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October 1, 2001 RLX Confidential 1

The information contained in this document is confidential and has been produced with the express understanding that this information shall be protected from disclosure to persons other than the original Recipient.

Further, this document is subject to change at any time without notice to the Recipient. This document reflects only RLX Technologies, Inc.’s current views on the matters addressed within it.

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Industry News

San Jose approves giant server farm; plan may include power plant:Story by Noam Levy of San Jose Mercury News, posted Wednesday, April 4, 2001

“The city council voted 10-1 to approve the server farm Tuesday nightwithout requiring U.S. DataPort to provide its own power.

And despite tough talk about limiting air pollution, the council alsodid not prohibit U.S. DataPort from installing more than 80 back-up

diesel generators at the complex.”

“The project, which is expected to consume 180 megawatts of powerwhen completed in about five years, poses a political dilemma for a city

that is fighting Calpine’s proposed South San Jose[powerplant] project.”

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Industry News

SAN FRANCISCANS PROTEST AS 'SERVER FARMS' SPROUTTim Reiterman, Los Angeles Times, 3/26/01

Each evening, construction worker Tony Xu parks his weathered white van in the drivewayof his impeccable two-story townhouse. But something has changed since his family moved in four years ago. Less than five feet away, the massive concrete frame of a new quarter-million-

square-foot building towers over Xu's home and backyard garden. His new neighbor is a telecommunications facility, one of more than a dozen data centers springing up in this densely developed city. These centers, and their computer "server farms," are the heart of the Internet.

When people surf the World Wide Web, they typically connect to one of these huge farms, named for the row upon row of computer servers, switches and other equipment they house.

Although they provide the infrastructure for conducting business over the Internet, their proliferation has caught even this tech-savvy town by surprise and left some San Franciscans dismayed.

During a recent standing-room-only hearing at City Hall, the farms were cast in alarming terms –as huge energy consumers that would use as much power as the entire municipal government,

and as potential polluters whose backup diesel generators would spew soot rivaling a fleet of buses.

http://www.latimes.com/news/asection/20010326/t000026115.html

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Data Center Constraints

The three primary constraints on data centers today are:

SpaceMost common racks are limited to 42U useable space

PowerLimited amount of power to the rack (5000 watts)

CoolingThe heat generated by 5000 watts has to go somewhere

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The Effect of Efficient Design

What if…

Server hardware wasn’t designed for performance at any cost?

Servers were designed with a balance of performance and efficient operation in mind?

Servers were designed to bethe ‘right size’ for the job instead of overkill?

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A Brief BladeServer History

RLX Technologies began research and development in January 2000on a new category of product for the data center that industryanalysts are calling ‘the next generation of server computing’.

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First Time Ever!

An unprecedented 336 Servers in a standard 42U rack!!

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Company Background

EmployeesEmployees75 employees75 employeesHighly experienced management team from leading companies Highly experienced management team from leading companies

such as Alcatel, Alta Vista, Compaq, Dell, Nortel and Sunsuch as Alcatel, Alta Vista, Compaq, Dell, Nortel and Sun

FundingFundingRLX has raised $59 Million dollars to date from recognized RLX has raised $59 Million dollars to date from recognized

industry leaders: industry leaders: Soros Private EquitySoros Private EquityIBMIBMComventuresComventuresSternhillSternhill Partners .Partners .

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Chassis 3D Fly Around

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Strategic Differentiation

HighReliability

LowPowerConsumption

Rapid and FlexibleDeployment

SimplifiedManagementand Maintenance

HighDensity

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Highlights

RLX System 324 Web Server

• 8x density advantage - 336 servers / standard 42U rack

• 5x - 10x power savings advantage - 15 watts vs. 75 watts under load

7 vs. 75 at idle

• 6x lower operational costs - per chassis/rack

• 4x the number of Web Pages served per Sq. ft. - per rack

Note: Comparisons made against leading 1U server andserver appliance vendors

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Performance Comparison

5,000 maximum watt constrained 42U rack

RLXSystem 324

Cobalt4i

Cobalt4R XTR

CompaqDL320

Numberof Servers 256 42 42 42

Watts per Server 15.7 33.9 72.0 76.4

Pages/Secper ServerZD WebBench(peak request load)

1466TM 5600 633MHz,

512MB SDRAM,IDE 10GB HD, Redhat

6.2, 2.4.2, Zeus

208AMD k6-2 450MHz,

128MB SDRAM, IDE 10GB HD,

Cobalt SW

916PIII, 933 MHz, 512MB, SDRAM, IDE 3x30 GB,

RAID, Cobalt SW

1706PIII 800MHz

512MB SDRAM, 18GB Ultra

SCSI3HD, Redhat 6.2, 2.4.2, Zeus

Pages/Secper Rack 375,296 8,736 38,472 71,652RLX Advantage 43x 10x 5x

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Compare Revenue

A new economic model dramatically increases revenue

Note: Comparison based on 10,000 square foot Data Center with average revenue per month per server of $400. Source: RLX Technologies internal analysis.

