Avail Solutions Introduces INTEGRITY for Mac OS X Servers; Multi Tape Drive Support Combined With Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape, Migration, and Replication Features Standard.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference--Avail Solutions, a provider of innovative data protection software, introduces the INTEGRITY(R) backup and recovery software solution for Mac OS X. Using INTEGRITY, Macintosh servers such as the Xserve G5 and Xserve RAID See Xserve. will manage the data protection requirements of a complete Macintosh environment as well as a heterogeneous network (networking) heterogeneous network - A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS. . INTEGRITY's ability to support hard disk-based storage, single tape drives, autoloaders, and larger tape libraries with multiple tape drives, is a critical feature for customers that require a shorter backup window. INTEGRITY is also uniquely designed to support any combination of hardware including integrated disk-to-disk-to-tape solutions (D2D2T (Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape) Refers to backing up data on disks first and tape (or optical disc) second. Backing up onto tape is performed at less frequent intervals than from disk to disk. See D2D and virtual tape. ), providing the critical software element that gives D2D2T solutions true information lifecycle management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. capabilities. Ideally suited for Mac OS X, INTEGRITY provides the performance and scalability for which Macintosh servers are known. INTEGRITY is also capable of supporting a mixed environment of SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , IDE, and/or Apple FireWire technologies. "Mac OS X users expect a high level of quality and performance in their products and INTEGRITY is built to those high standards," stated Randy Thorburn, vice president of marketing of Avail Solutions. "INTEGRITY is the first enterprise level data protection product available for either a pure Macintosh environment, or a mixed environment where the Mac platform is utilized as a prominent data protection host. Our port of INTEGRITY to Mac OS X illustrates our commitment to supporting high-performance architectures, such as Macintosh, in order to provide sound data protection solutions for our customers," continued Thorburn. "Xserve RAID combines leading-edge storage technologies for superior capacity and data protection," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations. "With Integrity, Avail Solutions offers a comprehensive data backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. that helps our enterprise customers protect their most valuable asset." "The availability of INTEGRITY on the Mac OS X platform provides our customers with new options in data protection software for both our SCSI or FireWire PacketLoaders," stated Kerry Brock, vice president of marketing at tape library manufacturer Exabyte. INTEGRITY's complete suite of data protection modules available for Mac OS X includes the client modules that manage backup and restore functions, the server module, which enables a Mac to provide storage management services See SMS. (storage) Storage Management Services - (SMS) Software that enables network administrators to route backup data from various devices on a network to another device such as a server or a magnetic tape backup unit. , and the managed replication and protected data migration utilities, which move and/or copy data throughout a storage hierarchy to support D2D2T appliances. Avail will showcase the INTEGRITY functionality at this year's MacWorld Expo to be held in Boston on July 13th. Visit http://www.AvailSolutions.com/ for scheduling an appointment to see INTEGRITY in action. About Avail Solutions Avail Solutions is an innovative provider of data protection software. The company's primary product line, INTEGRITY, is an intelligent backup and recovery solution that safeguards business information assets, increases IT productivity, and provides flexibility for any storage environment. A team of storage industry veterans with a history of innovative engineering leads Avail Solutions. The company is privately held and headquartered in San Diego County, California San Diego County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California, United States along its border with Mexico. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 2,813,833, making it the third largest county by population in the state and . INTEGRITY is a Registered Trademark of Avail Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . For more information, please visit http://www.availsolutions.com |
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