DVS Shipping Next-Generation Storage Technologies Using Xyratex's Latest FC-SAS/SATA RAID System

Xyratex Ltd. (NASDAQ:XRTX), a leading provider of storage systems
for OEMs and Solution Integrators, today announced that DVS Digital
Video Systems GmbH will integrate Xyratex's F5402E FC-SAS/SATA RAID
system into selected products from its line of Film/HD Post Production
solutions.

DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH is a leading international provider
of a wide range of high-end video turnkey workstations. The company
utilizes a variety of different storage systems in its range of
post-production solutions and will now integrate the F5402E into its
latest generation storage solution, the DVS-SAN. The DVS-SAN is a
central data storage repository for uncompressed video and digital
film. It is designed for use in film and HD post production
environments, where large amounts of data must be accessed in real
time by multiple workstations.

The Xyratex F5402E RAID array is a 2U, 12-drive FC-to-SAS/SATA
subsystem that provides 4 Gb FC connectivity. When fully expanded, it
supports up to 60 SAS or SATA disk drives. The F5402E will be
integrated into the DVS-SAN and will then undergo thorough quality
control and integration testing in Xyratex's world-class manufacturing
and integration facilities to ensure the highest level of quality and
performance.

"DVS selected the F5402E for the DVS-SAN product line because the
performance and scalability features make it ideally suited to the
demands of post-production, multimedia and animation businesses, and
these are primary target markets for DVS," said Juergen Heger, senior
product manager, DVS.

"With a long-standing reputation for producing high quality video
turnkey workstations, DVS selected Xyratex to support its wide variety
of software applications," said Todd Gresham, executive vice
president, storage and network systems division, Xyratex. "This latest
integration of Xyratex SAS technology underlines how Solution
Integrators are bringing to market new storage technologies that are
innovative, highly reliable, and quality driven, at a lower cost."

About DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH

The software and hardware manufacturer DVS is based in Hanover,
Germany and Los Angeles, USA and has achieved sustained success in
2006. In addition to its award-winning DI workstation CLIPSTER(R) DVS
has presented another milestone in its software development: at NAB
2006 DVS unveiled the innovative data manager Spycer(TM), a software
solution especially designed for DVS-SAN. Spycer(TM) already received
a prize from the renowned magazine TVBEurope - "Pick of Show award
from IBC 2006". In the same year a new line of disk recorders came to
market: Pronto2K.2 and ProntoHD.2 enable real-time multi-resolution
capture and playout combined with full conforming. The company has a
large OEM customer base, too: numerous leaders in the industry
integrate DVS' powerful video I/O boards into their own products.
Moreover, DVS has teamed up with ARRI, Kodak, Imagica, The Mill and
Midnight Transfer.

About Xyratex

Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise data storage
subsystems and storage process technology. The company designs and
manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive
manufacturer customers with data storage products to support
high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has
over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to
disk drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols.

Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the
UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational
facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia.