Veritas Software has announced the availability of
Veritas Storage Replicator 3.0, software designed to protect remote
office data through real-time data replication.
As organisations continue to grow, the risks increase that their
business-critical remote office data may go unprotected. Veritas
Storage Replicator aims to enable organisations to centralise
backup, without disrupting normal server operations, and to help to
cut costs by eliminating the need to invest in remote office
administrators and hardware.
Claimed to be integral to the company’s utility computing
strategy to help ensure that data and applications are highly
available, Veritas Storage Replicator software is designed to
replicate efficiently remote office data over an IP connection,
either continuously or on a scheduled basis, to a central location,
where it can be reliably backed up and stored.
In 2003, the server-based replication market grew by just under
50%, signalling the importance of data recovery for ICT
enterprises.
Remote replication will increasingly be deployed, aiming to
provide faster recovery of information assets in the event of a
disaster.
Veritas Storage Replicator technology is designed to help to
reduce the amount of data exposed to loss, as well as cut costs by
negating the need for tape drives, media and backup administrators
at remote locations.
Key benefits of Veritas Storage Replicator 3.0 are said to
include:
- Ease-of-use: Storage Replicator aims to
provide the ability to replicate and access data immediately
through the same Windows-based graphical user interface (GUI) as
Veritas Backup Exec. Storage Replicator offers centralised
management, reporting capabilities and wizard-based installation,
ensuring that critical data is easily protected and accessible at
all times. Once replication technology is installed, there is
virtually no management overhead required, reducing the complexity
associated with protecting remote office data.
- Minimal bandwidth utilisation: Primary
concerns for remote office data protection include tight ICT
budgets and limited hardware and network capacity. Storage
Replicator aims to protect the remote office data during network
outages, and to allow administrators to replicate only changed
blocks within a file, and to choose the amount of bandwidth
allocated to each replication procedure, aiming to ensure bandwidth
availability for normal business operations between offices. In
addition, organisations can schedule their replication jobs during
off-peak hours to maximise network resources.
- Extensive flexibility: As organisations face
the inevitable growth of data, they need powerful, flexible and
scalable methods to manage and protect their organisation data.
Veritas Storage Replicator aims to provide the ability to replicate
vast amounts of data simultaneously from multiple locations to
minimise the risk of losing that critical data. In the event that
data is deleted, organisations can quickly and easily restore files
over the wire.
”In today’s ICT climate, organisations are faced with delivering
higher levels of protection for their growing business-critical
data in the most cost-efficient way,” said Nick Morkot, system
engineer at Veritas Software.
"Veritas Storage Replicator provides an easy-to-use interface,
while enabling organisations to protect data without incurring the
cost of remote staff and additional hardware,” he concluded.
Written by
Computing SA staff