The clusters support file and print serving, e-mail with GroupWise and Netmail, ZENworks for application delivery and imaging, and the pCounter auditing software.

According to Acer, the SAN may the largest in a NSW secondary school and is designed to service Riverview's needs until 2010, but is expandable to 16TB.

The average size of Acer SANs installed in schools across Australia is about 5TB.

"As user expectations grow, our premise is always to take service values up a level," O'Mahony said.

"The new system has allowed us an enormous amount of options both creatively and technically. The technology gives us the ability to satisfy the requirements of all our users."