Scale Eight provides file storage solutions based on patent-pending distributed systems technology.

Scale Eight has delivered its award-winning Global Storage Service to Fortune 500 customers since October 2000 and will soon roll out next-generation NAS systems.

Scale Eight provides file storage solutions based on patent-pending Distributed Storage Software (DSS) technology. This technology is delivered via the Scale Eight Global Storage Service and will also be utilized in a family of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) products.

Scale Eight has been serving global enterprises since October 2000. Since then, the company has expanded into the Asian and European markets and now supports Fortune 500 customers on three continents , including The Microsoft Network, Viacom, and Fujitsu's PFU Group. Scale Eight is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with facilities in Japan and the United Kingdom.

Since its formation in 1999, Scale Eight has been recognized by a variety of leading IT organizations as a truly innovative company. Red Herring named Scale Eight "one of the 50 privately held companies most likely to change the world" in 2001 and in 2002, and Computerworld named Scale Eight an Emerging Company for 2002.

Scale Eight develops advanced Distributed Storage Software (DSS) technology, which provides unique capabilities and compelling customer benefits. This software is designed to run on industry standard hardware and operating system platforms, enabling Scale Eight to rapidly leverage the low costs and continual advances in industry standard processors, I/O systems, and disk drives.

Specific areas of focus with Scale Eight Distributed Storage Software (DSS) technology include:

Full-featured, distributed file system technology, which provides a fully distributed namespace, locking mechanisms and cache coherency across multiple servers. This technology is applicable to pools of local storage servers, as well as to geographically distributed storage.
Full-featured, distributed volume manager technology, which provides a fully distributed data space by consolidating distributed direct- or SAN-attached block storage devices into one or more logical RAID volumes.
Advanced distributed services technology, which enforces cluster coherency, communication and high availability.

Scale Eight currently has nine patents pending for its unique software technology.

Scale Eight currently offers its technology through multiple product and service offerings:

Scale Eight's Global Storage Service enables companies to create a virtual storage repository for sharing and distributing terabytes of file content via the Wide Area Network.

Scale Eight is also developing advanced NAS products, which will enable the creation of highly scalable single-image NAS pools.

Scale8 is covered regularly in leading business, IT, and data storage publications. Editors and analysts who would like to speak with a Scale8 executive should contact Dave Donohue, director of corporate communications, at or 415.348.6864.

Recent Press Coverage:

	Federal Computer Week		New technology eases storage management
	InfoStor Magazine		NAS start-ups rely on distributed file systems
	eWeek		Scale8 NAS Device
	InformationWeek		A Babe In The Storage Market Brings Innovation

Additional Press Coverage

Recent Press Releases:

	03-03-03		Scale8 Unveils Advanced NAS System Based On Distributed Storage Technology
	01-14-03		Scale Eight Provides Storage Platform to Australia's Largest Digital Music Service Provider
	12-10-02		Scale Eight Names Melinda Gross as Vice President of Worldwide Sales
	10-08-02		Scale Eight Names Robert H. Ewald as President and Chief Executive Officer

Additional Press Releases

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Exceptional customer support is one of Scale Eight's greatest strengths. Support is provided 24x7 through the Scale Eight Service Management Center (SMC), which is staffed with a highly capable team that is committed to maximizing customer satisfaction.

The SMC serves as the central monitoring and control facility for the Scale Eight Global Storage Service. The SMC operates continuously-24 hours a day, 7 days a week-with expert networking, storage and engineering professionals who ensure continuous service availability.

From the SMC, all Scale Eight systems around the world, including all Scale Eight Global Storage Ports installed at customer facilities, can be accessed, monitored and controlled. In this way, Scale Eight can perform software reconfiguration and deliver upgrades, as well as monitor any element of the system to detect problems. If necessary, the SMC can dispatch Scale Eight engineers to customer sites for assistance or problem resolution.

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