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Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

London, August 07, 2014 – ExaGrid Systems, Inc., a leading provider of disk-based backup solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the first “Magic Quadrant for Deduplication Backup Target Appliances.”[i]

ExaGrid, a fast-growing company in the backup storage industry, is placed furthest along the completeness of vision axis in the Visionaries Quadrant.  Criteria used to measure completeness of vision include geographic strategy, vertical/industry strategy, marketing strategy, sales strategy, innovation, offering (product) strategy, and market understanding.  Companies named as “Visionaries” deliver innovative products with capabilities that are often ahead of the mainstream in the market.

Traditional backup architectures don’t provide the additional computing power with capacity needed to fix storage and deduplication compute problems, but ExaGrid’s unique scale-out architecture does. ExaGrid’s pay-as-you-grow approach gives customers the benefit of increasing ingest rate and capacity with the same restore throughput as ingest throughput. The result: backup windows stop expanding and restores are faster than ever before.

Receive a complimentary copy of the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Deduplication Backup Target Appliances today.

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About ExaGrid Systems, Inc. With more than 7,000 deployments worldwide, ExaGrid Systems is relied on by thousands of customers to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. ExaGrid is also the only solution to offer a landing zone retaining the most recent backups in their full undeduplicated format for fast restores, fast offsite tape copies and fast instant VM recoveries. Read hundreds of published ExaGrid customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

“If we didn’t have the latest backup available in a hydrated format (on the ExaGrid landing zone), a restore would be horrifically slow…We have been able to achieve our desired three-month daily retention targets and are very impressed with the inter-site replication from HQ to the DR site”. Mark Boardman, Infrastructure Manager, CIPD

Key Benefits:

• CIPD no longer manages and transports 750 tapes per month or managing workarounds
• Retention has been increased back up to the desired three months
• Application agnostic ExaGrid works seamlessly with Symabtec NetBackup
• Pay-as-you-grow scalability
• Fast restores from latest full backup on landing zone
• Quick and easy replication from primary to DR site

To download the full case study please click the first link on the attachments section on the right. 

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About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

With more than 7,000 deployments worldwide, ExaGrid Systems is relied on by thousands of customers to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. ExaGrid is also the only solution to offer a landing zone retaining the most recent backups in their full un-deduplicated format for fast restores, fast offsite tape copies and fast instant VM recoveries. Read hundreds of published ExaGrid customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid named ‘Disk-Based Product of the Year: Small/Midrange’ and nominated in several other categories at annual awards ceremony 

London, June 16, 2014 – ExaGrid Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been named ‘Disk-Based Product of the Year: Small/Midrange’ at the Annual Storage Awards 2014 ceremony on June 12, 2014 in London, confirming its leadership position for disk-based backup with deduplication.

Winners were determined by a public vote, further validating that the industry recognises the superior performance and scalability of ExaGrid’s solution. This award follows ExaGrid’s strong momentum over the past year, with the leader in disk-based backup solutions:

• Launching its most robust appliance that can scale to 210 terabytes in a single GRID
• Being awarded two new patents
• Earning top spots in analyst reports from three independent firms

Customer Praise for the ExaGrid System
ExaGrid, with more than 7,000 systems installed worldwide has over 350 real-world customer success stories detailing customers’ first-hand experiences with the ExaGrid disk-based backup system. The success stories are available via the ExaGrid website and include case studies from leaders across different industries like Bird & Bird, Celestica-Valencia, Concur, Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust (UK National Health Service), CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development),  Dublin City University, Four Seasons Resort, Ipswich BC, International SOS, Moto, Kingston Technology, and the Salvation Army.

