Seagate Software optimises the availability of production servers by centralising and off loading backups
Seagate Software, the pioneer of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and leading provider of network storage management solutions for Windows NT, has unveiled Seagate Replication Exec - a real-time data replication solution that centralises and offloads backup from local or remote servers with minimal production server impact.
Enabling flexible one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many Windows NT data replication, Seagate Replication Exec maintains up-to-the-second copies of selected files, directories or volumes for off-site disaster protection or rules-based information distribution with minimum LAN/WAN bandwidth usage.
Nick van Noordwyk, regional manager for MEA at Seagate Software, Network and Storage Management Group, says system administrators cannot afford to impact production servers with backup operations or tolerate intra-day data loss in today`s 24-hour business environments. "Replicating crucial data and centralising backup operations saves system management costs while protecting vital production-server and remote-office data, ensuring information availability throughout today`s critical information enterprises."
Offering automated, user-definable, real-time and scheduled replication operations, Seagate Replication Exec makes data distribution reliable, easy and efficient. It can maintain local or remote intra-day copies of critical files for real-time recovery from server disasters or hardware failure. It also enables scheduled or continuous replication of file systems to one or more remote locations over a WAN using user-selected bandwidth settings.
To further minimise system management costs and to simplify data protection processes, Seagate Replication Exec can replicate multiple servers` data (including remote servers) to a single centralised backup server. This enables administrators to reliably protect multiple servers` data with a single backup while optimising critical production-server performance.
In environments where multiple servers must maintain synchronised data (such as Web or information delivery servers) Seagate Replication Exec automates data distribution by keeping replicas of any portion of a server file system - even for applications without built-in replication ability. It also automates the replication process by enabling administrators to set the replication schedule, pick the source and target servers, specify the type of replication (real-time or synchronisation) and declare how much bandwidth is eligible for use.
Seagate Replication Exec features:
- Centralised management with powerful monitoring and notification features which enable replication services to be centrally managed anywhere over the LAN or WAN and from a single NT server;
- Pause/resume scripting capabilities can suspend the updating of the replica, complete a backup job, then resume updating once the backup completes. This provides complete point-in-time backup capabilities with minimal production server impact;
- Replication can be scheduled to start and stop at any time of the day or week for any selected part of a file system;
- Replication of all file types, including open files, under all conditions and in NTFS and FAT file systems. Both synchronisation and real-time replication operate with full fidelity on all open files, even files open exclusively for write which are being updated as replication occurs; and
- Bandwidth utilisation can be controlled through the management console as a "not to exceed" percentage of the connection speed for both real-time and scheduled operations.
Seagate Replication Exec is a new product in Seagate Software`s family of EIM solutions designed to improve information availability. It supports the company`s strategy to provide a combination of solutions for superior data protection, data availability, centralised resource management and proactive policy management.
For more information about Seagate Software, network and storage management products, contact the local office on (011) 448-2080.
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About Seagate Software
Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Inc., develops tools and applications for Enterprise Information Management (EIM); the solution for the growing need of corporations for superior information delivery, analysis and availability. Seagate Software`s diverse technology and breadth of leading products-including the award-winning Seagate Backup Exec, Seagate Crystal Info, Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Desktop Management Suite, Seagate Holos, Seagate Manage Exec and Seagate WinINSTALL make it uniquely qualified to deliver EIM with an integrated infrastructure. Seagate Software has established strategic relationships with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Informix, Microsoft, Netscape, Novell, Oracle, PeopleSoft and other industry leaders, and markets its products worldwide, through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, retailers, and OEMs. Seagate Software`s home page address on the World Wide Web is www.seagatesoftware.com.
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