8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 12, 2003

Dot Hill Systems Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	1-13317		13-3460176
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6305 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California		92009
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 931-5500
Not Applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Item 5.Other Events.

On August 8, 2003, we announced that we had filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 9,000,000 shares of our common stock, comprised of 7,705,000 shares offered by us and 1,295,000 shares offered by certain selling stockholders.  The press release dated August 8, 2003 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

99.1 Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated August 8, 2003.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP.
	By:	/s/ JAMES L. LAMBERT
		James L. Lambert
		Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Date: August 12, 2003

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1 Press release of Dot Hill Systems Corp. dated August 8, 2003.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Preston Romm	Kirsten Garvin
Chief Financial Officer	Investor Relations
Tel: 760-931-5500	Tel: 760-476-3811
Email: investors@dothill.com	Email: kirsten.garvin@dothill.com

Dot Hill Announces Public Offering of 9,000,000 Shares

CARLSBAD, Calif.—August 8, 2003—Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: HILL), a leading provider of storage systems for organizations requiring high reliability, high-performance networked storage and data management solutions in an open systems architecture, today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering by the company of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock.  Of these shares, 7,705,000 shares will be offered by the company and 1,295,000 shares will be offered by certain selling stockholders.

The company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 solely to cover over-allotments.  Lehman Brothers will manage the offering.  Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets and Roth Capital Partners are serving as co-managing underwriters.  When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from the offices of Lehman Brothers, c/o ADP Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, phone:  631-254-7106, fax:  631-254-7268, Email:niokioh_wright@adp.com.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective.  These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

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