CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Underscoring its commitment to optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in Storage Area Networking, DataDirect Networks today said it will introduce a unique "Pay as you Grow" scalability dimension throughout the company's SAN appliance family. "Pay as you Grow" refers to a new SAN scalability model that employs SAN appliances to supply incrementally higher levels of performance, capacity, caching and connectivity on an as-needed, pay-as-you-go basis. At the heart of "Pay as you Grow" is the SAN directION(TM) SAN Appliance. The entry-level SAN directION SAN Appliance addresses the SAN requirements of small workgroups and clusters while enabling a cost-effective growth path to the largest SAN DataDirector(TM) SAN Appliance configurations. The SAN appliance hardware and software needed to cope with future workloads can be installed today, with the user paying for only that portion of the configuration actually placed into service. Wes Adams, Vice President of Operations for Graphic Orb said: "Graphic Orb specializes in motion picture advertising. Our fast-paced design and pre-press environment mandates that our data be secure and immediately available. We have trusted products from Data Direct Networks in the past and SAN directION [SAN appliance] is a welcome upgrade to our facility at this time of explosive growth." "The availability of a range of configurations from entry-level on, allowed us to stay well within our budget without compromising our requirements, continued Adams. "By choosing SAN directION [SAN appliance] over other solutions, we can satisfy our appetite for additional speed, capacity and redundancy without losing our initial investment."