Sanbolic Releases New Generation File System and Volume Manager; Sanbolic's Melio FS 2.0 and LaScala 2.0 Address Customer Needs in Scalable High Availability and Clustered Computing Microsoft Windows Environments.

WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Sanbolic, Inc., a leading developer of software to simplify and share SAN storage, today announced the release of Melio File System version 2.0 and LaScala volume manager version 2.0. These products offer important economic and functional benefits in Microsoft Windows datacenters as well as in Microsoft Windows media and imaging applications.

"Sanbolic's file system and volume manager allows Windows customers to flexibly deploy, scale and manage their data centers in shared SAN environments, while still operating in already familiar Windows Operating System environments. We are pleased with the simplicity and the close integration with the Windows platform and technologies. Sanbolic is a Microsoft Certified Partner that understands the needs of our customers in these enterprise deployments", says Dr. Claude Lorenson, Group Product Manager for Storage at Microsoft.

Melio FS 2.0 is a symmetrical 64-bit clustered file system designed for high availability and clustered computing environments. Enhancements and new functionalities include up to a 4X increase in file system performance and support for virtually unlimited file system size. Melio FS now utilizes Microsoft Windows infrastructure technologies such as Distributed File System, Network Load Balancing, and Microsoft iSCSI initiator. Melio FS also utilizes fault tolerant and redundancy components of Windows such as the Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO). Native Windows security and support for Microsoft Active Directory are implemented as well.

"Over the past 3 years we have worked with our customers in a number of vertical markets. Thanks to their input, we were able to focus on supporting specific customer driven solutions, such as simple SANs and scalable NAS with full NFS and CIFS support, as well as improving general functionality for business continuity and enterprise requirements such as file system resize, volume extension and performance," says Momchil Michailov, a founder of Sanbolic, Inc. "The new generation products allow administrators to have more scalable and flexible deployments, and also provides for utilization of existing infrastructure using Microsoft Windows based technology, thus minimizing any learning curve."

LaScala is a host-based volume manager incorporating industry proven technology used in Melio FS including advanced transaction management, locking and clustering technology, which simplifies management and improves flexibility and reliability of shared storage environments. Sanbolic's Melio FS and LaScala volume manager allow active-active access to shared files on SAN storage, enabling multiple user access to their critical data in high availability architectures.

In utility computing solutions, Melio FS and LaScala create virtualized storage assets and provide data centers with flexible architecture for assigning storage across servers in response to dynamic computing needs. In scalable applications with industry standard servers accessing shared data on a SAN, IT departments can grow applications such as file serving or web serving modularly.

Sanbolic continues to develop and provide solutions for Windows-based streaming media environments, workgroup media and imaging production, as well as simple SAN storage consolidation. By using Sanbolic software in simple SANs, IT managers can reduce operating costs through the ability to span volumes across multiple heterogeneous arrays and centrally manage the resulting storage pool.

Sanbolic software currently supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including Windows Server 2003 R2. Sanbolic distributes its product solutions worldwide through a network of distributors, OEMs, VARs and system integrators.

About Sanbolic, Inc.

Sanbolic, Inc is a Watertown, Massachusetts-based company that provide software for sharing and simplifying shared SAN storage environments. Networked storage is one of the fastest growing segments of the information technology market. Sanbolic products address the growing customer need for tools that simplify data storage management, increase system flexibility and enable shared access to information in a reliable, scalable and secure data environment. Further information about Sanbolic can be found on its website www.sanbolic.com.