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MONTREAL, November 7, 2001 — Maximum Throughput Inc., an emerging market leader in enterprise networked storage solutions, today released test results from eTesting Labs for its Sledgehammer™ NAS system. The test results set a new industry benchmark for network storage solutions by achieving peak throughput of 240.34 Mbytes per second (1,922.72 Mbits per second) -- more than five times faster than competing products from mainstream vendors -- and a dramatic 51,000 IOps. These metrics establish Max-T as the definitive leader in networked storage throughput.
"The results of this test prove beyond a doubt that Maximum Throughput is poised to transform the storage networking market with the introduction of smart software that extracts massive amounts of sustained performance out of cost-effective, off-the-shelf boxes," said Gautham Sastri, founder, president and chief executive officer, Maximum Throughput. "We have debunked the myth that it is impossible to drive NAS boxes at multi-gigabit wire speeds using commodity hardware. Sledgehammer delivers storage area network (SAN) performance over TCP/IP, channeling data to more clients faster and at the lowest total cost of ownership."
By combining innovative software with standard industry hardware, Maximum Throughput’s storage solutions enable customers to create scalable, reliable and highly manageable storage networks. Max-T’s software is designed to eliminate the need for proprietary hardware and can be installed in less than 30 minutes, supporting Windows and UNIX client environments. The entire performance report of this Max-T commissioned test can be found on the eTesting Labs website at: http://www.etestinglabs.com/main/reports/maxsledge.pdf
"I am blown away by the performance numbers Maximum Throughput has achieved on standard hardware. This will certainly rattle and shake the NAS industry one more time," said Arun Taneja, senior analyst, Enterprise Storage Group, the world’s #1 independent storage industry analyst firm.
Demand for storage capacity will enjoy a significant growth over the next four years according to several market research firms. IDC predicts the storage market will grow from US$34 billion in 2000 to over US$53 billion in the year 2004. Dataquest predicts that by the year 2004, over 80% of storage will be networked based making networked storage (NAS & SAN) the highest growth segments of the storage market.
The base price of the Sledgehammer NAS head including software is US$110,000. Storage can be either acquired directly by the customer, or supplied from preferred vendors by Maximum Throughput at existing commodity pricing.
eTesting Labs Inc. (www.etestinglabs.com), a Ziff Davis Media company, leads the industry in Internet and technology testing. Building on Ziff Davis Media's history of leadership in product reviews and benchmark development, eTesting Labs brings independent testing, research, development, and analysis directly to publications, Web sites, vendors, and IT organizations everywhere. For more information email etesting_labs_info@ziffdavis.com or call toll free at 877-619-9259.
Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com)
is a networked storage developer whose products deliver SAN performance over
TCP/IP. The Company’s unique solution provides many times the storage bandwidth
of other NAS and SAN products, using software that runs on industry standard
hardware. Maximum Throughput’s products offer unparalleled performance
capacity management, and capacity availability, and have the lowest total cost-of-ownership
in their class.