Network Appliance Launches Newest SnapManager Software Tailored for Microsoft Exchange 2000

Business Wire, Sept 11, 2001

Business Editors/High_Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001

Latest SnapManager(TM) Solution Maximizes Storage Capabilities for

Microsoft(R) Exchange 2000 Environments

Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced

SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange 2000, a new data management solution that significantly improves the availability, reliability, and performance of Exchange 2000 environments. SnapManager automates data backup, storage, and recovery for Exchange 2000 environments. This dramatically reduces backup and restore times from hours to seconds, and delivers enhanced business continuance and increased productivity by reducing interruptions and downtime inherent to maintaining all databases. SnapManager complements and extends the broad portfolio of NetApp(R) data center solutions, which help businesses prepare for the evolution of storage networks into global data fabrics.

By deploying SnapManager, enterprises can boost performance and simplify the administration of Exchange servers by offloading storage and backup operations to NetApp filers. As a result, customers experience faster access to and increased availability of business-critical Exchange data as well as a lower total cost of ownership by reducing administration costs through consolidation of storage for Exchange servers. SnapManager enables customers to increase storage by simply attaching additional disks online, without ever having to bring the Exchange application offline. Recovering in a few minutes from malicious and crippling virus attacks on Exchange is another dramatic improvement SnapManager offers versus competitive storage solutions that require hours or even days for recovery. Because the SnapManager user interface is consistent with Windows(R) 2000 administrative tools, it offers minimal learning time and ease of use for Exchange administrators. Plus, support for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), combined with the Clustered Failover capabilities of NetApp filers provides the highest level of availability and reliability for Exchange environments.

"Data growth continues to explode and 24x7 access to information is crucial to business success," said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance. "It is therefore imperative that Network Appliance continue to deliver industry-leading storage solutions for messaging and Windows environments. SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange 2000 continues NetApp's commitment of offering compelling value to businesses running Microsoft applications, and our continued focus on expanding our Microsoft solutions portfolio will benefit all our customers."

SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Highlights:

-- Enhances availability and reliability of Exchange 2000 environment with
near-instantaneous hot backups and near-online recovery, reducing backup and
recovery times from hours to seconds and enabling businesses to realize
productivity gains

-- Provides recovery of a corrupted Exchange database in a fraction of the time
required to recover from magnetic tape media, speeding recovery times from
virus attacks and ensuring business continuance

-- Boosts the performance of Exchange 2000 servers by offloading storage
services to NetApp filers, decreasing administration and downtime costs, and
offering a lower TCO

-- Provides the greatest level of reliability and fault tolerance with support
for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and with NetApp Clustered Failover support,
providing maximum security and uninterrupted service that support the most
stringent Service Level Agreements

-- Provides unmatched scalability and availability with online storage
expansion up to 18TB(a), protecting IT investments with a data management
solution that can scale with business needs

-- Offers a simple, intuitive user interface consistent with the Windows(R)2000
administrative interfaces, minimizing administrator learning time

-- Available in the fourth quarter of calendar 2001

More information on SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange 2000 is available at www.netapp.com.

About Network Appliance

Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.

The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp's storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(R) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This Center-to-Edge(TM) solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance(TM) product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows environments.