Alanco's Excel/Meridian Launches New SecurNAS 7200; Offering Best Mid-Range NAS Value and Scalability.Business Editors CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001 Excel/Meridian Data Inc., an Alanco Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:ALAN) company and a leading manufacturer of CD-ROM servers, NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular filers and RAID subsystems, Wednesday announced the immediate availability of its new SecurNAS 7200 Network Attached Storage (NAS) filer. The addition of the SecurNAS 7200 line provides a fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. , scalable RAID solution for IT managers looking to quickly add over 1 terabyte of storage to their network. "As NAS gains in importance in the overall network mix, IT Managers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a quick, simple and inexpensive way to add fault tolerant storage to their networks that gives them maximum value," stated Dick Vanek, president of Excel/Meridian Data. "We believe our new SecurNAS 7200 filer answers these concerns and provides the best mid-range NAS product maximizing total return on investment, delivering increased productivity, manageability and security." The SecurNAS 7200 filer is a fault tolerant, 4U Rack Mount with a powerful, low overhead, Linux-based operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. coupled with hardware RAID backplane and controller. It can be installed and configured in less than 15 minutes and offers a very affordable fault tolerant solution, readily scalable from 30 GB to 1 TB with cost-effective IDE hard drives. Innovative features include productivity up to 40 MB/sec., multi-protocol file-level security, cross platform data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. , hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the and spare drive options, remote mirroring capability, dynamic RAID expansion, and an "on-the-box," interactive LCD display to facilitate system configuration and troubleshooting. Paul Kleifgen, vice president of marketing, summarized the new SecurNAS 7200 market niche: "Customers have asked for features that we are only now able to deliver with the SecurNAS 7200 filer. Specifically, it offers full support for JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group of hard disks in a computer that are not set up as any type of RAID configuration. They are just a bunch of disks. JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks , RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5. Secondly, they desire to have a solution which is scalable. "The SecurNAS 7200 will accommodate up to 1.28 TB of raw data and up to 938 GB of data set up in RAID 5. Finally, add true NetWare NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services and IP support, redundant hot swap power supplies, cooling fan monitoring, and optional Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. card. At a starting price of $7,595 for 120 GB, it is truly a unique value proposition in today's storage market." About Excel/Meridian Data Inc. Excel/Meridian Data Inc. has seven years of NAS experience developing Network Attached CD/DVD servers and NAS filers. Excel delivers uniquely scalable, manageable and cost-effective NAS storage solutions for Workgroups, LANs and enterprise storage customers. An Alanco Technologies Inc. company, Excel/Meridian Data Inc. is located at 3220 Commander Drive, No. 101, Carrollton, Texas 75006. For more information, visit http://www.excelmeridiandata.com, via e-mail: sales@excelmeridiandata.com, or call 800/995-1014. About Alanco Technologies Inc. Alanco Technologies Inc., headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a publicly owned company focused on the high-growth storage networking industry. Alanco Technologies companies provide comprehensive Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions from SanOne; complementary Network Attached Storage (NAS) from Excel/Meridian Data and NetZerver; and storage upgrade solutions for legacy computer systems from Arraid. Alanco's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ALAN. Except for historical information, the statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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