ONStor Enables Select Comfort to Rest Easy

CAMPBELL, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ONStor, a leader in open enterprise NAS Gateway solutions, today announced that bedding retail giant, Select Comfort, has chosen the ONStor Bobcat 2240 NAS Gateway as the backbone of its file storage environment. Because the Bobcat enabled Select Comfort to meet its data storage growth requirements without the need to purchase additional tier-one storage, the company reported significant cost savings compared to other solutions.

"Our fast-growing business combines manufacturing, online commerce, and retail in one operation, resulting in data storage needs that have grown rapidly. As we looked to migrate from an existing NAS solution, we knew we needed a new approach that would let us reduce costs by reducing our reliance on the most costly disk types," said Steve Etzell, director of technical architecture, Select Comfort. "With ONStor's open storage architecture, we've been able to implement a multi-vendor tiered storage environment that reclaims our tier-one storage capacity by utilizing Serial ATA disks for less critical information. In addition, the snapshot capability of the ONStor device provides ongoing savings by reducing data restore times from days to minutes."

The ONStor Bobcat provides Select Comfort with a shared storage environment accessible by UNIX, Windows, and Mac clients and servers. With the Bobcat, Select Comfort is able to leverage its current tier-one disk from Hitachi for mission-critical information, while migrating non-critical data to Serial ATA disks from Nexsan. The NAS Gateway's integrated data replication has also allowed Select Comfort to implement point-in-time data snapshots, thereby eliminating the backup and restore challenges previously faced with tape solutions.

"The days of automatically storing all enterprise data on the same disk are over. Today, companies need tiered solutions that let them optimize resource usage and save capital expense," said Jon Toor, vice president of marketing at ONStor. "ONStor's Bobcat NAS Gateway saved Select Comfort cost by freeing up expensive tier-one disk for the most critical data. With multiple disk types in one pool, they can now easily migrate data to the most appropriate, most cost-effective storage tier, demonstrating the financial benefit of ONStor's open storage architecture."

ONStor's Bobcat series of easy-to-deploy and simple-to-manage NAS Gateways, combined with industry standard storage arrays, deliver scalable, shared storage to Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Mac clients and servers. Because ONStor NAS Gateways are interoperable with the industry's broadest range of storage arrays, customers are free to choose the storage that best fits their business needs, eliminating vendor lock-in.

About ONStor

ONStor is the leader in enterprise-class NAS Gateways that consolidate file services on multi-vendor storage. ONStor storage solutions dramatically reduce management costs by providing customers with the most easily scaled storage environment, and reduce capital costs by delivering the freedom and flexibility of the industry's most interoperable platform. ONStor products and technology are offered by leading system integrators and resellers worldwide. All products are backed by a host of support offerings and by ONStor's uncompromising commitment to customer service. More information about ONStor can be found at http://www.ONStor.com or by calling toll-free 877-2ON-STOR (877-266-7867).

About Select Comfort

Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the nation's leading bed retailer, holding 30 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded The Sleep Number(R) bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories. Select Comfort's products are sold through its more than 400 retail stores located nationwide; through selected bedding retailers; through its national direct marketing operations; and on the Internet at http://www.selectcomfort.com.