CommVault Systems and Sistina Software Announce First Essentials Edition for Enterprise Linux Environments.Business Editors OCEANPORT, N.J. & MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003 Integrates CommVault's Award-Winning 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. with Sistina GFS See Google File System. GFS - Grandfather, Father, Son (TM) (Global File System) Linux File Services to Deliver All Essential Data Management Services CommVault(R) Systems Inc., a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions, and Sistina Software Sistina Software was an organization that focused on storage solutions architected around a Linux platform. They were acquired by Red Hat in December, 2003. Their two primary offerings were Global File System (GFS) and logical volume management (LVM). (R), the premier storage infrastructure software company delivering data-sharing solutions, today delivered on their recent OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement to announce the availability of the Essentials Edition, "Sistina Scaled" for enterprise Linux environments. The Essentials Edition, sold by CommVault worldwide, provides all key data and storage management software components by integrating award-winning Sistina GFS Linux file services with CommVault QiNetix Galaxy award-winning backup and recovery software. With this solution, customers can protect commercial Linux applications, use Linux as a scalable heterogeneous data protection infrastructure, leverage Linux file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. technology and minimize operational costs. The Essentials Edition solution will be demonstrated by CommVault and Sistina at the Storage Decisions conference on Sept 10-11 in Chicago, IL. The Essentials Edition for enterprise Linux environments marks the Linux industry's first integration of foundation-level (file and block) storage software with enterprise-level backup and recovery software for high performance, clustered, Intel-bladed environments. The Essentials Edition will be targeted to IT Managers seeking a cost-effective alternative to using proprietary 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). as a hardware backup engine or needing to deploy a scalable, consolidated online backup Using the Web to store copies of data for backup. There are numerous providers on the Internet that charge for storage, and fees are typically based on capacity. Online backup services provide offsite backup, which is essential for disaster recovery. See backup types. architecture in an Oracle 9i RAC See remote access concentrator. environment. As a result, it provides a scalable "universal backup engine" that protects commercial applications running on Linux. The Essentials Edition is packaged as a software bundle that includes CommVault's award-winning Galaxy high backup and recovery that leverages powerful CommVault QiNetix GridStor(TM) to ensure failover, load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them , reliability and resource optimization. GridStor has been specifically tuned for, and integrated with Sistina GFS. Sistina GFS provides the Linux foundation (Linux Foundation, San Francisco, CA, www.linux-foundation.org) A membership association devoted to fostering the Linux operating system. Sponsored by major hardware and open source vendors, it was formed by merging the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Free Standards Group (FSG) in for building, integrating and deploying cost-effective, data-sharing storage solutions across the enterprise. "If you look at the incumbents such as Veritas, 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) , HP, who also happen to be the biggest players in the market, they all have a file system that lives underneath them that has the ability to help them with the backup process as well as assist in the performance of data movement," said Steve Kenniston, technology analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "CommVault and Sistina have integrated that software stack and have the ability to compete at the same level in the Linux world. This integration will become more and more crucial, especially as folks move from the traditional backup to new data protection schemas and 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. ." "Customers have said that foundation-level data and storage software is a prerequisite for enterprise Linux deployments," said Larry Cormier, vice president of marketing, CommVault Systems. "With this combination of powerful data sharing and data protection, enterprise customers can leverage Linux-based blade and modular storage architectures and know that the solution will scale to match their needs. When we decided to deliver these capabilities, we looked at other data sharing software products, and Sistina GFS was clearly the best." "This package that we've put together with CommVault is especially attractive to our customers, as it provides them with the first, complete data services solution for Enterprise Linux," said Joaquin Ruiz, Sistina's vice president of marketing and product management. "With the QiNetix Essentials Edition Sistina Scaled, enterprise customers can utilize the industrial strengths of Linux, while at the same time, drive down IT costs and simplify the management of their deployments." Pricing and Configuration CommVault will begin selling the Essential Edition bundled software immediately, worldwide. Bundle (per node) includes: Sistina GFS, QiNetix Linux Media Agent and Galaxy Linux backup agent. Pricing starts at $15,000 per Linux node with volume discounts available. About CommVault Systems CommVault Systems, Inc. provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex storage networks. The company's focus is to deliver simple, fast and scalable products that fit seamlessly into SAN, 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 or LAN-based infrastructures. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling (732) 870-4000. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey Oceanport is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,807. Oceanport was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township (now in the United States. About Sistina Software Sistina, the premier storage infrastructure software company, delivers data-sharing solutions for enterprise and technical computing customers. Based on Sistina's file system and volume management software, Sistina provides customers with high performance, scalable, robust storage solutions. Sistina supports multiple servers, OS, storage and networking technologies enabling customers to manage low-TCO, highly integrated environments. Sistina's technology is ideally suited for customers deploying large database, file serving, scientific and web applications. For additional information, visit www.sistina.com. |
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