StoneFly unveils ‘Backup Advantage’

StoneFly Networks, Inc., a developer of iSCSI-based storage provisioning appliances that optimise IP SANs (Internet Protocol Storage Area Networks), has launched ‘Backup Advantage’, claimed to be the first fully integrated IP SAN-based disk-to-disk (D2D) backup solution. Backup Advantage combines enterprise-class data protection with advanced storage management in an easy-to-use, economical system that supports the growing business continuity needs of departments of large corporations as well as small- and medium-sized businesses.

Backup Advantage combines StoneFly's high-performance ‘Storage Concentrator i3000’ with backup and recovery software from CommVault Systems. Best suited for 5-to-12 server IP SAN environments, Backup Advantage offloads backup and restore operations from a local area network onto a dedicated Ethernet IP SAN. This ‘LAN free’ approach slashes backup times considerably by backing up data from multiple servers simultaneously onto a centralised storage network. Integrated IP SAN functionality adds logical volume management and improved storage utilisation. In addition, Backup Advantage increases performance and data availability by replicating backups to a remote IP SAN using StoneFly Replicator mirroring software. The system supports automated backup procedures based on pre-defined policies and parameters. Organisations also can send data to tape or WORM devices as a background activity with no concern for the backup window or degradation of LAN performance. The data subsequently can be placed in long-term archival storage in order to be maintained for compliance requirements or other reasons.

Available in March, pricing of Backup Advantage starts at $29,795.

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•Date: 3rd March 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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