agami Information Server Certified for VMware Infrastructure Environments

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- agami Systems, an industry leader in delivering enterprise network storage systems with live file system replication, breakthrough operational performance and TCO, today announces that the agami Information Server 3000 and 6000 series have been certified for VMware ESX Server, a component of VMware Infrastructure, along with the recently released AIS1006 storage system.

The agami Information Server 3000 & 6000 series, and the new AIS1006 system, are now included in the Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for VMware ESX Server as a supported storage platform. This compatibility is designed to provide customers with an integrated and jointly supported environment when deploying VMware virtualization technology with a unified storage solution from agami Systems.

"Certification with VMware Infrastructure will be extremely beneficial for our clients as they look for storage solutions that can provide the necessary consolidation, performance, reliability and scalability for multiple virtualized environments. A unified solution from agami Systems with built-in disaster recovery and high availability offers industry-leading virtualization features that can support up to 256 iSCSI targets and 1024 volumes, thereby improving the flexibility to configure for multiple applications, enhance security, and improve data management," says David Stiles, CEO, agami Systems, Inc. "Implementing an agami solution for VMware environments enables customers to maximize their VMware investment, and optimize data center management for greater operational efficiency."

"Working together with agami Systems offers our joint customers the high efficiency and performance of a unified NAS/IP SAN solution in conjunction with VMware Infrastructure," says Parag Patel, vice president, alliances at VMware. "This combination is designed to enable the management of both storage and server environments to be optimized through consolidation."

agami Systems offers a unique storage solution for VMware environments in that it's a true NAS/IP SAN unified solution based on agami's file system strengths that eliminate the complexity associated with traditional SAN solutions. It enables snapshots, replication & high-availability plus full multi-protocol support of iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, NDMP and SNMP. In addition, according to a recent Enterprise Strategy Group validation report, the iSCSI performance of the agami Systems' Information Servers reached a throughput level of 700 MB/s.(1)

The VMware certification applies to the following line of agami Information Servers: AIS3004, AIS3006, AIS3009, AIS6112, AIS6119, AIS6124, and AIS1006.

agami Systems, Inc. is a member of the VMware Technology Alliance Program. Membership in the program allows agami Systems and VMware to collaborate on go-to-market efforts and technical solutions in support of mutual customers.

For more information on the benefits of the agami Systems storage solution for server virtualization, please visit http://www.agami.com/site/server-virtualization

About agami Systems, Inc.

agami Systems is the leading provider of enterprise network storage systems with integrated live file system replication. The agami Information Server delivers breakthrough performance and unprecedented cost savings for geographically distributed business-critical applications. By unlocking the bottlenecks of NAS performance, agami Information Servers enable fast, efficient storage for large-scale file and database applications. agami Systems solutions integrate seamlessly into customers' existing infrastructure and applications and are compatible with the leading enterprise storage management software products. Only agami Information Servers deliver the most cost-effective way for enterprises to safely share and protect information from remote locations. To find out more about agami Systems, visit http://www.agami.com.

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    (1) ESG Validation Report, July, 2007. Authors: Tony Palmer, Brian Garrett,
        Tony Asaro