ADIC Advanced Digital Information (MM)

Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leader in Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions for the open systems market, announced today upgrades to its StorNext data management software that solidifies its position as the industry's leading software for managing digital assets in high-performance workflow and multi-tier archive settings. New features in the StorNext 2.7 release will make it easier for users to create larger, more active, and more diversified managed storage environments. The expanded functionality means that users can manage more files, access them more quickly, and integrate more kinds of storage resources into their archives and workflow operations to help them finish projects faster and reduce overall storage costs. The new release enhances the flexibility of StorNext's intelligent archiving capabilities by adding support for external disk-based appliances to ADIC's iMover(TM) technology. iMover is the core technology that gives StorNext the ability to move data across multiple storage tiers -- both disk and tape -- while maintaining transparent access to the files for multiple hosts and operating systems. In the new release, StorNext archives can now integrate specialized disk storage resources, including NAS filers, any NFS appliance, and UNIX file systems. These disk elements can be used in conjunction with tape or can be used to create disk-only archive environments. "Archives need to do more because digital asset pools are getting bigger and asset reuse is more complex," said Paul Zuhorski, Executive Director, ADIC Advanced Solutions Group. "ADIC has responded by letting customers add specialized disk appliances to their multi-tier archives. StorNext archives still offer long-term retention and very high value -- now they also provide more flexibility and faster file access. "It's also important to note that the StorNext architecture is powerful enough to leverage the patented data de-duplication technology in Blocklets(TM) software being developed by Rocksoft Ltd., which ADIC recently announced an agreement to acquire. In the future, we expect Blocklets to let us offer our customers the most efficient disk-based data stores possible." Along with the expanded storage resource support, the new StorNext release expands the software's ability to create large-scale, active asset pools. It increases the maximum size of storage LUNs to 2 TB, more than triples the number of total files that can be stored to 100 million, expands support for 64-bit platforms, and increases system recovery speed -- all features that make it easier for users to handle larger file pools, store more data, and access it more quickly across multiple storage tiers. Also in the 2.7 release is an extension of ADIC's iLayer active monitoring and intelligent diagnostics -- including enhanced log capture, RAS ticket tracking, and email alerting -- to StorNext environments. "High-performance applications -- rich media, broadcasting, imaging, data analysis -- need both speed and scale to get full value from digital assets," said Mr. Zuhorski. "StorNext 2.7 helps them ingest data faster, store more files, and access their assets more easily. It also lets them leverage multiple media types, platforms, and operating systems so they can control costs and preserve their independence." Also included in the StorNext 2.7 release is automated conversion for data stored in ADIC's earlier-generation AMASS archive software to the StorNext environment, and support for LDAP technologies like Microsoft's Active Directory which simplify user management. New operating environment support includes updates for Solaris 10, RedHat Linux 3 and 4, and SUSE Linux 9 -- coverage for those platforms includes Opteron/EM64T, Intel 32-bit, AMD 32, and Itanium platforms. New tape library support was added for ADIC Scalar i500, Quantum PX720, and the LTO-3 version of the HP ESL712e library. About StorNext StorNext is data management software that lets customers finish projects faster and store more data at lower cost. Proven in the world's most demanding environments, StorNext continues to set the standard for high speed, shared workflow operations and large-scale, multi-tier archives. Customers use StorNext to create shared pools of images, media content, analytical data, and other key digital assets so critical files can be processed faster and stored for less. About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(a) The Company's data management software, storage networking appliances, and disk-based backup and restore solutions provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing, and protecting their most valuable digital assets in a variety of disk and tape environments. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers, OEMs and partnerships, including Apple, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM, and Sun. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. (a) Market Share: Gartner Dataquest, Tape Automation Systems Market Shares, 2004, F. Yale, August 2005. ADIC and StorNext are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage, iLayer, and iMover are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners.