Bus-Tech Certifies INNOVATION FDR Product Suite for MAS and zDASD; Significant Time and Cost Savings Benefit Customers Seeking z/OS Mainframe Data Storage Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004 Today, Bus-Tech(R), Inc., a leading supplier of data center connectivity products, announced certification of the INNOVATION Data Processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a FDR Product Suite, specifically Fast Dump Restore (FDR) and FDRABR, for use with its Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) and in addition FDRPAS for use with its zDASD 3990 controller. The certification tests reveal employing INNOVATION solutions together with Bus-Tech open-systems MAS and zDASD technology results in significant time and cost savings. Bus-Tech's MAS is a virtual tape controller for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) System/390 and compatible mainframes which uses open-system storage devices (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular , SAN or 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. ) to store and retrieve mainframe tape data sets. The MAS uses one or two FiCON or ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. adapters to connect to System/390 processors allowing for the allocation of tape volumes on the emulated tape drives in the same fashion they allocate a real tape drive. Bus-Tech's zDASD 3990 Controller is a System/390 input/output controller providing mainframe FiCON and ESCON attachment to open-system storage devices. This unique Bus-Tech technology allows IT administrators to deploy open systems disks as mainframe-attached DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral device that is directly addressable, such as a disk or drum. The term is used in the mainframe world. DASD - Direct-Access Storage Device . Data written by the mainframe to zDASD devices is stored on open-systems storage in such a way as to allow the data to be retrieved in exactly the same format as it was stored; making it transparent to the mainframe hardware or operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. that the data has been stored on open-systems storage rather than traditional mainframe storage. "Customers today have the significant advantage of evaluating the cost performance new technologies bring to their total storage solution," said Thomas J. Meehan, INNOVATION Vice President, Advanced Technology. "Less expensive offerings for the z/OS mainframe like Bus-Tech's virtual tape and disk solutions are becoming increasingly attractive to customers. zDASD and MAS are both excellent solutions that lower the overall cost of data storage and allow mainframe customers attractive alternatives." Employing the INNOVATION storage management suite, together with Bus-Tech's MAS and zDASD products allows customers to decrease their total cost of storage by using virtual tape for business continuity, backup and recovery solutions. The ABR (1) (AutoBaud Rate detect) The analysis of the first characters of a message to determine its transmission speed and number of start and stop bits. (2) (Available Bit R ILM component of FDR, automates data set backup insuring the creation of a backup when information is updated as well as migration of inactive information to Bus-Tech's virtual tape, saving users expensive disk space. Testing of the INNOVATION FDRPAS Solution for Non-Disruptive Data Migration on Bus-Tech's hardware demonstrated that a transparent relocation of active mainframe z/OS disk volumes to zDASD open disk storage can be performed with no disruption to the ongoing business processing saving customers considerable expense by reducing their dependence on costly mainframe disk storage systems. FDRPAS also introduces a flash copy like point in time copy data replication facility for zDASD disk storage. "We are very excited to be working with INNOVATION, as we continue to bring customers alternative solutions in reducing their total cost of storage," said Jim O'Connor Jim O'Connor is an American actor and former host of the show The Secret Life Of.... Jim O' Connor first appeared on the Food Network as the host of "All-American Festivals". He replaced Tyler Florence as host. director of product marketing for Bus-Tech. "By pairing our zDASD and MAS solutions with their FDR Product Suite, we are providing customers with significant time and cost savings for their mainframe operations. Together, our solutions will continue to meet the needs of our current customers and the growing demands of new prospects as backup and recovery become increasingly important." About INNOVATION Data Processing INNOVATION Data Processing, Little Falls Little Falls is the name of some places in the United States of America:
IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. z/OS, OS/390 and S/390 Linux attached enterprise storage, as well as for Windows, 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 Linux, SAN, NAS and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. distributed storage Storing data in multiple computers or in computers that are geographically dispersed. This was an early term for storage that evolved into SANs and storage virtualization. See SAN and storage virtualization. . INNOVATION solutions deliver exceptional reliability and winning price/performance. Distributing enterprise storage management technology solutions for non-stop processing, thousands of users in the United States and 35 other countries around the globe look to INNOVATION for their business continuance solutions. For additional information on INNOVATION's product offerings and its ability to meet your demand for business continuance and non-stop disaster protection, call 973-890-7300, or E-mail questions to sales@fdrinnovation.com and register for "News via e-mail" at http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com About Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech, Inc. founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solution for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter and platform solution satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability, and high-performance connectivity. With more than 15,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with location around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send e-mail to info@bustech.com or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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