<PAGE>

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C.  20549


                                     FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 MYLEX CORPORATION
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

         FLORIDA                                                59-2291597
___________________________                            _________________________
(State or other jurisdiction                                (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                                   Identification No.)
       organization)


                             34551 Ardenwood Boulevard
                             Fremont, California  94555
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
                        ___________________________________


                               1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)
                        ___________________________________

                                 ALBERT E. MONTROSS
                             Chief Executive Officer and
                                      President
                                  MYLEX CORPORATION
                              34551 Ardenwood Boulevard
                              Fremont, California 94555
                                    (510) 796-6100
              (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                        ___________________________________
                     Copy to:  Mr. Douglas Clark Nielsson, Esq.
                                   Brown & Bain
                             600 Hansen Way, Suite 100
                               Palo Alto, CA  94306

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
        ================================================================
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<CAPTION>

                              PROPOSED       PROPOSED
TITLE OF                      MAXIMUM        MAXIMUM
SECURITIES      AMOUNT        OFFERING       AGGREGATE             AMOUNT
TO BE            TO BE        PRICE PER      OFFERING         OF REGISTRATION
REGISTERED     REGISTERED     SHARE (1)      PRICE (1)              FEE
______________________________________________________________________________
<S>            <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>
Common Stock   700,000        $15.19         $10,633,000      $3,666.58

______________________________________________________________________________

<FN>
(1)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457 (h) solely for the purpose of
computing the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the high
and low prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National
Market System on August 14, 1995.
</TABLE>

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                                    PART  II


               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

          There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 1995 and June 30, 1995.

          (c)  The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered
hereby contained in the Company's Registration Statement of Form 8-A dated April
12, 1985, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

          All documents filed by the company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which reregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not Applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          The Bylaws of the Company provide that any officer, director, employee
or agent who was or is made a party, or is threatened to be made a party, in any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an
official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other
capacity, while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by
the Florida 1989 Business Corporation Act (the "Florida Act") against all
expenses, liability and loss (including all expenses, judgments, fines,
settlements) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith.  Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act authorized a court to award, or
a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers


                                     page 3
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in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain
circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred)
arising under the Florida Act.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the Florida Act or the foregoing Bylaw provision the
Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as express in the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

          Exhibit
          Number

               4.1  1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended, together with form of
                    Stock Option Agreement.

               5.1  Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being
                    registered.

               23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors.

               23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

               24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-5).


Item 9.   Undertakings.

          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the


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securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

          (4)  That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of registrant pursuant to the Florida Act, the Bylaws of registrant,
Indemnification Agreements entered into between registrant and its officers and
directors, or otherwise, registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered thereunder, registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court to appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                     page 5

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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on this 16th day of
August, 1995.



                                   MYLEX CORPORATION




                                   By  /s/ Al Montross
                                     ------------------------------------------
                                        Albert E. Montross
                                        Chief Executive Officer and President


                                     page 6

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signatures
appears below constitutes and appoints Colleen Gray, as his ad-hoc attorney-in-
fact, with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendments to this Registration Statement on From S-8, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact, or her substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



     SIGNATURES               TITLE                                   DATE
     ----------               -----                                   ----

/s/ Ismael Dudhia             Chairman of the Board              August 16, 1995
-------------------------
Ismael Dudhia


/s/ Albert Montross           Director, Chief Executive Officer  August 16, 1995
-------------------------     and President
Albert E. Montross



/s/ M. Yaqub Mirza            Director                           August 16, 1995
-------------------------
M. Yaqub Mirza


/s/ Inder M. Singh            Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Inder M. Singh


/s/ Richard Love              Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Richard Love


/s/ Stephen Mc Kenzie         Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Stephen McKenzie


/s/ Colleen Gray              Vice President Finance and         August 16, 1995
--------------------------    Chief Financial Officer
Colleen Gray                  (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)


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                                  Exhibit Index


EXHIBIT                                                          SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBER                                                           NUMBERED PAGE
------                                                           -------------


4.1       1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended,                         9 - 28


5.1       Opinion of counsel as to legality of                          29
          securities being registered.

23.1      Consent of Independent Auditors.                              30


23.2      Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)                 29


