SPECTRA LOGIC JOINS AVAIL COMPATIBILITY PROGRAM, WILL SELL AVAIL HSM
SOFTWARE WITH JUKEBOXES

Boulder, Colorado - September 9, 1994 - Avail Systems Corporation today
announced Spectra Logic, a division of Western Automation, now supports
the Avail ABLE compatibility program connecting Avail's NetSpace
hierarchical storage management (HSM) software with the Spectra 4000
series tape libraries. The Avail-developed storage capacity kits guarantee
plug and play compatibility with the Spectra 4000/20, 4000/40 and 4000/60
tape libraries that store up to 240 gigabytes of uncompressed data and up
to 600 gigabytes with 2.5x compression.

"Hierarchical storage is a rapidly evolving application for tape
libraries," said Nathan Thompson, Chairman of Spectra Logic, "and we're
excited to be working with Avail Systems. Their product offerings are an
ideal platform for our 4mm-based products."

"SpectraLogic tape libraries fit perfectly into the frame of managed
storage devices," said Robert Wight, president and CEO of Avail Systems.
"Users experienced in deriving benefits from managed hierarchies realize
that vast capacities of value based storage, like that provided by Spectra
Logic equipment, are exactly what their business needs."

"Compelled by the simplicity of the program and the benefits for their
customers, many leading storage hardware vendors have adopted the Avail
compatibility strategy in marketing their products. SpectraLogic joins
Philips LMS, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maxoptix, and
ADIC in carrying the Avail certification.

The Avail compatibility program provides storage device manufacturers,
system integrators and end user customers the simplest method to build and
maintain storage management systems using standard, plug and play
components. Storage hardware vendors indicate the unit is "Avail ABLE" on
the packaging and product documentation. Any Avail ABLE storage device
used with a storage kit can instantly add capacity to an existing NetSpace
environment, or can be configured with other Avail ABLE devices to form a
hierarchy that can be managed by NetSpace. Integrators and users are
assured that storage equipment bearing the Avail ABLE logo will operate
with all applications containing the NetSpace HSM engine.

Hierarchical storage management software solves the problems caused by the
explosion of file data on today's PC networks. Avail's NetSpace HSM
product provides expert, rule based procedures that automatically store
all networked data on "layers" of storage peripherals. Files are migrated
to various storage devices (such as disk drives, optical jukeboxes, and
tape libraries) to optimize both the cost of storage and data access time.
Files are transparently migrated and retrieved for the network user at a
fraction of the cost of adding traditional network storage.

Avail was the first company to develop hierarchical storage management
software for Novell networks. Since the product's introduction in July,
1993, Avail's software has received many accolades, including Computer
Technology Reviews Reseller's Choice award and industry honors for
technical excellence and outstanding new storage product. Avail Systems
Corporation, founded in 1991, is a privately held corporation whose
investors are Aweida Ventures, Euclid Partners, and Hambrecht & Quist.

Avail Systems
4760 Walnut St
Boulder, CO 80301
303-444-4018,  fax 303-546-4219

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