Caen Engineering to Resell Dot Hill's SANnet II Storage Systems

DOT HILL SYSTEMS LOGO Dot HIll Systems logo. (PRNewsFoto)[AS] CARLSBAD, CA USA 04/14/2003

    CARLSBAD, Calif., and ORANGE, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Dot Hill (Amex: HIL) announced today that its SANnet(R) II storage systems
will be resold by Caen Engineering and subsidiary CaenAV.  Caen Engineering
will target the education, government and geophysical exploration sectors.
CaenAV specializes in storage solutions for the digital audio, video, graphics
and animation markets.
    "We look forward to this new relationship with Dot Hill," said Caen
Engineering's Executive Vice President Martin Calderwood.  "We decided to
resell the SANnet II family of data storage products because of their high
availability and NEBS Level 3 certification.  Plus, the online support, on-
site service and overnight delivery options make supporting the products
relatively easy."
    "We believe our SANnet II products are an excellent fit for the vertical
markets targeted by Caen Engineering and CaenAV," said Omar Barraza, director
of product management for Dot Hill.  "SANnet II's ruggedness and reliability
are critical factors in applications such as geophysical exploration.  The
high performance and small footprint of SANnet II also are very important to
the Caen target markets."
    The SANnet II family of storage systems provides industry-leading 99.9998+
percent uptime in a compact, rugged enclosure.  SANnet II brings enterprise
class features into the workgroup and virtually eliminates downtime with no
single points of failure.  The common modular architecture of the SANnet II
product family provides seamless scalability for future growth.
    All SANnet II products feature hot-swappable, field-replaceable components
including drives, controllers, power supplies, fans and event monitoring
units.  This product line meets MIL-STD-810F standards for the U.S. Department
of Defense and is certified to the telecommunications industry NEBS Level 3
standard.

    About Dot Hill
    Dot Hill Systems Corp. is a leader in the innovative design and delivery
of storage networking solutions to channel partners worldwide.  Its products
include the SANnet family of storage systems, SANscape(R) storage management
software, SANpath(R) storage networking software and professional training,
support and service.  For more information, visit Dot Hill on the web at
http://www.dothill.com/ .

    About Caen Engineering
      Caen Engineering,  Inc. has successfully marketed and sold high-end storage
solutions into the government, military and IT markets for over 27 years.
Founded in 1976,   Caen Engineering,  Inc. has provided large-scale customers
with high-end solutions specifically tailored to their needs.  Caen's
subsidiary, CaenAV, provides storage solutions for the digital audio, video,
graphics and animation markets.

    Dot Hill, the Dot Hill logo, SANnet, SANscape, and SANpath and are
trademarks of Dot Hill Systems Corp.  All other products and names mentioned
herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

    Certain statements contained in this press release regarding matters that
are not historical fact 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 the future availability of SANnet II products, and the
amount of revenue to be recognized by Dot Hill due to its partnership with
Caen Engineering and subsidiary CaenAV.  The risks that contribute to the
uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: the terms of the
relationship between Caen Engineering and CaenAV, and Dot Hill, which do not
provide for any minimum purchase amounts, and unforeseen technological,
intellectual property, supply or engineering issues and changing customer
preferences.  However, there are many other risks not listed here that may
affect the future business of Dot Hill, as well as the forward-looking
statements contained herein.  To learn about such risks and uncertainties, you
should read the risk factors set forth in the forms 10K and 10Q recently filed
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.