Davenport Securities Installs ipXcelerator As Disaster Recovery and Backup Solution; Firm Chooses iSCSI Technology Over Fibre Channel and NAS Alternatives.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 Richmond, VA-based Davenport & Company LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (www.davenportllc.com), the oldest and largest independent stock brokerage firm in Virginia, has chosen the ipXcelerator(TM) from Okapi okapi (ōkăp`ē), nocturnal ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, of the giraffe family. It inhabits the almost sunless rain forests of the upper Congo and feeds on leaves. Software, Inc. (www.okapi-software.com) as a key component in its expanding multi-site disaster recovery system. Okapi Software is a leading developer of D2D2T (Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape) Refers to backing up data on disks first and tape (or optical disc) second. Backing up onto tape is performed at less frequent intervals than from disk to disk. See D2D and virtual tape. (TM) accelerated backup and business continuance solutions using iSCSI. Davenport's disaster recovery system uses a Tsunami microwave network to connect the servers at Davenport's headquarters to the ipXcelerator located at the company's document storage vault three miles away. At the present time, Davenport is backing up 400-500GB of data to the ipXcelerator, using less than a third of its 1.6TB capacity. Cutover was March 20 at the Richmond offices, assisted on-site by Okapi's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John Matze, one of the co-authors of the iSCSI standard, along with Read Branch, Davenport's Senior Vice President of Information Services. Branch said the ipXcelerator's primary use at this time is its high-speed D2D (Disk-to-Disk) Typically refers to backing up data on disks rather than on tape. Disk-to-disk backup systems provide a very fast restore capability compared with tape backup. See D2D2T and virtual tape. backup over an Ethernet network. Future plans include adding a tape library to the vault for further backup D2T D2T Drecq Daniel Technologies D2T Decoupled Truncated Tip . Branch said he is running D2D backups using iSCSI on a daily basis. "We began backing up data to the ipXcelerator on the first day," he said, "and the Gigabit throughput of the Tsunami microwave link lets us take full advantage of the ipXcelerator's bandwidth." Branch also points to a flawless installation and the ipXcelerator's $19,995 price, "making it one of the best-priced solutions in the disaster recovery market." Davenport chose the ipXcelerator over a number of competing technologies. Problems cited by Branch included the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel, the prohibitive overhead of 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 and the desire to transfer data at Gigabit speeds over the microwave link. "The iSCSI/Ethernet over microwave solution is a perfect fit with our disaster recovery plans and budgets," he said. The ipXcelerator was sold to Davenport by MPAK MPAK Mini Package Technologies in San Diego, one of more than 20 VARs in Okapi's distribution channel. About Davenport & Company LLC Davenport & Company LLC (www.davenportllc.com), a New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. member firm, is the largest independent stock brokerage firm headquartered in Virginia, offering a complete portfolio of investment services, including comprehensive stock and bond brokerage, investment management, research, financial planning, insurance, public finance, and corporate finance services. Formed in 1863 when investments consisted primarily of stocks in banks, railroads and insurance companies, Davenport today has sixteen branch offices in Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, with more than 425 associates and 160 Investment Executives overseeing billions of dollars in client assets. About Okapi Software, Inc. Okapi Software, Inc. (www.okapi-software.com) is the storage industry's pioneering provider of D2D2T(TM) backup acceleration appliances used as key components in business continuance and data protection strategies. Using iSCSI to build applications that competing storage technologies are unable to deliver, Okapi's technology and products are disruptively priced and go beyond solutions using Fibre Channel and NAS. Headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , the company was formed in 2002 by John Matze, one of the original co-authors of the iSCSI standard. |
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