Compaq and Legato Join Forces to Provide a Fully-Certified, Heterogeneous SAN Solution for the Data Center.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Legato NetWorker and SmartMedia are now integrated with Compaq's StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution to Provide LAN-Free Backup for the Data Center with More Efficient Performance over the Storage Area Network Legato Systems(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO LGTO Legato Systems (stock symbol) ), the leader in enterprise storage management software, today announced that Compaq(R) has integrated two of Legato's key storage management products into Compaq's StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS See Swiss Electronic Bourse. EBS See electronic blue sheet (EBS). ) for Storage Area Networks (SAN). Compaq EBS for the Data Center now integrates Legato NetWorker and Legato SmartMedia with Compaq hardware to provide consolidated backup of Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT on Compaq Proliant servers and Compaq Tru64 UNIX The 64-bit Unix operating system for HP's AlphaServers. Formerly Digital Unix when Alpha was a product family from Digital Equipment Corporation, it was renamed Tru64 Unix in 1999 by Compaq (HP acquired Compaq in 2002). servers. The resulting fully-certified SAN solution for heterogeneous networks is proof to IT executives that they can deploy leading edge and interoperable SAN technologies into their existing infrastructures. Compaq integrated Legato NetWorker 5.5.1, SmartMedia, Compaq servers, tape libraries and fibre channel interconnect technology to deliver a fully-certified, high-end SAN solution for Fortune 1000 customers. The Compaq EBS for the Data Center enables customers to consolidate data protection across open, multi-vendor platforms for high performance, easy manageability, and low operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . The Compaq EBS enables Compaq's StorageWorks primary storage and Legato's backup, recovery and library-sharing software to reside on a common SAN architecture for a fully integrated solution. "Legato has clearly taken a leadership role in advancing SAN acceptance in the marketplace," said Nora Denzel, senior vice president, Legato Systems. "Our SAN-Ready program provides customers with instant access to a variety of SAN-ready hardware supported by Legato products. Our NetWorker, SmartMedia and Celestra products are all optimized for high performance and offer the only server-free data movement in the industry in a SAN environment. Our close collaboration with Compaq ensures Legato software and Compaq hardware work harmoniously in a SAN environment, alleviating interoperability problems with their associated costs and leading to more efficient performance for even the largest SAN implementations." "Our customers want to be assured they are making the right investment in SANs," said Darren Thomas Stuart Darren Thomas (most commonly known as Darren Thomas, born January 25, 1975 in Swansea) is a retired Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. , vice president of the Multi-Vendor Business Unit, Storage Products Division, Compaq. "By making Legato an integral part of our EBS solution for the data center, we have certified that Compaq hardware and Legato software will work together seamlessly to provide maximum performance." About Compaq StorageWorks EBS The Compaq StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS) is a unique integration of application software and industry-standard hardware to provide a complete enterprise-class solution dedicated to backup and restore data in 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). , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and NetWare enterprise environments. The Enterprise Backup Solution allows multiple file and application servers, attached to a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop A ring topology used in Fibre Channel. Up to 127 devices may be attached in the loop, but only two can communicate at the same time, reflecting the channel nature of Fibre Channel technology. , to share 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. tape devices attached to the same Fibre Channel Loop. In addition to this device-sharing feature, servers maintain the ability to transfer data directly to the attached tape devices and will therefore continue to experience the high data transfer rates found in a direct-attach environment. About Legato NetWorker and SmartMedia Legato NetWorker 5.5.1 helps organizations easily protect vast amounts of critical distributed data by offering heterogeneous platform support, automated media handling, interoperable tape format, data stream parallelism An overlapping of processing, input/output (I/O) or both. 1. parallelism - parallel processing. 2. (parallel) parallelism - The maximum number of independent subtasks in a given task at a given point in its execution. E.g. , remote tape management, and automatic integration with the popular storage management frameworks in the network environment. Legato NetWorker 5.5.1 offers state-of-the-art data protection, making it the most flexible and scalable solution available. Legato SmartMedia is an open media management application that provides standard interfaces for applications, robotic library control, drive control, and administration. Legato SmartMedia enables enterprises to better manage their growing base of removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. and devices distributed across a heterogeneous storage environment. Legato SmartMedia addresses enterprise requirements for library and drive sharing and central tape and device management. NetWorker users who adopt Legato SmartMedia will dramatically increase their return on investment for their hardware, while reducing their overall storage costs through centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , automated operations. Legato SmartMedia increases the manageability, availability, and performance of NetWorker in an enterprise storage environment. For additional information on all of Legato Systems' enterprise storage management software products, please contact Legato sales via phone at 650/812-6000 or via email at sales@legato.com. About Legato Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO), is a worldwide leader in the enterprise storage management software market. Helping companies leverage business-critical, corporate data assets, Legato's products and services enable information continuance, a seamless approach to the movement, management and protection of data throughout an enterprise. Founded in 1989, Legato's storage management software products have become the recognized industry standard with the largest installed base representing over 65,000 customers. Legato's products are available through a network of Legato-licensed resellers, integrators, 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 partners and directly from Legato. Legato's corporate headquarters is located at 3210 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Note to Editors: The Legato logo design, Legato, Legato NetWorker, SmartMedia and ClientPak are registered trademarks, and Celestra, Co-StandbyServer, GEMS and SnapShotServer are trademarks of Legato Systems, Inc. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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