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ONSTOR SHOWCASES GLOBAL MOMENTUM WITH RECORD FIRST QUARTER SALES OF CLUSTERED NAS STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Industry Veteran Thomas Gallivan Named Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales to Lead Enhanced Channel with a Strong Direct Sales Model

CAMPBELL, Calif. - April 16, 2007 - ONStor Inc. �, the leading provider of scalable clustered NAS solutions for the enterprise, today announced a record first quarter 2007 along with the appointment of Thomas Gallivan as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. ONStor achieved a 157% increase in sales over the same quarter of the previous year while also benchmarking 357% increase in International bookings. Through both direct sales and partner channels, ONStor expands global market penetration with award winning Pantera Clustered NAS Systems� and Bobcat NAS Gateways� for more than 250 enterprise customers ONStor's strong commercial success follows closely on the heels of the ONStor announcement of 13 new EMEA channel partners, made in February 2007.

Thomas S. Gallivan expands ONStor leadership with over 17 years of worldwide sales and sales management experience. Previously, Tom was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Rackable Systems where he was responsible for global sales of server and storage products for the enterprise, web and high performance computing (HPC) markets. He achieved nine consecutive quarters of record growth in bookings and revenue. In addition, he has worked with Sun Microsystems, MAXSTRAT Corporation and Seagate Technology. Tom's solid direct sales track record complements the ONStor channel strategy.

"File based content is growing at an alarming rate and it generally consumes more capacity than other data types," said Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "As a result, the NAS market is booming. ONStor is one of the few storage vendors that provide best-in-class NAS solutions for a wide set of applications and environments. They can support Windows file serving needs, Web 2.0 applications and high performance computing."

"ONStor continues to drive industry leadership with the only storage solution designed to support cost-effective scalability," said Bob Miller, CEO of ONStor. "Our team continues to establish credibility with customers through strong domain expertise around clustered NAS storage and our ability to think unconventionally. At the end of the day, we are honest about what we can provide and our integrity is based on proven, scaleable solutions."

Surpassing 250 enterprise customers worldwide, ONStor's Pantera Clustered NAS Systems and Bobcat NAS Gateways continue to reinforce the power of next-generation NAS solutions providing customers unsurpassed TCO and scalability. ONStor solidifies strong momentum with a 155% increase of repeat business while total bookings increased 228% in the first quarter 2007 over the previous year.

About ONStor
ONStor drives down the cost of storage management by delivering scalable clustered NAS that saves enterprises 50 percent on total cost of ownership with systems that let customers start small and scale massively as their requirements grow. ONStor's award-winning Pantera Clustered NAS Systems and Bobcat NAS Gateways consolidate information from multiple Windows, UNIX and Linux devices into a single, highly scalable file storage environment. The open storage architecture allows existing assets to be leveraged, while integrated file server virtualization enables resources to be redeployed quickly to accommodate changing needs. Proven at hundreds of enterprise customer sites, ONStor delivers the cost-effective approach to scalable storage. More information about ONStor can be found at www.onstor.com.

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