The award for the ‘Disk-Based Product of the Year: Small/Midrange’ category extended ExaGrid’s four-year winning streak in the Annual Storage Awards competition. ExaGrid was also a finalist in the following categories in 2014:

• Storage Magazine “One to Watch” Award – Product
• Storage Magazine “One to Watch” Award – Company
• Backup & DR Hardware Product of the Year
• Storage Innovators Award
• Storage Product of the Year
• Storage Company of the Year
• Editor’s Choice

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.:
With more than 7,000 deployments worldwide, ExaGrid Systems is relied on by thousands of customers to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. ExaGrid is also the only solution to offer a landing zone retaining the most recent backups in their full un-deduplicated format for fast restores, fast offsite tape copies and fast instant VM recoveries. Read hundreds of published ExaGrid customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

For more information, contact ExaGrid at 800-868-6985 or visit www.exagrid.com. Visit “ExaGrid’s Eye on Deduplication” blog: http://blog.exagrid.com/.

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ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

• Backup Windows Cut by 43% on Average
• File Restores 64% Faster than Previous Backup Solution on Average
• Data Backed Up has Doubled on Average (108%) in Two Years

London, April 9, 2014 – New research from ExaGrid Systems customers confirms that data growth remains a major backup challenge for organisations. It also highlights the benefits of ExaGrid’s unique landing zone and scale-out approach to backup, which demonstrates why the company is set to grow strongly.

The research was conducted on ExaGrid’s behalf by Onva Consulting. It secured responses from over 400 ExaGrid customers from across the world, and uncovered the following:

• Relentless Data Growth: The amount of data backed up by ExaGrid customers more than doubled on average (108 percent growth) in the last two years. And 88 percent of customers identified data growth as having an impact on their backup environment in 2014. Virtualisation and offsite disaster recovery were also seen as significant factors for 2014.
• Shorter Backup Windows: The average ExaGrid customer has shortened their backup window by at least 43 percent versus the previous backup technology. Almost nine out of 10 (85 percent) have seen a reduction of over 20 percent.
• Faster Restore Times: The average ExaGrid customer reduced restore time by 64 percent versus the previous backup technology. In fact, 91 percent of respondents reported ‘restores’ being over 20 percent faster. A separate survey to assess actual restore times found 96 percent of ExaGrid customers recover files in under 30 minutes, 88 percent in under 15 minutes and 55 percent in under five minutes.
• Less Time Spent Managing Backups: The typical ExaGrid customer reduced the amount of time spent managing backups by 34 percent, or an average savings of approximately 10 hours per week. 80 percent of customers reported time savings of at least 20 percent.
• Unique Architecture and Customer Commitments: When asked what they associated most with ExaGrid, customers identified its scale-out architecture, unique landing zone and the fact that ExaGrid’s solutions deliver a consistent backup window regardless of data growth.

ExaGrid’s unique approach of a landing zone and scale-out architecture enables ExaGrid to make five commitments to its customers:

1. That you will have the shortest backup window.
2. That your backup window will not grow as the data grows.
3. That you will have the fastest restores, fastest tape copies and fastest recovery from a disaster.
4. That your VM instant recoveries will occur in minutes.
5. You will have the lowest cost solution up front and over time, with no forklift upgrades, pay as you grow, no obsolescence and ExaGrid’s price protection.

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About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
With more than 7,000 deployments worldwide, ExaGrid Systems is relied on by thousands of customers to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. ExaGrid is also the only solution to offer a landing zone retaining the most recent backups in their full un-deduplicated format for fast restores, fast offsite tape copies and fast instant recoveries. Read hundreds of published ExaGrid customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

‘Best at Disk-based Backup’ Leader Grows 10 Percent Over Q3-13 and Turns Cash Positive

Innovation, Industry Recognition, Unique Scale-out Architecture, and Commitments to Customers Define Year for ExaGrid

London, Jan. 7, 2014 – Building products to solve the backup problem, ExaGrid Systems announced today that it grew 10 percent from Q3-13 to Q4-13. The company also announced that is has turned cash positive and will be cash positive from this point moving forward. The company consistently ranked ‘best at disk-based backup with deduplication’ by leading experts is positioned for a breakout year in 2014.

