STORAGE

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced the availability of SGI® File Server, a high-performance network-attached storage solution that centralizes critical data for efficient management in multiplatform environments. Relying on the world-leading SGI® XFS(tm) filesystem, SGI File Server provides virtually unlimited capacity by scaling to more than 50TB. SGI File Server provides the unmatched capacity, scalability and flexibility required by customers in technical and creative computing environments to manage extremely large data sets and ensure high performance. "SGI File Server is a significant step above other file server offerings on the market because it offers unmatched scalability without sacrificing performance," said Bob Murphy, marketing manager, SGI Storage Solutions. "SGI's storage solutions are optimized to meet the needs of our core customers in technical and creative computing, providing the performance, scalability and flexibility to adapt to their changing business requirements and workflows in direct-attached or network-based storage environments." Based on the highly modular SGI® NUMAflex(tm) architecture, SGI File Server delivers industry-leading input/output bandwidth that scales incrementally for larger configurations via modular upgrade options, allowing it to grow with customers' needs as the complexity and size of their data sets expand. Customers working with data-intensive workflows will find that SGI File Server meets their data management and distribution needs for applications such as medical imaging, computer-aided manufacturing and satellite imaging. SGI File Server also allows for transparent integration with UNIX® and Windows® environments, ensuring that data is readily and concurrently available across multiple client platforms. Customers can manage and serve files over Ethernet to clients or servers via a Network File System for UNIX or a Common Internet File System for Windows platforms. SGI File Server also offers fast, flexible backup to direct-attach tape, freeing the LAN for user data transfers with greater storage network performance. SGI File Server also offers hierarchical storage management, high availability, and point-in-time copy options to further assure the reliability and accessibility of information. SGI File Server is immediately available in two initial offerings: * SGI® File Server 830 is an Ultra160 SCSI JBOD storage solution with 8.6TB single rack expansion capabilities. It is designed for affordable, high-performance file serving. Pricing for the SGI File Server 830 system with 144GB of storage starts at $49,100 (U.S. list price). * SGI® File Server 850 is a Fibre Channel RAID array scalable to 50TB through multiple rack extensions. It is optimized for ultimate performance file serving. Pricing for the SGI File Server 850 system with 432GB of storage starts at $67,750 (U.S. list price). For more information visit www.sgi.com