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So How Big Is A Terabyte?

Managed hosting provider upgrades Internet storage and backup capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jun. 2, 2005 – American Web Services, an Internet business solutions provider, recently added a big new addition to handle the growth in its managed server operations. Provided by iQstor Networks of Newbury Park, California, the new 2 terabyte storage array provides completely redundant storage and backup for their server clusters.

In the past, a company would install multiple hard drives into each server to provide redundant storage and then have a separate system to backup all the servers. Using the new storage system, all the hard drives are centralized in a redundant fashion and the exact amount of storage needed for each server is allocated.

In addition to adding more storage, the new system provides the ability to instantly “snapshot” data for backup. "We were getting to the point where we couldn’t swap backup tapes fast enough," said Ed Williams, Chief Technology Officer. "The new storage system allows us to immediately take a copy offline for backup to portable hard drive or to tape."

By the way, Williams says a terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes, 1,000,000 megabytes, 1,000,000,000 kilobytes, or 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. For the rest of us, it’s about 10,000 feature-length movies, 200,000 high-resolution photos or 500,000 music files. Whew!

About American Web Services, Inc.
American Web provides innovative Internet solutions for businesses worldwide. Its high-performance hosting, award-winning web design and easy-to-use software helps its clients provide greater customer satisfaction and improved employee morale. American Web is headquartered in Sacramento, California and also offers services through the River City Internet and ArrowClick brands. Additional information is available at http://www.americanweb.com.

About ArrowClick Software
This modular, integrated suite of productivity applications enables customers to deploy and easily maintain Internet services to both external and internal audiences. Millions of Internet users and leading organizations in the Financial Services, Real Estate, Retail, Health Care and Association industries are served by ArrowClick Software.

Trademarks
American Web Services and ArrowClick Software are trademarks of American Web Services, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts:
Benjamin Richards, Media Relations, 916-443-6733 x111
Brichards@AmericanWeb.com
James W. Barker, President, 916-443-6733 x101
JBarker@AmericanWeb.com