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CASPUR, an inter-university computing consortium based in Rome, Italy, evaluated five Linux CFS products to determine the best solution for its deployment of a new email service for approximately 800,000 concurrent users. After conducting two performance benchmarks of the five competing products, CASPUR selected PolyServe Matrix Server to power a messaging cluster for its huge base of email users. Matrix Server is the only commercial software package CASPUR is using in its software stack. All other software components are open source. "The results of this evaluation are clear-cut: PolyServe's CFS performed head and shoulders above the competitors in handling CASPUR's rigorous email workload tests," said William Hurley, senior analyst for the Enterprise Strategy Group. "A benchmark like this is tremendously valuable to IT managers trying to determine the best Linux CFS for email and other mission-critical applications." "As the only truly independent and head-to-head comparison of Linux CFS performance, these results further solidify PolyServe's leadership position in the shared data clustering market," said Michael Callahan, co-founder and chief technology officer of PolyServe. "Our competitors have made many performance claims that were clearly invalidated by CASPUR's tests. PolyServe Matrix Server blew away the other CFS products, and now customers don't just have to take our word for it." A CFS allows multiple servers to share applications, files and data while controlling access to stored data and maintaining data integrity. PolyServe's CFS provides essential technology for enabling data centers to migrate from expensive UNIX infrastructures to low-cost, industry-standard servers and storage running Linux or Microsoft Windows. Mission-critical applications such as database, file, email and Web serving are widely benefiting today from PolyServe's storage and server clustering solutions.