Confidential Name Title Nexsan Technologies Inc. 555 St. Charles Drive Thousand Oaks, CA Phone: XX Mobile: XX URL: 1 Nexsan DATABeast Full Service Storage for All Your Data DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential What is DATABeast Full Service Storage for All Your Data NAS ( Option) (file services) FC SAN (block and volume services) 2 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential What Market Does DATABeast Address 15% of Data – Databases (structured data) DATABeast 85% of Data Fixed Data (unstructured data, fixed content, files) Fixed Data (unstructured data - PB) ESG Feb 2007 Storage Systems Brief Databases (structured data - PB) IDC Dec 2007 Changing Enterprise Data Profile 3 DATABeast DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast - Enterprise Class Storage at a Cost Approaching Tape 4 Complete Limited Storage Services Cost per TB High Cost Low Cost FC-SAN Tape DATABeast DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Online Archive Systems Average Speed and Medium Cost Backup and Offline Archive Systems Slow Speed and Medium to Low Cost Transaction Databases High Speed and High Cost File Servers Average Speed and Medium Cost Production Data and Image Pools Average Speed and Low Cost Standard Databases Average Speed and Medium Cost What Applications does DATABeast Address MAC, Windows, Linux / Unix 5 DATABeast DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Beyond Massive Capacity What Makes DATABeast Unique Easy to pool and allocate petabytes of capacity Simultaneous block and file access Support 1 to 100’s of standard servers Deploys 10 times faster than other solutions Manage and protect everything with one solution 6 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast is Enterprise Class DATABeast Highlights Massive-Up to 612TB RAW/ 564TB usable in the Main Rack and 816 TB RAW/ 752TB usable in the Expansion Racks Scalable -Connect dozens of racks for up to 6 petabytes capacity per site Easy-Racks ship pre-installed, are ready to go and are field upgradable Reliable -100% redundant Green – Industry leading energy savings with AutoMAID (MAID 2.0) Supported - 24 x 7 or next business day technical and onsite support Main Exp 7 DATABeast Gen. GA A 3X 4X

Confidential DATABeast includes Complete Storage Services Storage pooling, thin provisioning and virtualization Easy management, greater storage efficiency and improved cost control Block and file Provide file services and storage services from the same solution Snapshot and rollback Online server-less and LAN-free data protection and backup Data mirroring Data protection and failover during storage system outage Global data replication Planned and unplanned downtime and remote and local data recovery Server-free data migration Copy data between storage systems without adversely impacting server production Features Benefits DATABeast Storage Services Embedded within the DATABeast In-band control without agents Configured and controlled locally or remotely Easy to understand and use 8 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast is the Complete “Package” DATABeast is Pre-assembled DATABeast Controllers DATABeast Management Server/s DATABeast FC Switches and IP Switches DATABeast Rack and Cable Harness DATABeast Storage Not capacity keyed Scale without downtime 9 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast is Mission Critical DATABeast Redundancy Dual power circuits Multi-path 8Gbit FC ports for FC servers Multi-path1Gbit IP ports for NAS clients Redundant SAN / NAS controllers for HA Optional second management station Redundant switches for HA DATABeast storage is fully redundant Dual power supplies Dual controllers Multiple RAID Levels (RAID 5 standard) Port Interfaces Power Controllers Management Storage FC Switching IP Switching IP Patch Panel 10 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Growing the DATABeast to Multiple Petabytes DATABeast Scalability “Beyond the First Rack’ Scale Capacity Independently –No capacity keys…. –Add more storage arrays and racks as needed – 3, 5, 10, 20 etc…. –Grow one system to 4 petabytes capacity per site Scale Performance Independently –Add more SAN controller pairs to increase performance –Unlimited IOPs and MBs –Manage from a single GUI –Upgradable to Advanced and Enterprise Software Packages Add more FC and IP Ports Increase per volume licenses –Snapshots, Thin Provisioned, Mirrors 11 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast is Expandable DATABeast Expansion Rack Dual power circuits Multi-path 8Gbit FC ports for connecting to the DATABeast main rack Multi-path1Gbit IP ports for connecting to the DATABeast main rack Redundant switches for HA Up to 8 storage systems per rack DATABeast storage is fully redundant Dual power supplies Dual controllers Multiple RAID Levels (RAID 5 standard) Port Interfaces Power Storage FC Switching IP Switching 12 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential 13 Here are our RAID Systems Nexsan RAID Data Storage Systems Dual RAID Controllers - Dual Power Supplies Qty 4 x 4Gb FC Ports Up to 4 RAID engines / 4GB BBU cache AutoMAID Automated Energy Management - Reduce energy consumption by 60% Combine SAS and SATA in the same unit BOY SATABoy – 14TB /14 SATA drives / 3U SASBoy – 8.4TB /14 SAS drives / 3U BEAST SATABeast – 84TB /42 SATA drives /4U SASBeast – 25.2TB/42 SAS drives /4U NXS-B60E – 120TB/60 SATA drives /4U Use any Nexsan Boy or Beast within DATABeast

Confidential The Boy and Beast Product Family is Green – Less Power – Less Cooling 14 Level 1: Heads Unloaded Approx. 20% savings vs. idle Beast w/o AutoMAID Sub-second recovery time Level 2: Heads Unloaded, slows to 4000 RPM Approx. 40% savings 15 second recovery time Level 3: Stops spinning (sleep mode; powered on) Approx. 60% savings 30 to 45 second recovery time

