New SurfRAID TRITON 8S3 & SurfRAID TRITON 16S3 3Gbit SAS to SATA Disk Storage Arrays La Mesa (San Diego County), California - May 2009 Partners Data Systems, Inc., one of Southern California's leading suppliers of backup and storage solutions announced today the availability of the SurfRAID TRITON 8S3 8-Bay and the SurfRAID TRITON 16S3 16-Bay, 3Gbit SAS Host to SATA Disk RAID arrays. We are pleased to release these new SAS models to the SurfRAID TRITON product line. With many common spare parts with the current SurfRAID TRITONs, existing customers will recognize great value and ease of use with these new products right out of the box. Although designed for low cost applications the new SurfRAID TRITON 8S3 and 16S3 models feature reliable data protection combined with the ease of use. Like the other TRITON models our new models are engineered for quality and performance with a cableless backplane-based design and modular customer replaceable FRUs (power supply, disks, fans, controller), a powerful Intel 64-bit RISC processor for fast I/O operations and a maximum storage capacity of 16TB in a small 3U rack-mount enclosure. A 3 year warranty with 1st year advance replacement is included with every array and covers all components including the disk drives. The new TRITON 8S3 and 16S3 models are available now, please call our Sales Department at 1-800-550-3005 for updated pricing and configuration information. Founded in 1991 Partners Data Systems, Inc. provides high availability storage and backup automation solutions to companies across the United States. As a market driven integrator and light manufacturer Partners has developed several quality products for specific market segments including PowerCooler, DataStorm, MRS RAID, SurfSTOR, SurfRAID, SurfRAID TRITON and SurfBurner products. Partners Data Systems, Inc. can be reached by phone at 619-415-2000, toll free at 800-550-3005; or by fax at 619-415-2001. Partners Data Systems, Inc. is headquartered in La Mesa, CA (San Diego County). Information is also available on the Partners home page; www.partnersdata.com Partners Data Systems' customer list includes industry leaders, government agencies and Universities throughout the United States.