(openPR) - Unified Reldata IP Storage Gateway Awarded as Best Storage Interconnect Product at 2006 Network Storage Conference

Parsippany, 8 May 2006 - Reldata, provider of a new generation of unified IP SAN/NAS storage gateways, is proud to announce that it has been honoured with the prestigious Storage Interconnect Product Award at the recent Network Storage Conference (NSC). A jury of six judges including storage experts from InfoWorld, Sun Microsystems, Masabi Group, Coughlin Associates, and Peripheral Concepts, recognized the innovativeness and value of Reldata’s unique IP Storage Gateway.

“We believe that the innovative approach Reldata selected for the implementation of its IP storage gateway is paving the way towards a new generation of converged IP-based SAN/NAS virtualization and management gateways. We are pleased to recognize Reldata’s contribution to the storage networking market,” said Tom Coughlin, NSC co-organizer and General Partner of Coughlin Associates.

The unified Reldata IP Storage Gateway 9200, removes the need for separate NAS and SAN systems on an IP level. At the back-end the Gateway provides vendor-agnostic connectivity to Fibre Channel, SCSI, iSCSI disk array and tape storage. As first unified IP storage gateway in the market the Reldata 9200 uses a comprehensive logical volume manager (LVM) to consolidate the connected physical storage volumes in one single virtualized storage volume pool. The LVM enables the arbitrary, dynamic scalable provision of high performance, virtualized file system volumes (NFS or CIFS) and iSCSI SAN target volumes to provide storage capacity anywhere across a company’s existing IP/Ethernet infrastructure. In addition the LVM volume pool supports a unique near continuous protection of virtualized storage volumes including whole file systems and iSCSI targets, using a unique incremental volume snapshot technology. This allows a stable, automated ongoing remote backup of productive data without affecting the running production system. Reldata 9200 Gateways are sold via certified channel partners with a single prize of EUR 22,500 for a full function unit and an enterprise-class hardware configuration, without additional licenses for end users or capacity usage.

“We realized that a high performance on-demand provisioning of iSCSI SAN and NAS storage capacity from one single device, including volume and file based data protection capabilities, requires a new innovative virtualization solution beyond extending traditional NAS filers or gateways with iSCSI and snapshot functionalities,” said Boris Anderer, CEO and President of Reldata Inc.. “Our unified IP storage gateways are proving that there is no necessity anymore to maintain separate iSCSI SAN and NAS solutions. In addition storage managers are not tied up any longer to dedicated vendors when looking for additional disk or tape storage capacity.”

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About Reldata
RELDATA is a leading provider of enterprise-class unified IP SAN/NAS storage gateway appliances. RELDATA storage networking solutions provide significant savings in the total cost of ownership for enterprise storage infrastructure through convergence of block-level IP SAN and file-level NAS, multi-vendor storage consolidation, dynamic storage provisioning and enabling block- and file-level data protection over IP. RELDATA is represented in the European market by its German affiliate RELDATA Europe GmbH. RELDATA products are sold through accredited distributors and resellers. Comprehensive and flexible Service Level Agreements reflect RELDATA’s commitment to high reliability and availability of its products. RELDATA is a member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
Reldata on the Internet: www.reldata.com .

About Network Storage Conference (NSC)
The NSC is a major industry event dedicated to analyzing new architectural processes in network storage and storage management. This is a management conference designed to stimulate the storage industry and give it a forum in which to debate fundamental principles and directions. NSC focuses on analyzing the major architectural implementations and strategic choices made by the vendors, debate the users reaction, and discuss the opportunities and risks of new services, solutions and technologies. The conference has established itself as a premier storage conference since its creation in 1994. It was instrumental in pulling the industry into an unprecedented coalition that led to the creation of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
NSC on the Internet: www.networkstorageconference.com

Editorial Contacts:
Reldata Inc.
Boris Anderer
Phone +1 (973) 644 2770
EMail press@reldata.com