Continuous Computing to Showcase New High-Availability NAS Appliance at Networld+Interop.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001

Middleware Technology Offers 99.999% Availability

for Mission-Critical Data Storage

Continuous Computing Corporation (CCPU), the leading provider of Voice-over-Packet platform solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers, will showcase its new Hi-File(TM) high-availability Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliance for telco applications in the SUN Microsystems Partner Pavilion, located in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Using CCPU's unique award-winning high-availability middleware technology, upSuite(TM), Hi-File features transparent sub-second fail-over and transparent file system replication over TCP/IP. The result is an extremely reliable data storage device that requires a minimal amount of setup and management. When deployed in pairs, Hi-File provides unsurpassed availability and performance with a low total cost of ownership. CCPU will provide live demonstrations of the sub-second fail-over and transparent file system replication provided by upSuite.

Hi-File provides sub-second transparent fail-over to network clients by enabling IP address fail-over and file handle fail-over. Consequently, network clients continue to use the same IP addresses and the same file handles after a failure. Network clients are completely unaware that a failure has taken place.

"Hi-File is designed to be deployed in pairs. It's for applications where reliability and high-availability are critical, such as data centers or telephone Central Offices," explains CCPU Product Marketing Manager, Adam Stevenson. "This is a unique network appliance that offers complete fail-over and data replication, and beyond five 9s of availability. It offers a better and faster solution than alternative products at a fraction of the total cost of ownership."

In addition to being NEBS compliant, Hi-File offers either -48 Volt DC or AC power supplies to meet strict telco standards.

The current configuration of Hi-File consists of twelve hot-swappable 36 Gigabyte hard drives for a total of 432 Gigabytes. Other features include dual SCSI chains, three 10/100 Ethernet ports, optional dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and two expansion slots. Hi-File includes a RAID manager and supports NFS, CIFS and HTTP.

Hi-File is immediately available to both OEMs and end-users. Single systems have a list price of $19,995. Pairs of Hi-Files are available for $38,995.

To receive a white paper about upSuite, please call 858/882-8896 or email Adam Stevenson at [e-mail].

About Continuous Computing Corporation

Continuous Computing is the leading provider of voice-over-packet platform solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers and application developers. CCPU's High Availability, Hi-5(TM) architecture is the industry standard for the rapid development and deployment of VoIP applications. CCPU designs and builds complete media gateways, media gateway controllers, signaling gateways, billing and OAM&P servers, as well as enhanced IP media servers. CCPU customers include Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson and Lucent, among many others. Corporate offices are located at 9380 Carroll Park Drive, San Diego, CA 92121. TEL: [phone], FAX: [phone]. CCPU can be found on the World Wide Web at www.ccpu.com.

Note to Editors: Continuous Computing, CCPU, Hi-File and upSuite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation.