Acopia Networks Delivers Tiered Storage Capabilities for Long Term Data Archival; ESG Report Validates Unique Capabilities of the Acopia in Building Real-time Archival Solutions.

LOWELL, Mass. -- Acopia Networks, the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking, today announced the availability of a new report that validates the unique capabilities its ARX(TM) products provide in building real-time data archival solutions. Published by Enterprise Strategy group (ESG), the report validates the ability of Acopia's ARX switches to migrate data between leading file servers and a long term data archival product without any system reconfiguration or disruption in data access. Products used in this test were from Network Appliance and EMC; additional tests with other leading systems are also planned.

"Customers are using more and more disk-based systems for long term data archives," said Tony Asaro, senior analyst for the Enterprise Strategy Group. "The challenges with this include moving data between heterogeneous primary and long term archive disk stores transparently to the users without putting a burden on IT staff. The ESG Lab report validated that the Acopia ARX switch has the intelligence, performance and policies to address these challenges."

The validation report, available today, staged a real world scenario of using the Acopia switch to virtualize all data storage systems under a single logical namespace. Once in place, the Acopia switch then migrated file data, based on both age and name characteristics, between the existing file systems and the archive without any change in configuration or access disruption. The environment was designed to simulate the workflow that an enterprise would follow to permanently archive file data while maintaining the same level of accessibility as it has today.

The performance report is available online at both Acopia (www.acopia.com) and ESG's (www.enterprisestrategygroup.com) web sites.

About Acopia Networks

Acopia Networks is the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking products, a new class of file switches that uniquely solve the problem of managing unstructured data in the global enterprise. Acopia's Adaptive Resources Switches (ARX) allow customers to improve performance and better utilize existing file server infrastructure. The products also provide non-disruptive data replication, migration, and capacity balancing across multiple NAS devices, thereby reducing management overhead and accelerating business workflow in the process. Information about Acopia's products and services can be found at http://www.acopia.com.

About Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)

Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) is a leading industry analyst firm that provides strategic guidance and unmatched service to technology vendors, IT professionals, venture capitalists, and institutional investors. The Enterprise Strategy Group sets itself apart from legacy analyst firms and boutiques by continuing to build its excellent reputation of assisting clients to make strategic business and IT decisions. Information about the Enterprise Strategy Group can be found at http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com.

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