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Intransa Introduces Microsoft Server Cluster Support to Facilitate
September 30, 2003

Intransa Introduces Microsoft Server Cluster Support to Facilitate
High Availability of Business Critical Applications

Company Also Unveils Industry’s Most Affordable, Full Featured SAN Solution with New 8-Drive Entry Level IP-SAN, Increases 16-drive Storage Capacity to 4TB

SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 29, 2003 – Intransa, a pioneer in intelligent information storage, delivery, and management over IP, from objects to blocks, today announced the release of version 1.1 software for its IP5000 Storage System to support Microsoftâ Windowsâ server clustering to become the first IP-SAN vendor to offer this capability. Utilizing the IP5000 in a Microsoft cluster server environment delivers all the functionality and scalability benefits of networked storage at a dramatically reduced price point. The IP5000’s unique IntraStorÔ architecture combined with Microsoft clustering provides an unparalleled storage environment to enable high availability application services on clustered Microsoft servers.

Microsoft server clusters are commonly deployed in data centers to provide continuous computing resources for business critical applications that require high availability of data and rapid recovery in the event of hardware and software failures. The IP5000 offers an easy, low-cost alternative to Fibre Channel technology to provide highly available, shared data access to clustered servers.

Inherent in the IP5000 is the IntraStor architecture that leverages ubiquitous Ethernet network infrastructure components that exist in today’s data centers. The IntraStor architecture is the backbone of the IP-SAN infrastructure the enables the IP5000 to be highly scalable and fault tolerant and allows true global access to storage resources.

Utilizing the IP5000 to support sets of Microsoft clustered servers enables high availability for business critical applications, central management of storage allocated to each server, and scalability of storage resources. The IP5000 provides an efficient storage infrastructure to coordinate access to shareable data across multiple servers and storage devices. In addition, pooling storage into one central location allows IT administrators to deploy, configure and manage both storage and server resources easily, reducing the amount of time required to manage the system. Furthermore, using the IP5000 with Microsoft server clusters allows organizations to dynamically scale and reprovision their storage resources to address their business-critical needs.

New Entry-Level IP-SAN Solution

Microsoft cluster support will be available across Intransa’s entire IP5000 Storage System product line, including its new 8-drive (250GB drives) entry-level system configuration that the company also announced today. With this new configuration option, Intransa is delivering the functionality and scalability of enterprise-class SANs at a dramatically reduced price point to meet the price and performance requirements of today’s IT departments.

In addition to its new storage capacity option, Intransa is also increasing the capacity of its 16-disk configuration to 4 TB from 3.2 TB with the addition of 250GB drives. Intransa’s 8-disk and 16-disk configurations provide customers with greater options in developing their storage environments.

“With the new entry-level configuration and reduced price point, we expect the IP5000 to be an even more attractive solution for customers eager to move to an IP-based SAN,” said Dr. Avi Katz, president and CEO of Intransa. “Now with the addition of Microsoft server cluster support, Microsoft customers can take full advantage of the IP5000’s capabilities and uncompromising functionality at a price that is unmatched in the industry. In a sense, the IP5000 is storage for the rest of us, providing customers the ability to migrate to affordable SAN technology from their current complex and expensive storage infrastructures.”

Pricing and Availability

The new 8-drive storage capacity option comes complete with a storage controller and management software and is expected to be available through authorized Intransa resellers in October 2003 at an MSRP of $44,300 for a 2 TB unit. The company’s 16-drive configuration with 250GB drives will be available at the same time with an MSRP of $54,300 for a 4 TB unit. For more information on Intransa and the IP5000 please visit www.intransa.com.

About Intransa
Intransa, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is an innovator of enterprise-class, intelligent IP storage solutions and technologies to radically reduce the complexity of deploying network scalable storage and services. Based on advanced technology that leverages the cost and performance advantage of Ethernet and the ubiquity of IP networks, Intransa’s products will enable a new generation of information storage, delivery and management over the IP networks from objects to blocks. Founded in September 2000, Intransa has secured a total of $40 million in funding from 3Com, Advanced Technology Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, US Venture Partners and a major pension fund. For more information visit www.intransa.com

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