archived press 2004
Sanbolic Releases LaScala™ Volume Manager 1.1 LaScala™ Clustered Volume Manager Simplifies SAN Management

Watertown, MA, October 25, 2004 – Sanbolic, a developer of advanced clustered file systems for networked storage, today announced the release of LaScala™ version 1.1, which adds mirroring and centralized management to the transactional clustered volume manager.

LaScala™ is a host-based volume manager that simplifies the management and improves the flexibility and reliability of shared storage environments. Volumes can be created, resized, assigned, and reassigned to servers dynamically. The new version adds mirroring, including mirroring across volumes on heterogeneous arrays. Version 1.1 also adds centralized management, hence any server with administrative permissions can manage the volume structure. Administrators can assign or reassign access to an entire storage pool using LaScala™ from a centralized management screen using native Windows security permissions.

LaScala™ volume manager works transparently with NTFS, and supports shared access to volumes when used with Melio FS™ clustered file system. LaScala™ can also manage physical access to storage volumes for virtual servers.

Sanbolic has been working with LSI Logic on solutions that leverage LSI Logic's host bus adapters (HBAs) and Sanbolic's LaScala™ software, in order to simplify SAN management and ease the migration for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to SAN storage.

"We're excited that Sanbolic chose to support our FC adapters within the LaScala™ software infrastructure, said Steve Looby, product manager, SAN adapters, LSI Logic. "It's a win for Sanbolic's customers who use LaScala™ volume manager , as they can now realize lower implementation costs by using it with LSI Logic's enterprise class FC adapters."

“LaScala™ removes SAN complexity—often a barrier to SME SAN adoption. LaScala™ reduces the need to learn proprietary configuration tools and zoning utilities and allows users to create a single LUN that then can be managed and assigned to users on a volume basis. Storage array and switch configuration can be set once, without needing to guess at the storage requirements of each server,” said Momchil Michailov, CEO of Sanbolic.

LaScala™ is available now and from selected distributors and system integrators worldwide. For a list of distributors, please visit Sanbolic’s web site at www.sanbolic.com.

About Sanbolic, Inc.
Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic’s products address the growing customer need for tools that simplify data storage management, increase system flexibility, and enable high bandwidth shared access to data. The product offerings are Melio FS, an advanced symmetrical cluster file system, LaScala, a symmetrical cluster volume manager, and Kayo, volume sharing software. Sanbolic distributes its products worldwide through a network of distributors, OEMs, VARs and system integrators. Further information about Sanbolic can be found on its web site www.sanbolic.com.

Sanbolic, Kayo, LaScala, and Melio FS are registered trademarks of Sanbolic, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein are trademarks of the respective holders.

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