CommVault Systems and Network Appliance Announce Galaxy Enterprise 2000 Support For NetApp F840 Series Filers and Data ONTAP 6.0.

Business/Technology Editors

OCEANPORT, N.J. and SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

September 13, 2000

CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 Is The First Storage Management

Solution To Support Network Appliance's "End-to-End" Data Management

Strategy For Data-Intensive Enterprise Applications

CommVault Systems Inc., an industry-leading provider of enterprise data and storage management software solutions for heterogeneous computing environments, and Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, today announced that CommVault(R) Galaxy(TM) Enterprise 2000 data and storage management software suite supports Network Appliance(TM) Data ONTAP(TM) 6.0 and NetApp(R) F840 and F840c filers. As the only NDMP-compliant solution to offer abstracted storage policies in a universal browser window, the Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software offers unprecedented scalability and manageability to protect tens to thousands of terabytes of information stored on NetApp filers.

The Galaxy Enterprise 2000 solution architecture is an excellent match for the dramatic increase in scalability, reliability, and performance delivered with the next-generation Network Appliance Data ONTAP 6.0 operating system and F840 filer family. Automated storage policies, logical views of data and advanced application integration featured within the Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software have replaced the hardware/physical orientation of traditional backup and recovery products to ensure easier, practical data and storage management. As a result, customers with enormous volumes of data can simplify, consolidate and better manage their storage infrastructures and data protection strategies. The combination of the Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software and NetApp filers delivers a highly scalable data and storage management solution that is easier to deploy and manage, while less expensive to operate.

The Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software suite fully leverages and expands on the latest data protection capabilities featured within the Network Appliance Data ONTAP 6.0 operating system. Full and differential backups permit administrators to select their optimum data protection strategy. Additionally, single file recovery is vastly improved through integration with Direct Access Recovery (DAR), allowing rapid recovery of mission-critical data. With Galaxy Enterprise 2000, administrators can effortlessly implement a disaster recovery strategy with Galaxy's conceptual storage policies. Galaxy also enables administrators to transparently browse and access backed up data spread across many logical storage resources hosted on NetApp filers and LAN servers, making the recovery of vital information significantly easier and faster while simplifying overall training and administration.

"This announcement underscores CommVault's commitment to offering the industry's most advanced, complementary software solutions for the latest Network Appliance filers and operating system," said Larry Cormier, vice president of marketing, CommVault Systems. "We are proud to be closely working with industry leaders like Network Appliance to ensure that our next-generation CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 storage management software suite delivers unmatched data protection and reliability in tandem with today's most popular storage appliances."

"Network Appliance and CommVault Systems share the common goals of providing robust storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprises, and advancing storage networking architectures," said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing, Network Appliance. "We are confident our solutions will benefit customers through cost savings and bulletproof enterprise data protection."

For additional information, visit the NetWork Appliance section of the CommVault Systems Inc. web site at http://galaxy.commvault.com/netapp

Pricing and Availability

CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 for Network Appliance is generally available today. Pricing starts at $2,500 per NetApp filer protected.

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S+P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache(TM) appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX(R), Windows NT(R), and the World Wide Web. The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP operating system and standards-compliant hardware.

About CommVault Systems

CommVault Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in providing enterprise-wide storage management solutions for client/server environments. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable, and easy-to-use storage management solutions to meet customer's data management requirements. The company's software products seamlessly ensure the reliable, rapid restoration of files, business-critical applications, and today's most popular databases. 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.

CommVault, CommVault Systems, CommVault Galaxy, and the CommVault logo are trademarks and may be registered trademarks in some jurisdictions of CommVault Systems, Inc.

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