Microsoft unveils DPM v.2 with Exchange, SQL support
Microsoft is releasing a public beta of version 2 of its Data
Protection Manager (DPM) disk-based
backup product . DPM version 2 takes the
product beyond file support to continuous backup and recovery of
Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server and SharePoint Portal
Server from disk. For a hands-on demonstration, check out DPM
v.2 in the exhibit hall.
Fujitsu adds security, MAID and iSCSI to Eternus
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. will launch the Eternus 8000 and
Eternus 4000 high-end storage arrays, offering advanced data
security, iSCSI connectivity, RAID-6 support,
MAID (massive array of idle disks)
technology and 1.38 petabytes (PB) of internal storage.
Both systems include the ability to automatically store data
using 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), minimising the
risk of illegal or inappropriate data access when a disk is removed
from an Eternus storage system, the company said.
Symantec touts storage resource management
(SRM) user
Symantec will announce that Copley Press Inc. is using its Veritas
CommandCentral Storage, NetBackup, Enterprise Vault and Live State
Recovery software. According to Symantec, Copley Press, which owns
10 daily newspapers, including the San Diego Union-Tribune,
and nine weekly newspapers, has reduced server recovery time from
eight hours to one hour. Copley press also estimated that it has
saved $10,000 per terabyte by enabling more efficient storage
allocation. Copley Press owns the Copley News Service, a news
syndicate with bureaus in California; Illinois; Washington, D.C.;
and Mexico.
Avamar improves VMware backup
Avamar Technologies Inc. unveiled support for VMware Inc., helping
users to back up and recover data from virtual machines. VMware
allows users to run 10 or more virtual machines on a single server.
This consolidation can cause challenges for traditional tape backup
products, including long backup windows, high CPU utilisation and
high network utilisation. Avamar's support for VMware allows users
to reduce the size of backup data inside virtual machines, which
reduces backup times and server resource utilisation. Avamar does
this by identifying redundant subfile data segments within and
across multiple virtual machines, host servers and sites.
Using patented data deduplication and global single instance
storage (SIS) technology, Avamar ensures that backup data segments
are stored only once on a global basis. This effectively reduces
the amount of data moved and stored by up to 300 times, while
providing daily full backups and rapid restores across existing
local area LAN/WAN links, the company claims. As a result, users
can reduce the amount of data transferred across a host server's
shared infrastructure. It also enables replication of virtual
machines to remote locations in support of
disaster recovery objectives.
Kazeon splits product into three
Data classification maker Kazeon Systems Inc. announced Tuesday
that it has split off its IS2000 product line into three groups of
appliances, each aimed at a different sector of the data
classification and search market. Each of the appliances has also
been given added capabilities in its area of focus.
The IS2000-FRM (file resource management) appliance, which
previously included only reporting on the location of files in
back-end storage, will now perform migration between disparate
devices for upgrades, as well as transfer migration between tiers
of storage; the difference is that the latter migration process
leaves links to the files in the primary storage.
The IS1200-SA (search appliance) will continue Kazeon's
partnership with Google, but the appliance will also add backup
search for both tape and disk.
The IS1200-ECS (enterprise content services) contains a policy
engine that will allow users to manage document retention within
storage systems; the ECS model will also perform migration to WORM
or other compliance archives.
All of the updated capabilities in the new boxes can be
purchased within a single IS1200 appliance as well, according to
Sudhakar Muddu, founder and CEO of Kazeon.
Kazeon has several large original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
deals for its indexing and classification products, the biggest of
which is with Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp). The Kazeon
Information Server IS1200-ECS, IS1200-SA and IS1200-FRM models will
be available Oct. 24, 2006. No pricing information was available at
press time.
Xiotech adds CDP
Xiotech Corp. announced continuous data protection (CDP)
capabilities for Microsoft Windows 2003 environments with the
release of new additions to its TimeScale line of appliances, the
TimeScale 200 and TimeScale 300. The new appliances continuously
journal information from any point in time and are based on IP from
InMage Systems, Inc.; the 300 appliance also includes
replication.
Licenses for the product are offered on a per-server basis,
starting at approximately $13,000 for the initial software license
and the appliance hardware, $5,000 each for up to five additional
servers and $2,500 each for more than five servers.
Acopia demonstrates application performance tuning
File virtualisation switch maker Acopia Networks Inc. will
demonstrate new configurations that utilise tiered storage to
increase application performance. In its own lab tests, when a
specific application file set was moved to a high-performance
storage device, application throughput increased by almost 30
times, compared to similar tests run with the same file set
residing on a popular modern
network attached storage (NAS) system, the
company said.
Signiant releases remote backup/disaster recovery
software
Signiant Inc. announced the availability of Mobilise for Remote
Data Protection, centrally managed software that consolidates
backup and long-distance disaster recovery operations for
heterogeneous IT environments in remote and branch offices.
In a separate release, Signiant and Sepaton Inc. will announce a
partnership in which Mobilise for Remote Data Protection (RDP) will
be marketed alongside Sepaton's S2100-ES2 virtual
tape library (VTL).
Incipient launches network-based storage virtualisation
software
Incipient Inc. unveiled its long-awaited Network Storage Platform
(iNSP) software suite, for switch-based storage virtualisation,
available initially for Cisco Systems Inc. storage switches. The
product will be generally available this fall. At Storage
Decisions, Incipient customer Jeff Boles, IT manager for the City
of Mesa, Ariz., will participate on a storage virtualisation panel
discussing his experience testing and using the product.