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Charismac Releases FibreShare for Mac OS X, New Release Can Co-exist in OS 9 SAN; Storage Area Network -- SAN -- Software Lets Users Share Common Volumes under OS X

Posted on: Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 06:00 CDT

AUBURN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003--Charismac released a version of their reliable Storage Area Networking (SAN) software FibreShare today that works with Apples' (Nasdaq:AAPL) Mac OS X. The volume management software package allows multiple users to share between OS9 and OS X and have shared read and write access to Fibre Channel storage without the bottlenecks commonly associated with traditional Ethernet-based networking.

"We're extremely excited about the release of FibreShare for OS X," said Wyler Furgeson, President and CEO of Charismac. "We did not want to release a product for OS X that was not as stable, as reliable, and as widely accepted as our OS 9 FibreShare product. I am confident that with this release we've exceeded our original expectations."

Charismac's OS 9 version of FibreShare has a large installed user base running under OS9. FibreShare allows audio and video applications such as Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) Final Cut Pro, Digidesigns' ProTools and Media 100 (Nasdaq:MDEA) to see fibre channel storage as if it were directly attached to the client's computer with no performance hit to the system. FibreShare works seamlessly with hardware from IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vixel (Nasdaq:VIXL), HP (NYSE:HPQ), StorageTek (NYSE:STK), EMC (NYSE:EMC), Brocade (Nasdaq:BRCD), Hitachi Data Systems, McData (Nasdaq:MCDTA) and many others.

FibreShare for Mac OS X also sees and allows access to OS 9 volumes. Extra attention was given to this functionality so that customers could slowly migrate to OS X when necessary and as their SAN evolves.

"We wanted to provide customers with a way to bring in one or two seats of the OS X software into their existing FibreShare network if necessary. Customers do not need to feel the burden of upgrading their audio and video equipment to OS X is an all or nothing proposition," Furgeson added.

FibreShare for OS X comes complete with all tools necessary for installation including the award-winning Charismac RAID utilities for OS X allowing users to set up a SAN using single disk drives or multi-disk arrays. FibreShare also comes with a comprehensive benchmarking tool in order to test storage devices on the SAN.

FibreShare for OS X carries a suggested retail price of $1249 per network seat. Charismac offers quantity discounts as well as competitive upgrades from other SAN software packages.

More information about FibreShare for OS X can be found on the Charismac web site, www.charismac.com, by emailing sales@charismac.com or by calling 530/885-4420.

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