhance Dot Hill's storage arrays by delivering ultra
fast access time, near zero latency, and high-end, enterprise-class performance
levels. In strenuous and demanding environments, STEC SSDs are able to overcome
many of the limitations of traditional, rotating hard disks, and deliver more
performance with fewer drives.

"Dot Hill is pleased to qualify STEC's SSD drives for enhanced reliability and
performance of our storage offerings for mission-critical environments," said
Andy Mills, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Dot Hill
Systems. "STEC's long history of designing SSDs for ruggedized environments
makes them uniquely qualified to aid us in delivering solutions for these
applications. STEC brings a strong base of technical expertise including
advanced-endurance and reliability techniques that can improve the overall
performance of our ruggedized system deployments."

"We have combined two very powerful ingredients -- the proprietary
high-performance design features of our ZeusIOPS and the built-in ruggedness of
solid state drive technology -- to create an ideal solution for these demanding
environments," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
STEC, Inc. "We are excited at how SSD adoption is now moving beyond conventional
enterprise environments. Following up our first major deployment of our MACH8
family of SSDs earlier this year in a military application, our state-of-the-art
ZeusIOPS product family is now also being utilized in the highly strenuous
applications."

For more information regarding this announcement and other important SSD topics,
please visit the company's web site at www.stec-inc.com.

About STEC

STEC, Inc., with headquarters in Santa Ana, California and offices around the
globe, designs, manufactures and markets high performance storage solutions. The
company's product portfolio includes the industry's broadest SSD offerings. For
more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.stec-inc.com

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Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning capabilities
and performance of STEC's SSD products, including ZeusIOPS products, the
benefits from integration of SSDs across Dot Hill's platforms and SSD adoption
beyond conventional enterprise environments. Such forward-looking statements are
based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties,
including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could
cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current
expectations. Although STEC believes that the forward looking statements
contained in this release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that its
expectations will be fulfilled. Important factors which could cause actual
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CONTACT: STEC, Inc.
Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations
(949) 260-8328
ir@stec-inc.com