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DataDirect Delivers NAS Storage Solution Based on Well Established S2A Technology Enabling High Performance and Massively Scalable Storage Solutions: DataDirect Networks will debut at SNW Fall 2006, Booth PP5, its new S2A9550 NAS (Network Attached Storage) solution. The S2A9550 NAS solution integrates the latest in high performance NAS technologies with DataDirect's 7th generation S2A Technology to deliver up to 1.6 GB/s of sustained throughput while scaling up to 336TB of Fibre Channel or 840 TB using SATA II disk drives. "Our new NAS storage solution delivers the high bandwidth and dense capacity benefits organizations have come to expect from DataDirect now in a turnkey DataDirect Solution," said Paul Bloch, president of DataDirect Networks. "Using the right combination of proven products and technologies, DataDirect solutions give users the power to solve the most critical IT and business challenges while simultaneously reducing TCO and maximizing ROI." DataDirect will also showcase the recently released S2A9550 Active Archive Solution, the industry's most reliable and scalable SATA disk based archive storage solution. The S2A9550 Active Archive Solution has been specifically designed to address the industry's requirement for reliable and scalable storage in the face of shrinking storage budgets and the exponential rise in data growth across the high performance computing, rich media and commercial markets. The S2A9550 Active Archive Solution provides organizations with the world's largest, most dense and most reliable SATA disk-based archive solution, balancing between cost prohibitive enterprise disk storage versus performance limiting tape archive solutions. DataDirect's S2A9550 NAS and High Capacity Active Archive solutions are based on its industry proven S2A technology which fully integrates a parallel, non-blocking architecture with SAN functionality in one simple, easy-to-use intelligent device. The S2A delivers high performance, highly reliable storage solutions that are easy-to-install, easy-to-scale and easy-to-manage. The S2A's unique architecture and consolidated functionality removes the complexity, congestion, latency and contention of generic RAID systems delivering very high performance with dramatically lower total-cost-of-ownership and improved return-on-IT-investments. Unique to the S2A9550 is its innovative hardware RAID 6 and double parity protection for enhanced data availability without impacting solution performance. S2A9550 NAS Solution Highlights: The S2A9550 NAS Solution overcomes the performance, availability, scalability and management challenges in deploying complex high performance NAS architectures. The NAS Solution can scale as fast and large as needed while delivering the highest levels of Quality of Service for consistent, predictable data delivery to real-life application environments. It also offers a rich set of management tools that make it easy-to-install, scale and manage a high performance, high capacity storage solution. The S2A9550 NAS Solution includes GigE or 10 GigE connectivity, supporting up to 336 TB FC or 840 TB SATA capacities. The S2A9550 NAS Solution features Active/Active Cluster Nodes with Client Transparent Failover and supports multi-protocols including CIFS, NFS, http, ftp, LDAP and Cluster Name Space Support. S2A9550 Active Archive Solution Highlights: The S2A9550 Archive Solution is a combination of DataDirect Networks' industry leading, Silicon Storage Appliance (S2A) and a volume metric efficient 48 SATA drive package. With hardware RAID 6 and parity checking of all read I/Os, the S2A9550 allows large capacity applications to implement a reliable online or nearline active archive that can scale up to 720 TB in a two rack solution -- up to 5 times more dense and scaleable than other comparable disk based storage systems. The S2A9550 supports up to 960 disks per system -- high capacity/deep density, for 720 TB in a little over two floor tiles. With its innovative RAID 6 technology and parity checking for all read I/Os, the S2A9550 delivers high reliability and increased data integrity not seen in other mid-range storage solutions.