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nStor and Sanbolic Selected by DigiNovations for High Performance Storage Solution DigiNovations Deploys Storage Solutions for High Definition Graphics Production Facility LAS VEGAS and CARLSBAD, Calif., NAB 2005, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- nStor Corporation, Inc., a subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:NSO) and Sanbolic, Inc., today announced that DigiNovations Incorporated, a leader in digital video production services, has deployed the NexStor 4700 SATA storage system with Sanbolic's Melio FS software. The solution captures and stores graphics SD/HD data to help DigiNovations keep pace with growth in the company's business and consumer video production services. The solution provided by system integrator 1 Beyond, was selected in a newly deployed SAN network to bring exciting new digital video production services to businesses, organizations, and families throughout New England. The post production graphics department at DigiNovations is equipped to handle the demands of high definition post production editing in a shared SAN environment. The solution includes high performance NexStor 4700 FC-SATA storage systems, Sanbolic's software Melio FS SAN file system and LaScala Volume Manager, and Harmony series workstations with Redline Rendering Farm from 1 Beyond. "With nStor and Sanbolic, we achieved our goal of increasing the speed, efficiency and resiliency of DigiNovations' post-production team," said Terry Cullen, President of 1 Beyond. "The solution allows artists to offload the rendering process to a separate system, freeing up precious system resources on individual workstations." "nStor hardware is at the heart of the state-of-the-art SAN that is taking our video production studio to a new level of productivity and collaborative work," said Michael Kolowich, president and executive producer of DigiNovations in Concord, Massachusetts. "nStor delivers the reliability and scalability we need in our post-production facility. Combined with Sanbolic's Melio FS and LaScala software, it's helping us break new ground in streamlining our creative workflow and reducing our production costs." DigiNovations has experienced nearly 300% growth in project volume over the past 12 months. To meet the increased volume demand for high quality graphic production typical of a busy metropolitan studio, DigiNovations needed to update its legacy graphics workstations and direct-attached storage environment with new post production equipment and SAN technology. Relying on the video-editing expertise of 1 Beyond, the new facility includes a SAN employing Melio FS shared file system, allowing multiple workstation users simultaneous access to video content stored on the central NexStor 4700 SATA storage. "With the introduction of nStor's OneStor solutions, we look forward to continued customer successes such as this one with DigiNovations and OneBeyond. The SATA solutions from nStor are providing excellent performance for bandwidth intensive video applications," remarked Momchil Michailov, CEO of Sanbolic. Since deploying the nStor integrated solution, DigiNovations has already seen increased graphics production, improved quality, and a reduced time to 'edit'. "Our collaboration with Sanbolic, provides ideal solutions for high-bandwidth and performance-driven applications such as video editing and digital imaging," added Lisa Hart, nStor's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Alliances. A similar solution will be demonstrated at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) in Las Vegas, NV April 18-21 in 1 Beyond's booth location #SL3967. About Sanbolic, Inc. Sanbolic, Inc. is a privately held company located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sanbolic's products address the growing customer need for tools that simplify data storage management, increase system flexibility, and enable high bandwidth shared access to data. The product offerings are Melio FS, an advanced symmetrical cluster file system and LaScala, a symmetrical cluster volume manager. Sanbolic distributes its products worldwide through a network of distributors, OEMs, VARs and system integrators. Further information about Sanbolic can be found on its website http://www.sanbolic.com/ About 1 Beyond Founded in 1996, 1 Beyond, Inc. manufactures professional PC-based video editing and compositing systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional high- end systems. 1 Beyond delivers turnkey video systems that provide customers with the highest performance and quality digital workflow in DV, SD and now full 10-bit uncompressed HD. 1 Beyond offers a wide range of systems including award-winning Laptops, Desktops, Mobiles and Rack mounts used in all phases of editing and compositing. 1 Beyond's systems are designed with true open architecture and built on world standards, insuring the customer a continued upgrade path and hence, the longest period for ROI and non-obsolescence. For more information visit http://www.1beyond.com/. About DigiNovations DigiNovations, Inc. was founded by Internet content pioneer Michael Kolowich to bring the benefits of digital video production to businesses, organizations, and individuals across New England. DigiNovations offers original creative productions and video production services to companies and organizations through its North Bridge Productions unit (http://www.northbridge-pro.com/business), and video and film transfer, family history, wedding and event videography, and sports videography services through its MemoryWorks unit (http://www.memoryworks.net/memoryworks). For more information, please visit http://www.diginovations.com/. About nStor Corporation, Inc. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., nStor Corporation, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of nStor Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:NSO), develops integrated data storage solutions that are ideally suited for small and mid-tier enterprises and small-to-medium business applications. The company's flagship controller technology and StorView management software form the foundation for the NexStor family of turnkey solutions that support a wide range of operating systems. Designed for storage-intensive environments and mission-critical applications, nStor's products are available in Fibre Channel, SCSI and SATA configurations. The company markets its storage solutions through leading OEM partners and a global network of systems integrators. For more information, please visit http://www.nstor.com/ This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward- looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimated," "project," "expect," "anticipate," or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's inability to increase sales to current customers and to expand its customer base, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, the Company's inability to improve the gross margin on its products, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, outcome of litigation, insufficient funding and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. nStor and StorView are registered trademarks of nStor Technologies, Inc. DATASOURCE: nStor Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Veena Raman of nStor Corporation, Inc., +1-760-683-2500, ; or Jennifer Internicola of Sanbolic Inc., +1-617-926-2806, Web site: http://www.northbridge-pro.com/business Web site: http://www.memoryworks.net/memoryworks Web site: http://www.diginovations.com/ Web site: http://www.1beyond.com/ Web site: http://www.sanbolic.com/ Web site: http://www.nstor.com/

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