25.1      Power of Attorney (see page 7 of                               -
          Registration Statement)


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C.  20549

                                     FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 MYLEX CORPORATION
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

         FLORIDA                                                59-2291597
___________________________                            _________________________
(State or other jurisdiction                                (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or                                   Identification No.)
       organization)

                             34551 Ardenwood Boulevard
                             Fremont, California  94555
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
                        ___________________________________

                               1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)
                        ___________________________________

                                 ALBERT E. MONTROSS
                             Chief Executive Officer and
                                      President
                                  MYLEX CORPORATION
                              34551 Ardenwood Boulevard
                              Fremont, California 94555
                                    (510) 796-6100
              (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                        ___________________________________
                     Copy to:  Mr. Douglas Clark Nielsson, Esq.
                                   Brown & Bain
                             600 Hansen Way, Suite 100
                               Palo Alto, CA  94306

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
        ================================================================
PROPOSED       PROPOSED
TITLE OF                      MAXIMUM        MAXIMUM
SECURITIES      AMOUNT        OFFERING       AGGREGATE             AMOUNT
TO BE            TO BE        PRICE PER      OFFERING         OF REGISTRATION
REGISTERED     REGISTERED     SHARE (1)      PRICE (1)              FEE
______________________________________________________________________________
Common Stock   700,000        $15.19         $10,633,000      $3,666.58

______________________________________________________________________________
(1)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457 (h) solely for the purpose of
computing the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the high
and low prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National
Market System on August 14, 1995.
================================================================

                                     page 2
PART  II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

          There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 1995 and June 30, 1995.

          (c)  The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered
hereby contained in the Company's Registration Statement of Form 8-A dated April
12, 1985, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

          All documents filed by the company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which reregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not Applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          The Bylaws of the Company provide that any officer, director, employee
or agent who was or is made a party, or is threatened to be made a party, in any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an
official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other
capacity, while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by
the Florida 1989 Business Corporation Act (the "Florida Act") against all
expenses, liability and loss (including all expenses, judgments, fines,
settlements) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith.  Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act authorized a court to award, or
a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers

                                     page 3
in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain
circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred)
arising under the Florida Act.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the Florida Act or the foregoing Bylaw provision the
Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as express in the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

          Exhibit
          Number

               4.1  1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended, together with form of
                    Stock Option Agreement.

               5.1  Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being
                    registered.

               23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors.

               23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

               24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-5).

Item 9.   Undertakings.

          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the

                                     page 4
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

          (4)  That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of registrant pursuant to the Florida Act, the Bylaws of registrant,
Indemnification Agreements entered into between registrant and its officers and
directors, or otherwise, registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered thereunder, registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court to appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                     page 5
SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on this 16th day of
August, 1995.

                                   MYLEX CORPORATION

                                   By  /s/ Al Montross
                                     ------------------------------------------
                                        Albert E. Montross
                                        Chief Executive Officer and President

                                     page 6
POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signatures
appears below constitutes and appoints Colleen Gray, as his ad-hoc attorney-in-
fact, with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendments to this Registration Statement on From S-8, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact, or her substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

     SIGNATURES               TITLE                                   DATE
     ----------               -----                                   ----

/s/ Ismael Dudhia             Chairman of the Board              August 16, 1995
-------------------------
Ismael Dudhia

/s/ Albert Montross           Director, Chief Executive Officer  August 16, 1995
-------------------------     and President
Albert E. Montross

/s/ M. Yaqub Mirza            Director                           August 16, 1995
-------------------------
M. Yaqub Mirza

/s/ Inder M. Singh            Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Inder M. Singh

/s/ Richard Love              Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Richard Love

/s/ Stephen Mc Kenzie         Director                           August 16, 1995
--------------------------
Stephen McKenzie

/s/ Colleen Gray              Vice President Finance and         August 16, 1995
--------------------------    Chief Financial Officer
Colleen Gray                  (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)

                                     page 7
Exhibit Index

EXHIBIT                                                          SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBER                                                           NUMBERED PAGE
------                                                           -------------

4.1       1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended,                         9 - 28

5.1       Opinion of counsel as to legality of                          29
          securities being registered.

23.1      Consent of Independent Auditors.                              30

23.2      Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)                 29

25.1      Power of Attorney (see page 7 of                               -
          Registration Statement)

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