Pillar Data Systems First to Deliver 2TB SATA Drives to Enterprise Customers

New high-capacity, low energy-consuming drives further strengthens Pillar
Axiom`s leadership position as the world`s most efficient storage system
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware storage systems,
is the first network storage company to make 2 terabyte SATA drives available to
the enterprise market, as part of its award-winning Pillar Axiom storage system.
The new drives push the Axiom`s overall usable capacity to over 1.6 petabytes
per system, while driving down overall power consumption by 50 percent and space
consumption by 2X.

As part of the company`s initiative to "Stop Storage Waste," and help users
achieve the highest levels of storage efficiency, Pillar has made available the
first enterprise-class 2TB SATA drive that increases capacity, while consuming
less space and energy.

On average, Pillar Axiom users are experiencing industry leading written disk
utilization rates, and Pillar is the only storage vendor to guarantee 80-percent
utilization on its Axiom storage system. No other open systems storage array on
the market today can deliver that level of disk utilization without performance
degradation. Additionally, the Pillar Axiom performed the fastest rebuild times
in the industry, according to an independent analyst report.

"It`s high time that businesses get to use more of the storage that they
purchase," said Bob Maness, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Channel
Sales, Pillar Data Systems. "As drive sizes continue to increase, more storage
will be wasted unless you have a storage architecture that can utilize the full
capacity with no performance degradation. Pillar is the only company that can
make that guarantee. Our latest innovations around SSDs and now 2TB drives will
make it even easier for end-users to increase capacity and performance, while
improving the overall efficiency of their system."

The Pillar Axiom differentiates performance based on application priority, what
Pillar calls Application Aware Storage. The Pillar Axiom can dramatically reduce
floor space and energy demands, and lower Total Cost of Ownership by up to 50
percent.

About Pillar Data Systems

Founded in 2001, Pillar Data Systems develops Application-aware Storage systems
for midsize and enterprise organizations. With the highest utilization rates in
the storage industry, the Pillar Axiom solution is the most efficient storage
system on the market today. The Pillar Axiom cuts administrative time and total
cost of ownership by more than 50 percent as well as provides the only storage
system that can differentiate services based on application priority. Designed
from the ground up as the only true Application-aware Storage system, the Pillar
Axiom allows users to match multiple application characteristics to the
appropriate service levels within a single storage platform. Pillar Data Systems
is privately funded by Tako Ventures, LLC, the venture arm of Larry Ellison. The
company is headquartered at 2840 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California 95134.
The company can be reached on the Web at http://www.pillardata.com, by phone at
408-503-4000 or by email at sales@pillardata.com.

Pillar Data Systems
Chris Drago, 408-518-4636
Sr. Director of Corporate Communications
cdrago@pillardata.com
or
Lois Paul & Partners
Don Jennings, 781-782-5756
don_jennings@lpp.com

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