CommVault Announces Galaxy 5.0 Backup and Recovery Software.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003

New Version Expands the Full Range of Recovery Options that

Ensure Constant Data Protection in Changing, Diverse Enterprises

CommVault(R) Systems, Inc., a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions today announced CommVault Galaxy backup and recovery version 5.0, the first in a series of extensive CommVault QiNetix 5.0 weekly announcements scheduled for this month. Galaxy 5.0, a four-time storage industry award-winner, includes many enhancements that expand its performance, ease-of-use and flexible, rapid data recovery options. Expanded features and capabilities enable customers to improve their data protection strategies while minimizing administration required to meet a changing IT environment.

"MSI is very excited to embrace the new Galaxy Version 5.0 software," said Walter Hinton, chief technology officer of Managed Storage International. "With enhanced capabilities such as image backup and encryption, we can dramatically expand our service capability and assure our customers that they have the best data protection available."

CommVault Galaxy 5.0 advancements include: expanded platform/application support, extended enterprise enhancements, new performance and reliability capabilities, and advanced data management features. Highlights include:

-- Expanded platform/application support - added data protection

support for DB2 7.2 (Solaris 8, AIX 5.1), Netware 6.5, SGI 

IRIX 6.5.15+ UNIX, SAP on HP/UX, Mac OSX 10.2+, Windows XP 

Home Edition and Cluster failover support for Netware. New

media agent support for Linux RH AS 2.1, Solaris 9, AIX 5.2

and Netware 6.5.

-- Extended enterprise enhancements - includes expanded NDMP 

support, UNIX command-line interface and numerous user and

management-level reports that help track resource and data

availability needs.

-- New performance and reliability capabilities - includes:

-- Backup Interleaving - allows multiple data streams from

individual clients to be efficiently stored on a single

piece of tape media. Data can be written in parallel from

multiple hosts to ensure tape devices are driven at rated

speeds. Intelligent indexing delivers high performance

restores.

-- Image Backup - block level backup that delivers fast

volume backups while retaining individual logical file

restores.

-- Network Bandwidth Control - adjusts the amount of network

capacity a particular client backup will consume.

-- Automatic Update Service - ensures the latest service,

security or software updates are can be automatically

applied to all CommVault software modules,

-- Advanced Data Management Feature Pack - geared for the large

enterprise to ensure rapid recovery and maximize data

availability. The feature pack is an add-on to Galaxy,

includes assessment and design professional services, and:

-- VaultTracker(TM) - provides policy management for offsite

tape media management. Data movement (and tape media) can

be directed and tracked. Integrated with Iron Mountain

reporting structures to make storing off site disaster

recovery copies easier and simpler.

-- Data Encryption - protects customer data from network

snooping and server break-in. Prevents unauthorized

parties from accessing data on backup tapes. Reduces

customer risk and ensures rapid recovery.

-- Client Migration - simplifies transfer of client backup

data and history from one CommCell to another. Adaptation

to organizational or infrastructure changes is easier

while retaining data integrity and protection history.

-- Archive Check - verifies the logical backup integrity to

ensure that the data on tape can be accessed and read so

data stays highly available.

-- QNet Standard Edition - assesses an application's storage

consumption for IT management by correlating how an

application and changing data management policies impact

the total storage environment, all in a consolidated view.

"We are very pleased to announce the latest version of Galaxy," said Bob Hammer, chairman and CEO of CommVault Systems. "Galaxy software has made great strides in the past three years to become an industry award-winning backup and recovery solution. In version 5.0, we continue to raise the bar--to enhance data management and protection to ensure cost-effective, fast data recovery in rapidly changing, diverse enterprises. Our customers tell us time and time again that Galaxy protects their data, no matter how much or often their infrastructure changes--with minimal effort and expense on their part."

Pricing and Availability

Galaxy software pricing begins at $2,000 per server.

The general availability of CommVault QiNetix Version 5 software products, including Galaxy Backup and Recovery, is targeted for later this fall. Other QiNetix software product announcements will be made weekly throughout October. For more information, contact CommVault Systems at 732-870-4000 or visit www.commvault.com.

About CommVault Systems, Inc.

CommVault Systems, Inc. provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex storage networks. The CommVault QiNetix platform, based on CommVault's Common Technology Engine, provides the ultimate data protection: managing data throughout its lifecycle via integrated backup/recovery, migration, archiving, replication, storage management. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling [phone]. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.