CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ONStor Inc., the leading
 provider of scalable clustered NAS storage solutions for the enterprise,
 today announced that it has joined The Green Grid, an influential industry
 organization that promotes energy-efficient IT solutions. Extremely energy
 efficient, ONStor's NAS solutions offer up to 95 percent power savings
 compared to both traditional direct-attached and competing networked
 storage environments.
 
     "ONStor has been delivering energy-efficient storage solutions since
 the inception of our company. We believe that being part of the
 collaborative effort of The Green Grid will help accelerate the pace of
 both industry-wide development and market adoption of energy-conscious
 solutions," said Narayan Venkat, vice president of marketing at ONStor.
 "Since the launch of ONStor's GO Green initiative last summer, we have been
 active in shaping the industry dialogue around green. Our Green Grid
 membership demonstrates our commitment to collaborating with the IT
 industry to help drive adoption of green data center solutions, turning
 words into action."
 
     The Green Grid is a worldwide consortium of IT companies and
 professionals dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and
 business computing ecosystems by collaborating with end users and
 government organizations to ensure that energy-efficiency goals are mapped
 to both developers and users of a data center. The Green Grid's mission
 focuses on defining meaningful, user-centric models and metrics; developing
 standards, measurement methods, processes, and new technologies to improve
 data center performance against the defined metrics; and promoting the
 adoption of energy- efficient standards, processes, measurements, and
 technologies.
 
     "With storage infrastructures accounting for an ever-increasing
 proportion of data centers' energy consumption, it is imperative that
 storage industry vendors focus on improving power-efficiency both
 individually and as an industry. ONStor has had its own excellent 'green'
 story in terms of reduced power and space consumption, so it is good to see
 them joining The Green Grid community," said Mark Peters, an analyst at
 Enterprise Strategy Group focused on green data center issues. "The Green
 Grid is committed to making a 'green' emphasis the norm, rather than an
 afterthought. It's an approach that sits well with ONStor, whose ability to
 run a NAS management appliance for about the same power consumption as a
 light bulb demonstrates what is already possible with today's technology.
 As more companies join forces with the Green Grid, I hope that the
 increased industry focus on -- and learning around -- the issues of power,
 cooling and space efficiency, pays dividends for vendors and users alike."
 
     As part of its GO Green initiative, last summer ONStor conducted an
 independent survey of 369 IT decision makers regarding the status of the
 "greening" of their data centers, with the following significant results:
 
 

     -- 63 percent of the respondents reported that their data center had run
        out of space, power, or cooling capacity without warning.
     -- Although the power consumption of an enterprise's data center is
        massive, 40 percent of respondents had not discussed a green initiative
        within their company.
     -- 60 percent reported that they had a green initiative in place, would
        have one in place in the next two years, or had at least talked about
        it with management.
 
     Additional information about the survey can be found at
 www.onstor.com/pr_09_18_2007.php.
 
     Designed with n-way clustering, file server virtualization, and single
 pool open storage, ONStor's clustered NAS products deliver the simplest,
 most efficient storage solution on the market today. ONStor's NAS products
 also offer thin provisioning, replication, and storage tiering to support
 enterprises' storage management and business continuity needs. For more
 information, go to www.onstor.com/go_green.php.
 
     About ONStor
 
     ONStor drives down the cost of storage management by delivering
 scalable clustered NAS that saves enterprises 50 percent on total cost of
 ownership with systems that let customers start small and scale massively
 as their requirements grow. ONStor's award-winning Pantera Clustered NAS
 Systems and Bobcat NAS Gateways consolidate information from multiple
 Windows, UNIX and Linux devices into a single, highly scalable file storage
 environment. The open storage architecture allows existing assets to be
 leveraged, while integrated file server virtualization enables resources to
 be redeployed quickly to accommodate changing needs. Proven at hundreds of
 enterprise customer sites, ONStor delivers the cost-effective approach to
 scalable storage. More information about ONStor can be found at
 www.onstor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2ON-STOR (877-266-7867).
 
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 ONStor, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other marks and
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 Information regarding products, services and offerings may be superseded by
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 offerings or services, please contact your local sales office or the
 corporate headquarters.
 
 
 

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