Bus-Tech Significantly Enhances MAS Support for EMC Centera; DB2 Support Provides Improved Scalability and Availability.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Today, Bus-Tech(R), Inc., a leading supplier of data center connectivity products, announced the next release of Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) with EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Centera(TM) Support. This release of Bus-Tech's MAS, a tape-on-disk controller, now includes support for IBM's DB2 Database as a repository for MAS metadata. Mainframe Appliance for Storage with EMC Centera Support provides direct mainframe connection to EMC's Centera; allowing mainframe tape volumes to be stored as objects on EMC's content addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be storage. With this latest version of the MAS, metadata maintained by MAS is stored directly on the 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) or compatible mainframe using IBM's DB2 database. This allows customers to easily incorporate backup and redundancy of the metadata into their existing mainframe protection policies. "Mainframe Appliance for Storage with EMC Centera Support is helping mainframe IT managers address the ever growing need for fixed content storage and satisfies regulatory compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). ," 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, Product Marketing for Bus-Tech. "This latest release allows MAS control information to be stored back on the IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , providing enhanced data protection and product scalability." When storing objects on EMC Centera the MAS maintains metadata which cross-references mainframe tape volume serial numbers (VOLSERs) to Centera objects. The MAS later references this metadata in order to retrieve tape volumes from Centera in response to mount requests received from the mainframe. Using IBM DB2 Connect software MAS now stores its metadata directly on the mainframe. With this latest addition, protection of the metadata can then easily be incorporated into normal mainframe backup processes of the DB2 database. Additionally, by placing MAS metadata under the control of DB2 and z/OS or OS/390, multiple MAS controllers can share access to the same data. This allows the MAS-Centera solution to scale based on customer requirements and improves fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. by allowing more than one MAS access to the same collection of tape volumes with no single point of failure. 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 A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. and platform solution satisfy even the most rugged demands of 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 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. 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