MailShadow 2.2 launched

Cemaphore Systems has launched its new MailShadow 2.2 Exchange continuity and disaster recovery solution at the Microsoft Exchange Connections event in Las Vegas. MailShadow 2.2 has the ability to protect and restore thousands of individual mailboxes within minutes.

This latest version of MailShadow makes it possible to migrate to Exchange 2007 (or from Exchange 2000 to 2003) much more quickly without the typical downtime, and makes the process seamless and virtually risk free. By provisioning ShadowMailboxes on Exchange 2007, the Exchange administrator can verify that the new environment is operating correctly before making the failover permanent.

MailShadow takes a unique approach to messaging continuity by replicating transactions from selected mailboxes to corresponding ShadowMailboxes on a live recovery Exchange server in a remote location. The data is replicated and transmitted across the WAN by a pair of MailShadow gateways without the heavy Exchange server and bandwidth demands that are inherent in other disaster recovery solutions. Additionally, MailShadow is streamlined to protect only the mailboxes marked for messaging continuity, which further minimizes the resources required.

Other new features in MailShadow 2.2 include:

* Automated provisioning and de-provisioning of all members of selected Active Directory groups or by Exchange storage group;
* Optimized content scanning which allows a recovery point objective of only one to two minutes for thousands of mailboxes;
* Ability to provision the ShadowMailbox capacity on multiple recovery Exchange servers even when the sites are served by a single pair of MailShadow Gateways;
* Scheduling of the initial synchronization window, for tasks such as assigning initial synchronization activities to nights or weekends.

MailShadow 2.2 is available from Cemaphore or through Cemaphore channel partners. Pricing varies with numbers of mailboxes included in the disaster recovery model required.

www.cemaphore.com

•Date: 8th Nov 2007• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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