Confidential NXS-B60E with New AutoMAID Level 4 Level 1: Heads Unloaded Approx. 20% savings vs. idle Beast 2 w/o AutoMAID Sub-second recovery time Level 2: Heads Unloaded, slows to 4000 RPM Approx. 40% savings 15 second recovery time Level 3: Stops spinning (sleep mode; powered on) Approx. 60% 30 to 45 second recovery time New AutoMAID Level 4 Level 4: Drive is Powered Off 87% Energy Reduction Only available within the NXS-B60E Under 150W for 120 TB With Beast 2 (AutoMAID 3 under 350W for 84TB 500W for 204TB Quick recovery 15

Confidential DATABeast is Flexible Diverse Volume Types DATABeast Storage Pool Virtual Volumes Carved from the pool Up to 16TB per volume (64, 128, 255 TB optional) Logical size equals physical allocation Snapshot Volumes Delta based “Point in Time” copy Takes capacity from the pool only when needed Dynamically growing volume Read only or read / write Can become a production volume Can be used to roll back a production volume Thin Provisioned Volume Logical size does not equal physical allocation Carved from the pool Grows in increments as data grows Set virtual size, initial size, soft limit notification and highest capacity limit. 16 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast Use with Existing Nexsan Storage Proxy Volumes Incorporate existing FC SATABeast and SATABoy storage and LUNs into DATABeast Discover and log-on to volumes exposed by other Nexsan storage systems No need to migrate data, LUNs remain “as is” Use most storage services on the LUNs- mirror, replicate, snapshot SATABeast and SATABoy are fully supported under service and support programs 17 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast NAS 18 DATABeast Gen. GA A NAS NFS and CIFS volumes benefit from all DATABeast storage services: snapshots, thin provisioning, replication, mirroring, etc. Virtual IP and failover groups ensure continuous access even if a DATABeast controller goes offline CIFS and NFS volumes can be as large as the maximum volume size supported by DATABeast – 255TB DATABeast can support up to 8,000 NFS or CIFS volumes and has no limitation on clients

Confidential DATABeast NAS 19 DATABeast Gen. GA A NAS CIFS authentication with AD and DFS, NIS and Kerberos are supported for NFS to ensure access security Very large - 5 million files per volume, Supports a character length of 255 per file name to ensure easy file identification No agents are required for CIFS and NFS or any of the DATABeast capabilities

Confidential LAN MAN WAN Dark Fiber / WDM Mirroring Path DATABeast Protects the Data Synchronous Mirroring Synchronous mirroring over FC Within the same rack Within the data center Over dark fiber or DWDM Data passes through the DATABeast Controllers LUN Specific Write acknowledgement is returned once block is recorded to both storage systems Easy to Re-sync. Snapshots can be taken from a mirror and used as a new production volume Intra-Data Center SAN Mirroring Path New Write 20 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential LAN MAN WAN DATABeast Protects the Data Center Asynchronous Replication over IP and FC Replicates specific LUNs asynchronously over any IP or FC network Snapshot based Data passes through the DATABeast Controller Nodes Easy to re-sync. Snapshots are automatically dissolved into production volumes A number of Snapshots can be maintained at either site to roll back a volume New Write 21 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential DATABeast is Simple to Learn and Manage Simple centralized management Intuitive unified GUI Standard SNMP alerts and MIB Helpful alerts (User /Nexsan ) Secure password protection Useful reporting tools (IOs, performance, capacity, error rates) 22 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential The DATABeast Product Family DATABeast Software Package Options FeaturesStandardAdvancedEnterprise SAN Storage Services and Mgt. Software Included (Options: NAS and 64, 128, 255 TB volume ) Included (Options: NAS and 64, 128, 255 TB volume ) Included (Options: NAS and 64, 128, 255 TB volume ) Total Volumes per DATABeast SAN Controller Pair per controller per controller per controller Thin Provisioned per DATABeast SAN Controller Pair per controller per controller per controller SNAPShots per DATABeast SAN Controller Pair per controller per controller per controller Mirrored or Replicated per DATABeast System Proxy Volumes per DATABeast System Maximum TB per Volume DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential The DATABeast Product Family DATABeast Hardware Details Features42U Main Rack 42U Expansion Rack 25U Main Rack 25U Expansion Rack DATABeast Controllers 2 Active / Active Redundant Option 2 Active / Active Redundant Option Raw CapacityUp to 252TBUp to 336TBUp to 126TBUp to 168TB Usable CapacityUp to 216TBUp to 288TBUp to 108TBUp to 144TB Qty. SATA 42 Bay ArraysUp to 6Up to 8Up to 3Up to 4 FC Switches (12 port per) 2 Active / Active Redundant Option 2 Active / Active Redundant Option Internal Facing IP Switches (24 ports per) 2 Active / Active Redundant Power / Cables Harness 2 Active / Active Redundant 1GB IP Host Ports4 StandardOption4 StandardOption 4GB FC Host Ports16 StandardOption16 StandardOption 25U Rack 42U Rack 24 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Designed for IT Professionals Installed and in production within hours Everything is pre-mounted and configured Both block and file services to address more applications Easy to expand when and where you need to grow High performance turns past complaints into compliments Large capacity satisfies even your most data intense applications Multi-pathing, redundancy and RAID keep you in production Simple interface makes it easy to learn and manage Green makes it cost-correct to own Designed to make you look even better 25 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Massive capacity for all your data storage Cost correct enterprise features GREEN with AutoMAID (MAID 2.0) FC and NAS (block and file) Storage pooling – virtualization, thin provisioning Data protection – mirroring, snapshots, replication Redundant and resilient Flexible product family Simple to own, use and scale DATABeast Conclusion Full Service Storage for All Your Data 26 DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Name Title Nexsan Technologies Inc. 555 St. Charles Drive Thousand Oaks, CA Phone: XX Mobile: XX URL: 27 Nexsan DATABeast Full Service Storage for All Your Data DATABeast Gen. GA A

Confidential Nexsan DATABeast General Product Slide Deck Rev GA A 28 DATABeast Gen. GA A