Advanced network mirroring solution speeds disaster recovery, data backup & data migration.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1997--Qualix Group, Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :QLIX) announced today it is now shipping "Qualix DataStar." The product significantly reduces data loss, shortens data recovery time from days or hours to minutes, and speeds the resumption of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in the event of a system failure or disaster. Qualix DataStar is the first network mirroring software solution providing continuous data protection for Sun Solaris systems. Utilizing a unique asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. replication architecture, Qualix DataStar captures I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output changes in real time as changes occur on the primary server. It continuously and automatically sends changes across the network to target servers that can be located across the building or across the continent. Data is always replicated in sequence, guaranteeing the integrity of the mirrored data. Mirroring is performed at the disk partition level, ensuring the availability of user files and system files as well as databases. Minimal processing overhead reduces latency times to a few seconds or less, with virtually no impact on application response time or system performance. In cases of server or network failure, the product resumes transferring the stored data as soon as operation is restored. Open architecture allows the product to be used with any storage device, file system and volume manager, allowing organizations to add data protection without changing their existing hardware or software. Qualix also sells Octopus Server, the leading data mirroring product for the Windows NT environment. For more information, contact Qualix Group, Inc., 415/572-0200, e-mail info@qualix.com or visit http://www.qualix.com . -0- Qualix Group Inc. is the largest provider of enterprise-wide high availability solutions for both the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows NT distributed computing environments. The company's reliability products have assured the availability of business-critical information at more than 15,000 installations, including many Fortune 1000 corporations. Qualix Group is headquartered in San Mateo, CA, with 18 offices across North America and distribution across more than 65 countries. Qualix and Qualix DataStar are trademarks of Qualix Group Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: S&S Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Sarah Grossman, 847/291-8421 ext. 257 |
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