Clustered Storage System Certified with Veritas NetBackup by Symantec For Advanced Enterprise Data Protection and Disaster Recovery

Isilon(R) Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN) , the leader in clustered storage, today announced that OneFS(R) 4.5, the operating system software that provides the intelligence behind all Isilon clustered storage systems, has been certified with Veritas NetBackup software from Symantec Corporation, a global leader in infrastructure software and information security. This certification is targeted for the network data management protocol (NDMP), creating a robust and reliable data backup and restore solution for Isilon IQ clustered storage systems. A solution combining Symantec's enterprise-class backup software with Isilon's award-winning clustered storage systems will provide enterprise customers with deeper levels of protection and security for large and rapidly growing stores of digital content and other unstructured data. By leveraging Isilon IQ, featuring its OneFS operating system software and unique clustered architecture, with NetBackup NDMP, enterprise businesses can significantly improve the performance of their data protection operations and maximize the value of their critical information.

A recent IDC whitepaper titled "The Expanding Digital Universe," reports that unstructured data, which is primarily digital content, accounts for more than 80 percent of all information within enterprise organizations. As a member of the Symantec Technology Enabled Program, Isilon's OneFS operating system software for clustered storage systems has achieved certification with NetBackup software, enabling customers to deploy, manage, and secure mission-critical storage environments, speeding access to the unstructured data and digital content proliferating throughout the enterprise. Additionally, this solution provides automated integration and backup of unstructured data with a seamless interface to manage data between the online environment and the archived storage library.

"We are pleased to welcome Isilon as a partner in the Symantec Technology Enabled Program," said Raja Srinivasan, senior manager, Symantec Technology Enabled Program, Symantec Corporation. "Isilon's unique OneFS operating system for clustered storage systems combined with NetBackup software can help improve overall backup and restore performance. This offering provides customers with additional flexibility as they go about choosing solutions to protect and provide continuous availability to their mission-critical applications and data for process efficiency, disaster recovery and business success."

"The reliability, reputation and wide-scale deployment of Veritas NetBackup software makes it an ideal match for Isilon's award-winning Isilon IQ clustered storage systems," said Sam Grocott, Senior Director of Product Management, Isilon Systems. "Data is the most vital asset to an enterprise and therefore protecting that data must be tantamount in any storage deployment. In order to help ensure security and data protection of businesses' mission-critical information, Isilon IQ clustered storage systems leverage the certification of OneFS for use with NetBackup software, offering customers additional archive and data protection options."

Powered by OneFS, Isilon IQ delivers the industry's first single file system that unifies and provides instant and ubiquitous access to the rapidly growing stores of digital content and unstructured data, eliminating the cost and complexity barriers of traditional storage architectures. OneFS is a unified operating system software layer that powers all of Isilon's award-winning IQ family of clustered storage systems including the Isilon IQ 200, 1920, 3000, 6000, Accelerator, and EX 6000. Isilon also provides a robust suite of software applications including SnapshotIQ(TM), SmartConnect(TM), MigrationIQ(TM) and SyncIQ(R) that leverage OneFS and clustered storage, providing the highest levels of data protection and automated data management.

About Isilon Systems

Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data, enabling enterprises to transform data into information -- and information into breakthroughs. Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems combines Isilon's OneFS operating system software with the latest advances in industry-standard hardware to deliver modular, pay-as-you-grow, enterprise-class storage systems. Isilon's clustered storage solutions speed access to critical business information while dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of storing it. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com/.