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posted on 21 May 2008 03:42

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ONStor announced today that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world-leading publication on technologies and solutions, has named the Pantera 5000 a winner of the 2008 Product Innovation Award in the Data Center category.

This venerated annual award recognises and honours vendors from all over the world whose innovative and groundbreaking products are bringing essential and incremental changes and are setting the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology.

ONStor’s Pantera 5000 clustered NAS solution features a breakthrough architecture that combines n-way clustering, virtual file servers, and single-pool storage that is designed to deliver a simple, efficient, and scalable storage solution for unstructured data. The product offers storage managers advanced power management, the ability to scale to massive capacities at a greater density, and file server consolidation features. Compared with other enterprise NAS solutions, the Pantera 5000 can cost about half as much to deploy and typically takes a fraction of the time to manage. To read more about this product innovation, please visit www.networkproductsguide.com/innovations/.

“The goal of any product innovation must always be a positive change, improving and making solutions better than before,” said Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide. “Innovative products such as the Pantera 5000 are a viable solution to the problem of obsolescence common with traditional NAS solutions in high data growth environments while delivering a greener data center solution due to a reduced footprint, low power consumption, and reduction of cooling costs.”

“Network Products Guide’s recognition of our enterprise NAS solution further validates that our product technology is ahead of the competition,” said Marcos Burnett, Country Manager, ONStor UK, “Product innovation is key to our continued commitment to seeking groundbreaking ways for our products to improve the efficiency and performance of a company’s data center—whether through file server virtualization, reduced energy costs, or storage consolidation.”

About Network Products Guide Awards
Network Products Guide, published from Silicon Valley, is a leading provider of products, technologies and vendor-related research and analysis. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including product innovations, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements, and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

About ONStor
ONStor provides clustered NAS solutions for both primary and value-tier storage, focusing on enterprise data centers and content-rich organizations, and giving customers the ability to cost-effectively manage the accelerating growth of unstructured data. ONStor’s award-winning solutions deliver flexible data management, protection, and file server consolidation for a new generation of data-intensive applications through a combination of advanced technologies including virtualization and energy-efficient design.

Proven at customer sites worldwide, ONStor’s Pantera clustered NAS systems and Bobcat clustered NAS gateways offer a broad choice of storage and enable customers to easily scale storage with a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). ONStor solutions are available through a global network of resellers and distribution partners. More information about ONStor can be found at www.onstor.com.

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