Sterling Software, locally represented by Supported Software, the infrastructure optimising company in the JSE-listed DataCentrix group, has announced SAMS:Disk Version 2.0 for OS/390 Unix environments.
This release helps organisations effectively protect OS/390 Unix applications, contain costs and reclaim DASD storage space for the rapidly growing e-business applications running on OS/390 Unix. "Many of the e-business applications that began on Unix are being migrated to the more scalable and reliable OS/390 Unix platform," says Phil Coombs, product manager for Supported Software. "With increased e-business applications comes the demand for increased bandwidth. SAMS:Disk has established a new benchmark in storage management for OS/390 Unix services by minimising the impact on network bandwidth and realtime business processes.
"For example," says Coombs, "during a backup or archive process SAMS:Disk saves considerable processing time by directly selecting and processing the required OS/390 Unix application`s files or directories without affecting the network bandwidth."
The OS/390 Unix edition of SAMS:Disk includes several other new functions for more efficient management. Application files and directories can be grouped and managed together even if their names and locations are unrelated, while not frequently referenced files can now be automatically selected and moved to less expensive media. In addition, using the new merge functionality users can save time and resources by consolidating fragmented tapes for full utilisation and optimisation.
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