[August 02, 2004] Exanet Announces Compatibility With SATA RAID Arrays to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership of NAS Solutions NEW YORK, August 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Exanet, Inc., the developer of ExaStore, the world's first automated, hardware-independent, information access storage system, today announced that ExaStore now supports low-cost, high-capacity SATA (Serial ATA) RAID arrays. With this new compatibility, companies have a real choice in creating cost effective, yet highly available storage solutions. Michael Chazot, Vice President of Sales at Exanet, said, "Exanet's unique, hardware-independent architecture allows customers to quickly take advantage of new hardware, such as SATA arrays, to reduce their cost of ownership while maintaining enterprise class reliability." ExaStore's unlimited scalability, based on its grid architecture, complements the scalability of the SATA hardware, allowing customers to build an almost infinitely expandable storage system. Additionally, ExaStore on the SATA solutions is OS transparent. ExaStore supports virtually every system platform, including Apple, Windows, UNIX, and Linux and provides the standard file system APIs: NFS, CIFS and AFP to applications. The SATA RAID solution complements ExaStore's real-time load balancing and dynamic coherent caching, optimizing system operations 24/7. ExaStore SATA configurations also build upon its standard features, including high availability with no single point of failure, a distributed file system, dynamic, application-tuned performance, automated resource utilization tools, and high-performance architecture. ExaStore is available in a wide range of configurations starting at a single terabyte and scalable to hundreds of terabytes. Complete ExaStore SATA solutions, including standard hardware, software, and full installation, start at $12,500 per terabyte list price in two-node, high-availability configurations. About Exanet Exanet, Inc. is a developer of industry-specific, cost-effective, hardware-independent grid storage access solutions, supporting tiered storage environments. Exanet has offices in New York, Israel, UK, Germany and Japan. For more information, please visit http://www.exanet.com/. All trademarks and registered trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACTS: Exanet, Inc. Mel Ettinger, President, Digital Media Division, +1-917-210-8290 or +1-516-241-0636 (cell), [email protected] Michael Chazot, Vice President, Sales, +972-99-71-7766, mobile: +972-66-419-619, [email protected] Clive Surfleet, Chief Strategy Officer, +1-650-961-8234; cell: +1-650-714-5885, [email protected] Ruder Finn PR Amy Kenigsberg, +1-212-583-2767, [email protected] Exanet Inc CONTACT: CONTACTS: Exanet, Inc. Mel Ettinger, President, Digital MediaDivision, +1 917-210-8290 or, +1 516-241-0636 (cell),[email protected]; Michael Chazot, Vice President, Sales,+972-99-71-7766, mobile: +972-66-419-619,[email protected]; Clive Surfleet, Chief StrategyOfficer, +1 650-961-8234; cell: +1 650-714-5885,[email protected]; Ruder Finn PR Amy Kenigsberg, +1212-583-2767, [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]