CompaqProliantDL320

pp/sec/sqft6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

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Web Pages/Sec/SqFt

CobaltRaQ4i

RLXSystem

324

$$/mo/sqft3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0CompaqProliantDL320

CobaltRaQ4i

RLXSystem

324

Monthly Revenue/SqFt

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Breakthrough Density

8x Densityof traditional1U design

336 servers per 42U rack24 servers per 3U modular enclosure

Up to 21.5TBprimarystorageper rack

3 10/100Mb NICs per server

Innovative RLX ServerBlade Design

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Low Power Consumption

15 watts peak power consumption (7 watts at idle)

80% less power consumedthan traditional web servers

80% less heat generatedthan traditional web servers

5 to 10x THE EFFICIENCY =Less cooling (HVAC) required +Less backup power (battery/UPS) required = Dramatically lower operational power cost

RLX ServerBlade

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Rapid and Flexible Deployment

• 10 second, tool free ServerBlade hot extraction and insertion• Blades automatically detect their slot position in chassis• Blades automatically detect their chassis position in the rack• Blades automatically detect their rack position in datacenter

Quick and Easy Provisioning

Fully automatic software provisioning and re-provisioning

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• 12:1 cable consolidation• Highly serviceable design• RLX Control Tower management software• Dedicated systems management network• Board and System Level diagnostic LEDs

Simplified Service and Maintenance

Serviceability

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High Reliability by Design

Cabling Reduction• 12:1 consolidation• Only 5 network cables

for every 24 servers without bandwidth constriction

Simple Blade Design• The “Less is more” approach• Fewer components means

fewer potential points of failure

Shared Resources• Enables fewer potential

points of failure• Redundant power supply

units shared across 24 servers

Low Heat Dissipation• Low Heat Dissipation

means critical components run cooler which greatly extends component life expectancy

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Manageability

Systems Managementvia browser based console

RLX Control Tower 1.0 softwareSoftware Provisioning

RLX Boot ControlNetwork BootNetwork ImageNetwork Install

Configuration & AdministrationRLX Web Administration ToolChassis Fan Speed ControlHard/Soft Reset individual bladesStandby/Idle individual blades

MonitoringRack MonitoringChassis MonitoringBlade Monitoring

Fault RecoveryRLX BIOS post boot diagnosticsIntegration with industry back-up utilities

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RLX Control Tower

RLX Control Tower Login Page

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RLX Control Tower

Rack Level Monitoring and Management

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RLX Control Tower

Chassis Level Monitoring and Management

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RLX Control Tower

Chassis Detail Level Monitoring and Management

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RLX Control Tower

Detailed Blade Status and Control Screen

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RLX Control Tower

Software Provisioning Screen

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Systems Management Strategy

Deliver tools that enable customers to effectively provision and manageour unique platform

Web Administration ToolRLX Control Tower

Partner with industry leading enterprisemanagement vendors to ensure our platform can integrate seamlessly intoexisting environments

Partner with leading management software vendors

Server Farm Management tool partnership

Continue to develop highly manageable hardware

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Web Serving SolutionsChoose between these Pre-Loaded Options:

RLX Linux 2.4 Web Server, Mail and RLX Control Tower Management Software

or

RLX Windows Powered Web Server 2.0, Internet Information Server( IIS),

Clustering, Network Load Balance, Windows Management Instrumentation and Active

Directory

Or configure your own custom distro (user supplies software license)

Certified compatible:

Red Hat Versions 6.2 or 7.1certified

Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server

Software Platform

Partnerships

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Strong Microsoft Partnership

RLX is first to ship a Microsoft Windows Powered ServerBladeequipped with Microsoft Server Appliance Kit (SAK) 2.0

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Strong Microsoft Partnership

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduces RLX ServerBlade to Japan at DevCon Conference in Tokyo

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Application Strengths

Web ServersMail ServersFTP ServersDNS ServersNAS Servers

DHCP ServersCaching Servers

RLX ServerBlades are an excellent replacement for distributed applicationswhere large numbers of uni-processor servers are deployed. Including, but not limited to:

Streaming Media ServersContent Distribution Servers

WAP Gateway ServersLightweight Application Servers

Personal Content ServersCitrix Servers

Intranet Servers

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TM5600533-633MHz

CMS4.1 Software.18uProcess

High Performance Crusoe256Bit VLIW

1000-1500MHz+4GB DDR Memory

2-3X Performance/Watt

High Integration Crusoe1GB DDR

New CMS SoftwareUp to 2X Server Density

1H 2001

TM5800600-800MHzDDR Memory

CMS4.2 Software.13uProcess

2H 2001

TM5800800-1000MHz

CMS4.3 Software-Server Perf Enhances

-Security Features

1H 2002

2H 2002

Transmeta CPU Roadmap

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Software Approach

Transmeta’s Code Morphing approach to CPU architecture means that performance

and feature enhancements are merely a software update away.

