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Exanet, Inc., a leading developer of distributed network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, will lead discussions about the benefits of high-performance NAS systems for high-performance computing applications at SuperComputing 2004 in Pittsburgh. Yossi Ben-Shoshan, Exanet’s General Manager, will deliver a detailed presentation explaining how research facilities can best leverage high-performance storage systems for maximum data access. This presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, November 10 at 12:30 p.m. Clive Surfleet, Exanet’s Chief Strategy Officer, will discuss tiered storage and its implications for high-performance computing on Wednesday, November 10 at 12:15 p.m. “New advances in distributed file systems and clustering are greatly improving the performance of NAS systems,” said Ben-Shoshan. “NAS solutions can now rival SAN solutions in performance. Faster access leads to more effective collaboration and quicker data analysis.” Surfleet and Ben-Shoshan will both be available to answer questions on Exanet’s recently announced industry record-breaking performance. As recently certified by SPEC.orgTM, ExaStore is the highest-performance NAS solution available today, reaching a record-breaking 203,182 operations per second (OPS) on a six-node solution, 139,061 OPS on a four-node cluster, and 71,185 OPS on a two-node cluster. With this exceptional linear performance scalability combined with ExaStore’s ability to scale from a single terabyte to hundreds of terabytes, research labs and other companies that require high-performance computing can easily both store and manage the heavy data files they generate. “The average research lab works with extremely large data files, generating these files on a daily basis,” explained Surfleet. ”With a tiered storage system, as the data “ages,” it can be saved on lower-cost hardware without sacrificing the long-term ability to work with hundreds or thousands of files like this.” ExaStore’s architecture allows customers to scale capacity and performance independently, without disrupting operations. Simple upgrade options using industry-standard, off-the-shelf hardware allow for seamless capacity and increased bandwidth to meet growing laboratory demands. ExaStore’s industry differentiating values are its ability to serve as centralized storage within a heterogeneous client environment while significantly reducing storage management costs and total cost of ownership because of its exceptional feature set. ExaStore beats industry competitors on both price and performance, making high-featured, highly reliable storage solutions available to a broader market including budget-stressed labs. ExaStore’s no-single-point-of-failure architecture insures automatic fail-over of any failing system component, delivering a highly reliable system. ExaStore’s grid architecture and single file system ensure that high volumes of data can be accessed via any node almost instantly, enhancing lab operations. ExaStore storage solutions are available both with fibre channel and SATA disk RAID arrays, allowing customers to build an infinitely expandable storage system, based on Exanet’s proprietary grid storage architecture. ExaStore supports Apple, Windows, UNIX, and Linux client environments using their native file system APIs – Apple File Protocol (AFP), CIFS, and NFS. ExaStore solutions, installation, maintenance, support, and professional services are available worldwide through Exanet and its major distributors. For more detailed performance results and more information about the ExaStore solution, please visit www.exanet.com.