ExaStore Version 2.2 Boasts Industry-Leading NAS Performance

Exanet Inc. is pleased to announce general availability of ExaStore Version 2.2. This new version of the award winning ExaStore, packs a wealth of new features, including even superior performance, and extremely wide range of heterogeneous hardware support. The new version includes a consolidated management console to support easy installation, management and upgrade. Exanet will be exhibiting at SNW Fall 2005 in Orlando, FL, October 24-26th (Booth #C8). "ExaStore is the only software based NAS product that runs on off-the-shelf standard hardware and allows users to upgrade both the hardware and the software while in full operation," said Yossi Ben-Shoshan, EVP of Product Operations at Exanet. Mr. Ben-Shoshan continued: "Our technical team have done it again. By closely analyzing the access patterns used by standard network protocols, we have been able to improve performance by more than 30% - making an already industry leading product even faster!" Other improvements in ExaStore 2.2 include a substantially increased list of certified hardware and a new user interface for the systems administrator application. "By increasing the list of supported standard and off-the-shelf hardware, we also increase our reach," remarked Per Sjofors, VP Marketing and Business Development. "By demonstrating to our customers that our software can run on servers from industry leaders such as IBM, HP and Dell and by announcing compatibly with RAID systems from Engenio, Clariion, Hitachi Data Systems, Dot Hill, StorageTek and ADTX, we truly make it obvious to our customers they have a wide choice of hardware, that they can sustain their existing investments, and that ExaStore is The choice - for now and the future."