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Transmeta, The Only Choice

Transmeta’s Crusoe CPUdecoding a DVD

118 degrees

Intel Pentium III CPUdecoding a DVD

221 degrees

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How can we be so Efficient?

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Simple, because less is more.

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Tons of Sheet Metal

Fact:

336 DL320’s weigh 7209 pounds more than 336 RLX ServerBlades!

And this does not include the weight of theadditional 7 racks required to house them!

Up to 400 lbs. each in some cases!

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A Thousand Points of Failure

Fact:

336 DL320’s contain 1568 more fans than the same 336servers RLX can put into one rack!

Fact:

336 DL320’s have 308 more power supplies than336 RLX ServerBlades and yet the DL320 has

no power supply redundancy!

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Additional Benefits

Fact:

The RLX System 324 does not require anyspecial cooling or power capability at all.

RLX ServerBlades operate so efficiently thatracks full of blades can be happily operated

in a normal office environment.

This capability virtually eliminates the need toconstruct $750 per sq. ft. data centers!

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Introducing the RLX System 1U

Ultra-High Density in a 1U Space 6 ServerBlades in 1U = 252 ServerBlades in a 42U Rack!

Optimized ScalabilitySlim 1U allows gradual capacity increase

Low Entry PriceChassis price starts at $999

Easy to UseTool-less chassis design100% CRU serviceability

Security:Switch allows secure communication

High Availability2 redundant, hot plug Power SuppliesRedundant fans in easily replaced module

RLX InteroperabilityMix System 1U and System 324 chassis on any networkSupports ServerBlade 800 and 633, Windows 2000 and Red Hat

Easy ManagementRLX Control Tower for Provisioning, Monitoring, multi-chassis Server

Management*, and Maintenance

*available in January

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RLX System 1U: What’s the Big Deal?

The deal is that it’s SMALL!The System 1U offers the industry’s smallest footprint with the industry’s highest server density, lowest power consumption and easiest management.

The RLX System 1Uredefines rack-optimized, 1U server computing.

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What does this mean to me?

• Ultra-thin means optimized scalability and low entry price.

• Ultra-serviceable means easy maintenance and unbeatable reliability.

• Perfect for web serving, large compute clusters, edge of the network and geographically distributed applications.

• Perfect for small enterprise environments where administrators segregate functionality.

Benefits specific to the System 1U

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Customer Quotes

When we look at RLX, what we see is that we get more megahertz per U out of our rack space and we get many fewer Watts per U. So the combination of high CPU power and low electrical power usage make RLX an incredibly compelling product. Basically the way we look at it, anything we put on Linux we can put on an RLX box, because it minimizes our costs to the greatest extent possible.

Dwight Gibbs, CIO – Motley Fool

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Customer Quotes

There are two sides to the equation with RLX. On the revenue side, RLX allows me to maximize my revenue generation per square inch of data center space. I can cram a ton of my applications into a very small space using RLX servers. On the cost side, it requires very few people to manage the RLX boxes. They are very easy to set up, very easy to replace the ServerBlades. You just pop one out and pop another in, dump an image on it and away you go. It makes it very easy to manage. And the fact that I don't have to have people on roller skates running all over the data center trying to figure out where the problem is.

Dwight Gibbs, CIO – Motley Fool

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Customer Quotes

At the end of this year, I'm going to serve 10 million page views, 20 million e-mails and about 60 million ads per day, from two racks of servers. And most of that is due to RLX.

RLX is the shape of things to come. RLX has come up with a really great, novel way to allow people to minimize their data center footprint. And the fact that they are so focused on Linux and Windows 2000 really allows them to play well in this space. There are many ISPs such as IBM and EDS who are very excited about RLX because they can maximize their revenue per square inch and minimize their support costs. And their attitude is "bring it on". And I feel the same way.

Dwight Gibbs, CIO – Motley Fool

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Sales and Distribution

Direct, Web & Agent to . . .

• Web Hosting Companies

• Managed Service Providers

• Application Service Providers

Direct Customer Order Fulfillment

• Build to Order

• Outsourced Manufacturing

• 48 Hour Order to Ship

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The End

RLX Technologies

Chris HippCo-Founder and CTO

chris.hipp@rlxtechnologies.com

25231 Grogan’s Mill RoadThe Woodlands, Texas 77380

281-863-2100

www.rlxtechnologies.com

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Fun Facts

How many megahertz does it take to serve web pages?