TechTV Reaps Productivity Benefits With Cost-Effective Nexsan ATAboy2 Storage Array Solution

Excellent Throughput, 'Best Price Point' to any Comparable Redundant Solution Saves TechTV Valuable Production Time

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 19, 2003 - In the daily crunch of creating and producing a full schedule of entertainment programming, there is constant work to digitize and store individual shows to put to air. TechTV, available in over 40 million homes in 70 countries, reuses content throughout their shows and faced the challenge of finding near-line storage to hold this digitized content for days and weeks. The option of using additional video servers was just not cost-effective for the cable channel. To resolve this challenge, TechTV turned to Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Nexsan Technologies, the leader in innovative storage solutions, for an affordable, reliable solution.

Because of storage limitations on the TechTV video server, the channel was forced to digitize content for shows prior to air, load and use the content, and then remove it to make way for new material. When earlier content was needed again in subsequent airings, it had probably been removed from the server (due to limited storage space on the server), requiring TechTV to re-digitize the earlier content yet again, and load it back onto the servers for broadcast. The options to solve this problem were simple: either purchase an additional video server or choose a redundant, cost-effective storage solution for digitized content. They chose Nexsan's ATAboy2T to provide near-line storage.

"There was a lot of duplication of time and effort in having to digitize, delete and re-digitize content, and buying additional video servers for storage was an expensive alternative," Don Davis, system administrator, TechTV, said. "Choosing Nexsan's ATAboy2 as our near-line storage solution allows us to digitize once and store the content, and use it once, twice, or as many times as needed over a period of weeks, saving us valuable production time."

TechTV selected Nexsan's ATAboy2 with just under two terabytes, and installed the unit as a trial in November 2002. After seeing the results the product delivered, TechTV rolled the initial unit into production and bought additional ATAboy2 systems for in-house TV graphics use (and to provide storage for TechTV.com, a site that sees 1.5 million unique visitors a month) and for corporate use.

"The ATAboy2 delivers excellent throughput, excellent built-in redundancy and alerting features at one of the best price points in comparison to any other redundant product," continued Davis. "The ATAboy2's interface was very intuitive, allowing quick configuration, setup and then you're off and running. The ATAboy2 is a great, compact unit at a great price."

About ATAboy2
Nexsan's InfiniSAN line of disk-based storage solutions delivers the latest in form and function now. The InfiniSAN ATAboy series provides enterprise-class features and functionality in a low profile, correct-cost expandable package. The ATAboy2 provides unlimited flexibility in an advanced ATA disk-based solution. Unquestioned reliability results from utilizing redundancy and the latest advancements in RAID technology, while Nexsan's Extreme Intelligence Software, NexSCANT, provides sophisticated centralized management and monitoring of all Nexsan subsystems.

Nexsan's ATAboy2 ATA disk-based technology provides "next generation" performance, reliability and high data availability for the industry's most demanding storage and data delivery applications. Utilizing storage virtualization, the InfiniSAN ATAboy2 ATA disk-based systems scale from a correct-cost, entry-level solution while providing unchallenged expandability and superior fault tolerance supporting the storage industry's most demanding midrange to enterprise-class applications.

About Nexsan Technologies
Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., is the leader in innovative and correct-cost storage solutions. The company creates and delivers award-winning, storage-centric hardware and application-based solutions worldwide through one of the most diverse and established networks of professionals in the storage industry. Next-generation Nexsan storage products are designed for corporate, graphics, medical imaging, animation and special effects, real time/event monitored/ on-line/off-site storage, Internet delivered content, digital film and video, financial online transaction data, music and voice, video security, and document imaging. For more information, please see the company's website at: http://www.nexsan.com

About TechTV
TechTV is the cable network that showcases the smart, edgy and unexpected side of technology. By telling stories through the prism of technology, TechTV intrigues viewers with everything from help and information to cutting-edge documentaries to outrageous late-night fun. TechTV viewers are highly interactive and passionate about engaging in the television experience and log a monthly average of 1.4 million unique visitors to techtv.com. Owned by Vulcan Inc., TechTV is currently available in 40 million homes in the United States and distributes content to more than 70 countries.

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