CQ, CQ, CQ: American Radio Relay League Uses Unitrends' DPU to Safeguard Key Data; Disk-to-disk backup, bare metal restore, reduced cost seen as key factors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEWINGTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003 The American Radio Relay League A relay league is a chain of message forwarding stations in a system of optical telegraphs, radio telegraph stations, or riding couriers. An interesting description of these early 19th century methods and its evolution into the electrical telegraph networks of the mid and , the national organization devoted to the interests of amateur radio operators An amateur radio operator is an individual who, typically, uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other similar individuals on radio frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service. , today said it has selected a Data Protection Unit (DPU DPU Data Processing Unit DPU DePauw University (Indiana, USA) DPU Democratic Pacific Union (Taiwan) DPU DePaul University DPU Defects Per Unit DPU Digital Processing Unit (TM)) from Unitrends Software to protect more than a terabyte of information that enables the League to continue serving its 170,000 members. ARRL's choice of Unitrends' DPU solves the group's problem of handling rapidly growing amounts of data with shrinking backup windows in a cost-effective manner. "When it comes to safeguarding our data, I'm very protective," said Don Durand, ARRL's IT manager. "We found that backing it up to a variety of standalone tape drives was becoming an increasing problem. We didn't have the room, we didn't have the time and we didn't have the money to continue down that path." Durand said he discovered the DPU while reading a news article; he quickly contacted a local reseller, asking for more information. "I really like the concept of disk-to-disk backup, and have been researching it for a while," he stated. "Disk-based data storage gives me the opportunity to rapidly perform backups and restores, since I don't have to worry about finding and rewinding tapes." Durand commented that the DPU also gives ARRL (American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, www.arrl.org) A membership organization founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim that provided a sounding board for amateur radio operators in the U.S. the leeway to backup key information to disk, to archive critical data to tape, and to move both offsite for additional data protection. Several industry analysts have cited this strategy (disk-to-disk-to-tape) as a way for firms to enable more rapid data recovery, while extending their current investment in tape and providing an additional level of offsite data protection. Since its introduction last year, Unitrends' DPU has changed the way enterprises think about disk-based storage. With prices beginning at less than $7000, companies of all sizes can take advantage of its ability to help them protect their information. In addition, since DPUs are bundled with Unitrends' BareMetal Plus(TM) software suite at no additional charge, users also have the option of backing up the 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. of attached servers; in the event of a server crash, BareMetal Plus enables systems operators to fully restore the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. in as little as 20 minutes, instead of the hours or days normally required, saving companies time and money. "Bare metal 1. bare metal - New computer hardware, unadorned with such snares and delusions as an operating system, an HLL, or even assembler. Commonly used in the phrase "programming on the bare metal", which refers to the arduous work of bit bashing needed to create these basic tools restore represents the logical next step in data protection," said Mark Jordan, Unitrends' Director, Customer Service. "With its ability to protect more than 20 of today's most popular business operating systems The Business Operating System, or BOS, is an early cross-platform operating system originally produced for Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 computers, subsequently for Z80-based computers, and then later for most microcomputers of the 1980s. , BareMetal Plus is a natural ally for systems administrators everywhere. Its inclusion in our DPUs makes them an even better value for the money." The ARRL's Durand agrees. He said he intends to use BareMetal Plus to protect the data residing on several of the League's servers. "As an IT manager, I'm paranoid about what could happen to our data," he commented. "Unitrends' DPU is easing my concerns, at a price that eases the strain on my budget." About Unitrends Software Founded in 1987, Unitrends is committed to the protection of corporate-critical data. Unitrends provides powerful backup, recovery and complete data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. products that are cross-platform, scalable and simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple to use as well as a full suite of data disaster recovery services. More information on Unitrends is available from the company's website, www.unitrends.com, or by calling (800) 648-2827. |
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