ExaGrid, which roots its success in addressing customers’ needs and providing solutions to their data backup challenges, has led the disk-based backup market by replacing and removing all the challenges of tape backup. ExaGrid is the only solution that permanently fixes the backup window and also offers the industry’s fastest restores.

Making waves throughout 2013, ExaGrid:

• Surpassed  1,850 customers
• Launched its most robust appliance that can scale to 210 terabytes in a single GRID
• Became the industry’s first tech company to have over 300 published customer success stories
• Was awarded two new patents
• Won four “best product” awards, achieved finalist status in four additional competitions, and earned top spots in analyst reports from three independent firms

A Year of Technological Innovation

In October, the company launched its latest appliance, the EX21000E. The new appliance scales to 210 terabytes in a single GRID system and provides up to 400 percent more throughput than its closest competitor. No other backup architecture can match this performance because only ExaGrid solves the compute problems associated with deduplication. ExaGrid is the only disk-based backup solution that permanently fixes the backup window as data grows.

ExaGrid’s scale-out grid architecture and compute with capacity model, allows the company’s appliances to execute computationally-intensive deduplication functions in parallel across all appliances in a customer’s multi-appliance configuration. In addition, ExaGrid’s unique landing zone ensures that the most recent backup data can be quickly restored or copied to offsite tape without having to rehydrate the data. With the advent of virtualisation, ExaGrid’s landing zone can maintain a full copy of a VM. In the event of a failure the VM can be booted directly from the ExaGrid system resulting in an instant recovery. This is another industry exclusive capability.

Praise from the Experts

Accruing four “product of the year” awards, four additional award “shortlist” recognitions, and dominating industry reports, analysts and industry experts alike have consistently recognised the value ExaGrid solutions delivered over the year. In each of these assessments, ExaGrid was pitted against chief rival EMC Data Domain, which requires expensive forklift upgrades once customers hit the data ceiling of the appliance, as well as slow restores since all data is deduplicated or de-hydrated.

2013 awards included:

• IDG InfoWorld 2013 ‘Technology of the Year‘ Award
• “Disk Based Product of the Year” at the Annual Storage Awards
• “Product of the Year” at the Techworld Awards
• A bronze medal in SearchStorage.com‘s annual “Product of the Year” competition

Shortlisted categories at awards included:

• “Backup and Recovery / Archive Product of the Year” at the Annual SVC Awards
• Storage Magazine “One to Watch” Award – Product
• Storage Magazine “One to Watch” Award – Company
• Storage Magazine “Value for Money” Award

Report distinctions included:

• “Best-in-Class” for solutions under $50k and $100k by DCIG
• Earned 99 of 100 points in Info-Tech Vendor Landscape: Disk Backup report
• ESG Lab Report – validation of the effective instant VM recovery capabilities of ExaGrid’s system when used with Veeam’s virtual data protection solution

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
More than 1,850 customers worldwide depend on ExaGrid Systems to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. ExaGrid is also the only solution to offer a landing zone retaining the most recent backups in their full un-deduplicated format for fast restores, fast offsite tape copies, and fast instant recoveries. Read through more than 300 published customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.  

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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ExaGrid Dramatically Reduces Restore Time for Historical Data With ‘Delta Merging’ Technique, Optimises Backup Performance

London – Dec. 11, 2013 – Further establishing its technological advantage, ExaGrid Systems, Inc., was awarded Patent #8,589,363, “Systems and Methods for Managing Delta Versions,” on Nov. 19, 2013. The innovation is the sixth patent ExaGrid has been awarded and clearly demonstrates the company’s commitment to serving its customers with the most advanced disk-based backup solutions on the market.

The invention, currently referred to as ‘Delta Merging,’ significantly reduces the time it takes to restore historical versions of a customer’s backup data, providing IT teams with the reassurance that their backed-up data is quickly accessible as soon as it’s needed.

The ExaGrid product line implements a unique purpose-built backup architecture that optimises the performance of backup, restore, tape copy and disaster recovery operations. This innovation replaces potentially tens of thousands of slow disk operations with a computational task that runs across delta versions of backup history without having to deduplicate each full historical version in its entirety. Restores from very old historical copies of backup data now run almost as fast as restores of the most recent version of backup data. 

ExaGrid’s scale-out grid architecture, and compute with capacity model, allows the company’s appliances to execute computationally intensive deduplication functions in parallel across all appliances in a customer’s multi-appliance configuration.

In addition, ExaGrid’s unique landing zone ensures that the most recent versions of backup data can be quickly restored or copied to tape without having to rehydrate the data.

A  Year of Continued Excellence
In 2013, ExaGrid received several industry awards for its product excellence and technological innovation, including: ‘Product of the Year’ at the Techworld Awards, ‘Disk Based Product of the Year’ at the Annual Storage Awards, and a bronze medal in SearchStorage.com’s annual ‘Product of the Year‘ competition.

In addition to the awards, ExaGrid dominated analyst reports from DCIG, receiving the distinction of ‘Best-in-Class‘ for solutions under $50k and $100k, and by Info-Tech, topping the organisation’s Vendor Landscape: Disk Backup report and earning 99 out of a possible 100 points.

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
More than 1,800 customers worldwide depend on ExaGrid Systems to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity and a unique landing zone to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. Read through more than 300 published customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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ExaGrid’s EX13000E is named ‘Storage/Big Data Product of the Year’ at annual awards ceremony

London – November 27, 2013 –ExaGrid Systems, Inc’s EX13000E has been named ‘Storage/Big Data Product of the Year’ at the Techworld Awards 2013. This win extends the company’s successful streak for being ranked as best-in-class for disk-based backup with deduplication.

The EX13000E was selected for its unique GRID architecture which is optimised for high performance, scalable disk backup with deduplication. It delivers a consistent backup window that doesn’t grow as data grows; the shortest possible backup window; fast restores, tape copies and fast recovery from a disaster. As a result it allows you to grow as your data grows and eliminates “forklift” upgrades.

Now in its tenth year, the Techworld Awards have firmly established themselves as the major infrastructure and networking awards event in the IT calendar. Recognising both products and users, the Techworld Awards highlight innovation on all sides of the IT industry. The submissions were reviewed by an expert panel of judges that considered the best storage products within the ‘Storage/Big Data Product of the Year’ category.

This award follows ExaGrid’s domination in two buyer guides published earlier this year by independent analyst firm DCIG. ExaGrid’s solutions were identified as ‘Best-in-Class’ in the DCIG 2013 Midrange Deduplication Backup Appliance Under $50K and $100K Buyer’s Guides reports, with the company’s solutions earning seven of the top 10 positions. The Techworld Award win has proven yet again that ExaGrid has the best-performing backup and restore solution on the market and is revolutionising how organisations backup and protect their data. This market leadership is perhaps best summed up by Jeremy Wendt, DCIG lead analyst, who said: ‘The ExaGrid EX Series essentially defines what modern mid-range target-based deduplicating backup appliances should deliver.”

(From left to right) Setareh Bidar, Mike Simons and Crispin Manners at the Annual Techworld Awards 2013

ExaGrid was also a finalist in the Backup and Recovery / Archive Product of the Year category in this year’s Storage, Virtualisation, Cloud (SVC) Awards.

Customer praise for award-winning technology and service
With offices and distribution worldwide, the company has more than 7000 systems installed at more than 1,800 customers. The success stories are available via the ExaGrid website and include case studies from leaders across different industries like Bird & Bird, Celestica-Valencia, Concur, Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust (UK National Health Service), Dublin City University, Four Seasons Resort, Ipswich BC, International SOS, Moto, Kingston Technology, Konica Minolta, Prestige Brands, the Salvation Army, and Schibsted IT.

ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity and a unique landing zone to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. Read through more than 300 published customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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ExaGrid CEO and President Bill Andrews Publishes New Book to Help IT Teams Find the Right Balance Between Primary Storage Snapshots and Traditional Backups  

London – Nov. 27, 2013 — IT departments looking to implement new solutions are generally forced to decide between two paths: short-term gain vs. long-term solution. One meets the immediate need, the other meets business goals — few solutions can do both.

For many organisations, backup falls squarely into the ‘fill immediate need’ category. The objective is to find a solution that gets the job done for a reasonable cost, as quickly as possible. But, as with most decisions that happen in the IT department, it’s not really that simple.

Bill Andrews, CEO  and president at ExaGrid Systems, has published the third book his ‘Straight Talk’ series, Straight Talk About Primary Storage Snapshots and Traditional Backups, to help IT teams better understand the complementary nature of primary storage snapshots and traditional backups.

In the book, available both online and in hardcopy, Andrews works to dispel false notions around primary storage snapshots and traditional backups, articulating how the two products can (and should) complement each other, rather than fight for the spotlight. Andrews also guides IT teams by identifying the right questions to ask before making any decisions.

By calling out six of the top requirements that must be considered for organisations to protect and retain data, the book helps readers take a holistic view of their data protection solutions, rather than a piecemeal, limited approach.

Visit the ExaGrid website for access to the book, and learn more about its two companion books, Straight Talk about Disk Backup with Deduplication and Straight Talk about the Cloud for Data Backup and Disaster Recovery.

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
More than 1,800 customers worldwide depend on ExaGrid Systems to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity and a unique landing zone to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. Read through more than 330 published customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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Today ExaGrid Systems, Inc is a data protection success story.  In the last seven years it has evolved from a group of people with an ambitious vision into the company that has the best-performing backup and restore solution on the market today.

ExaGrid entered the disk backup with deduplication market in 2006. Since then the company has revolutionized how organizations backup and protect their data. Its cost-effective disk-based backup systems help IT organizations solve two of the most pressing issues they face today: how to protect and manage an ever-increasing amount of data and, how to do so at less cost.

The company has achieved this by addressing four fundamental requirements:

• Handling relentless data growth
• Creating a consistent and short backup window no matter how much data grows in the future
• Restoring data quickly and accurately in the event of partial or complete system failures
• Delivering a solution that helps to reduce the cost of the backup infrastructure 

Best-in-Class with ‘Champion’ status
So, today ExaGrid is ranked best-in-class by independent experts.^[1][2]
But it wasn’t alone in creating this award-winning architecture. ExaGrid effectively crowdsourced its solution before crowdsourcing was invented. The company spoke with IT professionals at 100s of companies who detailed their persistent problems with relentlessly creeping backup windows.

A tale of two architectures

The result of this listening, combined with the company’s innovative thinking, is a unique scale-out grid-based backup solution that has no theoretical limits.

Why then does ExaGrid’s uniqe scale-out approach to backup and restore solve the problem forever?

There are two fundamental reasons.

First, our scale-out architecture handles data growth very differently. We add full server appliances with processor, memory, network bandwidth and disk into a scalable GRID system. As the data grows, so do all four resources. You don’t need to know up front what your future data growth will be as you simply add the appropriate resources accordingly.

Second, ExaGrid is the only solution that has a landing zone that stores the most recent backups in their complete form while all others only store deduplicated data which is also called de-hydrated data.

When it’s time to do a local restore and make an offsite tape copy ExaGrid has the data in its full form ready to go. For all the other solutions you have to wait for them to put the data back together again from the de-hydrated form before you can do a local restore to make at tape copy. As a result, ExaGrid restore and tape copy performance is significantly better.

The fundamental differences and the compelling case for choosing ExaGrid’s scale-out approach are covered in a separate paper that describes the competing architectures.

The elegance of ExaGrid’s architecture has enabled its customers to manage a consistent backup window regardless of data growth and regardless of the other changes in the infrastructure, including: the migration to virtual environments where ExaGrid is now recognised as the de facto leader in partnership with Veeam.^[3] This proves the significant lifetime value and investment protection that ExaGrid provides and that no other architecture can match.

ExaGrid became the best at backup because it refuses to compromise over the 5 commitments it makes to its customers:

1. No backup window growth regardless of data growth.
2. The shortest  backup window
3. Fastest restores, tape copies and recovery from a disaster
4. VM instant recoveries in minutes
5. Lowest cost solution upfront and over time, with no forklift upgrades, obsolescence, and price guarantee

To find out more about ExaGrid, information about its products or the latest news, see the attachments on the top right.

New ExaGrid EX21000E Appliance Delivers on ‘Backup Without Compromise’ Promise, and Proves Architecture Solves the Backup Challenge – Forever

Westborough, Mass., Oct. 21, 2013 – ExaGrid Systems, the company consistently ranked ‘best at backup’ by leading experts, extends its lead with its latest appliance, the EX21000E.

Like the entire ExaGrid backup family, the new appliance continues to do the inconceivable: it keeps the backup window fixed in time forever, and delivers the fastest restores – regardless of data growth. No other backup architecture can match this commitment, because only ExaGrid solves the compute problems associated with deduplication.

This newest addition to the ExaGrid family extends the company’s founding vision to remove the risk from data protection – and solve the chronic, debilitating and costly problems associated with constantly expanding business data growth.

The EX21000E scales to 210 terabytes with a 10-appliance grid – and provides 80 percent faster speeds, 62 percent more capacity and 10 percent more throughput per terabyte – all at a lower price point than ExaGrid’s EX13000E, released in 2011. The EX21000E also features an ingest rate of 4.32TB per hour, which increases to an ingest rate of 43.2TB per hour with 10 appliances in a GRID.

The new appliance is available immediately, and integrates with existing ExaGrid appliances seamlessly. The EX21000E can be mixed and matched in the same GRID with all previous ExaGrid models: EX1000, EX2000, EX3000, EX4000, EX5000, EX7000, EX10000E and EX13000E.

Architecture Matters: Compare Scale-Up versus Scale-Out
To work effectively, backup requires an architecture that deals with data growth and deduplication – which are the main drivers affecting the backup window, restore speed and IT budgets.

ExaGrid’s unique scale-out architecture adds computing power with capacity, combined with a unique Landing Zone, to solve the storage problem and the deduplication compute problem. Other available products, including EMC Data Domain, HP D2D, Quantum DXi and Dell 4100, rely on scale-up technology, limiting overall capacity and computing power, requiring costly upgrades regularly.

Backup Without Compromise
The EX21000E follows through on ExaGrid’s promise to deliver a permanent solution to the backup problem, and is standing by its five-point commitment for every deployment:

1. No backup window growth regardless of data growth
2. The shortest backup window
3. Fastest restores, tape copies and recovery from a disaster
4. VM instant recoveries in minutes
5. Lowest cost solution upfront and over time, with no forklift upgrades, obsolescence and a price guarantee

ExaGrid’s solution, which was effectively ‘crowd-sourced’ by hundreds of IT professionals more than eight years ago, has more than 1,800 customers worldwide. The company’s highly scalable architecture is widely recognized as the market’s most cost-effective approach according to the industry’s latest reports.

About ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
More than 1,800 customers worldwide depend on ExaGrid Systems to solve their backup problems, effectively and permanently. ExaGrid’s disk based, scale-out GRID architecture constantly adjusts to incessant growing data backup demands, and is the only solution that combines compute with capacity and a unique landing zone to permanently shorten backup windows and eliminate expensive forklift upgrades. Read through more than 300 published customer success stories and learn more at www.exagrid.com.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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