eWeek Magazine
by Karen D. Schwartz
June 10, 2005
Three very different approaches to protecting and managing data are spotlighted
in this week's storage digest.
StorageTek's Data Archive Solution Combines Disk, Tape
StorageTek of Louisville, Colo., this week announced an intelligent archive and
compliance solution for the enterprise.
IntelliStore uses disk for access and relies on tape for scalability, treating
them as a single pool of storage. The combination of technologies moves data to
different tiers of storage as needed.
The solution, which starts at $75,000 for a four-terabyte configuration, allows
midsized and large companies to capture business data as it is archived or
migrated and to manage and migrate that data to various tiers of storage.
The solution also automates regulatory compliance by integrating compliance
policy management across WORM (write-once, read-many) disk and tape, according
to Brenda Zawatski, vice president of StorageTek's information lifecycle
management solutions group.
Rocksoft's Tool Kit Eliminates Network, Storage Redundancy
The newest version of Rocksoft Ltd.'s Blocklets Core Technology Portfolio (CTP)
tool kit offers additional functionality that allows developers to optimize
performance and better integrate the technology with their own products.
Version 1.2b of the CTP toolkit, which includes enhanced parsing algorithms and
an extended API, extend the capabilities of the Dallas company's Blocklets
technology, which reduces data redundancy in networking and storage
architectures.
Updates to Image-Based Disaster-Recovery Software Expand Support
UltraBac Software of Bellevue, Wash., has released major upgrades to the Pro and
Gold editions of UBDR, its image-based disaster-recovery software. Both UBDR Pro
v2.0 and UBDR Gold v2.0 now include P2V (physical to virtual) support for VMware
servers, USB and FireWire storage devices, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy
Service (VSS).
The new P2V capability allows organizations to recover a machine's image quickly
and emulate the restored hardware configuration virtually, according to CEO
Morgan Edwards. In addition, the products' integration with VSS gives UBDR users
better open file backup protection, he said.
UBDR Pro starts at $595 per server.
EMC Focuses on Microsoft Enhancements
In an effort to work more seamlessly with Microsoft Windows, EMC has revamped
many of its networked storage systems and software products. Enhancements
include:
To support the Microsoft Simple SAN for Winders Server initiative, EMC will
develop Simple SAN component products.
EMC will work with Microsoft to develop information management and
protection solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
EMC Clariion systems, including the AX100i, CX300i and CX500i storage
arrays, now are qualified as iSCSI "targets" by Microsoft, providing greater
support for these solutions in Windows environments.
EMC PowerPath software for iSCSI now includes a Microsoft MPIO (Multipath
I/O) version.
EMC Replication Manager products now comply with Microsoft's VSS framework.
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