Violin Memory Qualifies 1010 Memory Appliance With FalconStor(R) NSS for High Performance Data Storage Applications

ISELIN, NJ, Apr 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
Violin Memory, Inc., a provider of the world's fastest and most scalable memory
appliances, today announced it has successfully tested the Violin 1010 memory
appliance with the FalconStor(R) Network Storage Server (NSS) from FalconStor
Software,
Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC). The Violin 1010 memory appliance and the FalconStor NSS can
be integrated within a solution to meet the high performance, virtualized data
storagedemands of enterprise data centers.

The Violin 1010 memory appliance supports up to 1/2TB of DRAM in 2U and
significantly reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Tier-O memory
inthe data center by offering industry-leading scalability, performance and
reduced power. The memory appliance features low latency and IOPS that are
1000X faster than hard disk and 50X faster than Flash SSDs. As a result,
applications can be accelerated by a factor of 10 - 100X.

FalconStor provides industry-leading software that can be configured to
solve the data storage and data protection challenges facing specific
application
environments. Built on a TOTALLY open network storage solution platform, the
FalconStor NSS delivers high performance inline storage virtualization with a
wide range of data protection features.

Combining these two technologies and products, enterprise data centers can
benefit from the industry's most scalable data deduplication, storage caching
and
Tier-O solutions. Tier-O is the natural extension of tiered storage and
provides orders of magnitude lower latency and higher IOPS than disk-based
storage systems.

"Violin's memory appliance offers unparalleled speed, scalability and a
compelling combination of price and performance, which can be leveraged with the
advanced storage services and the Fibre Channel and InfiniBand protocols of the
FalconStor NSS," said Bernie Wu, FalconStor vice president of business
development.
"Working together, FalconStor and Violin can enable a wide-range of high
performance, low latency storage I/O intensive applications that were previously
unaffordable."

A High Availability (HA) configuration of two FalconStor appliances
cross-connected
with two or more Violin Memory 1010 Appliances is available. This HA
configuration supports:

-- Over 2.6 GByte/s bandwidth
-- SAN (Fiber Channel) & NAS capabilities
-- Fault tolerance
-- Storage services including caching, deduplication and continuous data
protection

"There is another important aspect to this announcement," noted Greg
Kenepp, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Violin. "By partnering with Violin,
FalconStor VARs will be able to offer a compelling addition to their solution
portfolios for a wide range of high performance storage applications."

Violin and FalconStor have completed extensive system integration and
testing
in order to certify the high performance storage solution. FalconStor's products
and services are delivered through an extensive network of partners, many of
whom
are industry leaders.

About Violin Memory, Inc.

Violin Memory, Inc. provides the world's fastest and most scalable memory
appliances that dramatically accelerate large dataset applications demanding
very high
IOPS or low latency. With support for DRAM and Flash, Violin Memory's Tier-O
memory appliances provide significant power and space savings and extreme
data reliability. Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is headquartered in Iselin, New
Jersey. For more information on Violin Memory products, visit
www.violin-memory.com

FalconStor is a registered trademark of FalconStor Software, Inc.

Violin Media Contact:

Violin Memory
Morgan Littlewood
Email Contact
Phone: 650-714-7694

Product Information and Sales:

Violin Memory
33 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, NJ 08830
Email Contact
1 888-9VIOLIN x10
1 888-9846546 x10

PR Contact:

The Bernard Group
Dominic Garcia
Email Contact
Phone: 512-617-6358

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