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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- At NAB 2006, Exavio Inc. (Booth # SL585) will unveil innovative new workflows that leverage the ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator to deliver increased performance and efficiency in existing complex storage environments. The presentation will include an uncompressed HD workflow for Apple(R) Power Mac(R) with Xsan(R) and a multi-stream PC-based 2K digital intermediate (DI) workflow demonstration running off an accelerated storage area network.

"In the post production world, a manager's dream is to work in uncompressed HD or DI format, reading and writing data from a SAN with a true collaborative workflow," said Mike Moone, President and CEO of Exavio Inc. "That just hasn't been possible before because the infrastructure itself is proving to be a significant bottleneck. Exavio is enabling new postproduction and DI workflows to leap off the drawing board and be put to practical use today so facilities can adapt to take on the most demanding projects."

The ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator increases the performance of Apple XServe(R) RAID and Xsan(R) systems by a factor of more than 4X, providing facilities with a practical approach to building large, multi-seat HD collaborative workflows with Apple Power Mac Workstations and Final Cut Pro(R) Studio.

About ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator

The ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator increases the efficiency and performance of existing SAN storage solutions. The ExaMax 9000 SAN Accelerator provides facilities with a practical and cost effective approach to building large-scale collaborative workflows

The ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator touts a dynamic cache, scalable from 128 GB up to 1 TB, mitigating storage random-seek and concurrent access issues. The system provides stable performance over time, even with high storage usage. Optimized with proprietary algorithms tuned for video precision, the ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator assures immediate content availability with low latency. The platform can expand to 36 2-Gb Fibre Channel ports in one chassis to support various post production environments including uncompressed HD, and 2K and 4K digital film resolutions.

A powerful, Java(TM) based management application called ExaView(TM) monitors and manages the ExaMax platform storage virtualization and network environments through a simple GUI from a remote client.

About Exavio Inc.

Exavio Inc. is enabling better workflow for post production, moving digital intermediate & HD as well as storage area network markets. With the ExaMax 9000 I/O Accelerator, the company is improving SAN real-time performance in order to make HD and DI workflows more affordable, more manageable and more flexible. Exavio Inc. is a privately held company with engineering offices in Beijing and headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. For more information, please visit Exavio Inc. at www.exavio.com.

Source: Exavio Inc.

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