FalconStor Extends Virtual Tape Library Leadership With Single Instance Repository (SIR).LONG BEACH, Calif. -- FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ) --Innovative SIR Technology Optimizes VTL See virtual tape library. Storage Efficiency and Offers Rapid File Versioning with Secure Data Browsing and Recovery Services FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), the leading developer of proven data protection solutions, today announced Single Instance Repository (SIR), a sophisticated de-duplication storage software service that facilitates efficient and scalable backup and archiving enterprise-wide. FalconStor SIR draws on FalconStor's patented IPStor(R) technology architecture to provide a policy-driven redundant data elimination (RDE RDE Remote Data Entry RDE Rotating Disk Electrode RDE Research Development and Extension RDE Right Defensive End (pro football) RDE Rule Developing Experimentation (from the book Selling Blue Elephants) ) engine and object repository for backup and archive data designed to store only a single instance of each file or data block. The innovative FalconStor SIR solution reduces backup costs and overhead by: --Vastly reducing the storage requirements for backup and archiving --Reducing WAN requirements for remote VirtualTape Library (VTL) replication for disaster protection purposes --Analyzing, identifying, and storing only unique data blocks and files --Providing optional encryption for increased security and reduced risks --Allowing version tracking of files and objects within the data repository See repository. --Providing system administrators with a faster data recovery path via new capabilities in file retrieval directly from the repository by version or time/date, without the need to go through the 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. --Allowing seamless user-enabled recovery directly from the repository via the unique FalconStor File Recovery Agent --Greatly expanding the amount of recovery points that can be kept on disk. SIR interoperates with and enhances enterprises' current backup capabilities by offering seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with FalconStor's VTL solution. FalconStor SIR and FalconStor VTL are built upon the company's established IPStor(R) network storage technology to offer immediate field-proven operating benefits for IT managers: --Leveraging of existing SAN storage for both VTL and the SIR repository --Business flexibility via heterogeneous storage attachment --Enterprise-class reliability via active-active clustering --Disaster recovery via secure remote replication FalconStor is also partnering with third-party backup software vendors on a joint certification process that ensures accurate format interpretation of the virtual tape contents to help maximize storage efficiency while ensuring data integrity and optimal backup performance. SIR can be packaged and deployed as a: --Separate single appliance or a high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. cluster transparently attached to a current enterprise VTL solution --Software add-on to existing VTL appliances, allowing cost-effective sharing of the same appliance and storage. "FalconStor SIR provides immediate business value by significantly reducing resources required to maintain the backup/archive infrastructure while making that information instantly available when needed," said Prakash Babu ba·bu also ba·boo n. pl. ba·bus also ba·boos 1. Used as a Hindi courtesy title for a man, equivalent to Mr. 2. a. A Hindu clerk who is literate in English. b. , vice president of data protection, FalconStor. "Backup and archive data account for the vast majority of stored data in a typical enterprise, but the known limitations of tape storage prohibit fast access and recovery. FalconStor SIR removes the barriers to performance and efficiency, resulting in higher enterprise productivity." When data is modified, SIR is able to detect and index any changes. For example, if two users are storing what they perceive to be their own versions of the same file, and one of them makes changes to their file, only the change is indexed and stored on the FalconStor Single Instance Repository. When the user goes to access the file, it is "rebuilt" by the SIR and returned to the user by combining the original file contents plus the indexed change. Access permissions are used to ensure that only the user to whom the file belongs has access to the changed file. Since the SIR repository was built from the ground up to provide extremely fast data recovery, only a single extra read operation is required to rebuild and recover the data from the object repository, making data recovery fast and easy. In addition, SIR greatly expands the amount of recovery points that can be kept on disk. Whereas before SIR only 30 days of recovery data might be able to fit on existing disk storage, now businesses can have the scalability to keep up to a year's worth of recovery points. To optimize storage environments, FalconStor SIR utilizes its Redundant Data Elimination (RDE) Engine to scan the virtual tape system for duplicate files. Only unique data is then stored in the repository. The resulting "virtual" virtual tape, also known as an index tape (i-Tape) is stored back in the VTL library at a percentage that is a tiny fraction of the size of the original virtual tape. Each virtual tape is metadata linked to the repository for instant recovery when needed. Unique to the FalconStor SIR solution is the ability to use the FalconStor File Recovery Agent for user-enabled recovery, allowing data recovery directly from the repository with no administrative intervention administrative intervention Diagnostic medicine Any intervention on the part of an administrative body–eg in a hospital or other health care facility, which is intended to influence a physician's pattern of practice–eg, to ↓ overordering of . The File Recovery Agent allows any version of any backed-up file to be viewed and retrieved directly from the single instance repository, without involving the original backup software, backup administrator, or even the virtual tapes themselves. This capability further improves operational efficiency and saves administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. . "Our business demands an always-on IT infrastructure to ensure that educational institutions using our service have continuous access to the online communications tools we provide them," said James Wang, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , TimeCruiser. "FalconStor's suite of products has delivered phenomenal price/performance, compared to alternative offerings we have used. The single instance repository promises easy integration with our existing infrastructure and we anticipate the enormous benefits it will provide us." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst for Taneja Group, "IT customers who have tried disk based (1) Refers to devices that use magnetic hard disks for storage. It often refers to portable devices such as digital music players that have hard disks rather than flash memory. All desktop and laptop computers are presumed to have hard disks, and most servers have hard disks. backup and recovery tools in the past eighteen months have by and far had an excellent experience. But they have retained perhaps a week's worth of data on disk. I expect the next step is for them to want to keep a year's worth of data on disk, if they can afford it. Technologies like SIR make that possible. Giving the end-user the ability to recover a file all by themselves makes it especially cool." The FalconStor SIR solution delivers unprecedented efficiency, scalability, capacity, recovery speed, and management simplicity. It reduces both capital investments for storage and floor space, as well as the administrative costs for protecting up to Petabytes of data. FalconStor will also be leveraging SIR to bring object based single instance storage and data reduction technology to disk-to-disk backup solutions, as well as backup software and virtual tape libraries A hard disk array that emulates a tape library. A virtual tape library (VTL) enables the storage medium to be switched from tapes to disks while continuing to use the existing tape backup software. See virtual tape system and storage virtualization. from third parties. Since the single instance repository is transparent to existing backup software and applications, it can be implemented without disruption into existing environments, allowing the re-use of current backup and storage infrastructure. About FalconStor FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC) is the premier developer of adaptive data protection solutions that optimize data center efficiency and business continuity for all IT infrastructures. The company's innovative storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. , continuous data protection (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ), disaster recovery, and virtual tape library (VTL) solutions integrate seamlessly to ensure rapid data recovery and simplified storage management. Available from major OEMs, system integrators, and resellers, FalconStor products -- including award-winning IPStor(R), VirtualTape Library, and DiskSafe(TM) software -- are deployed worldwide by governments, educational institutions, and Fortune 1000 enterprises across industries including aerospace, energy production, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare, law, manufacturing, and telecommunications. FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, New York Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, 14,533 people resided there. , with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. FalconStor is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ). For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252). This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include: delays in product development; market acceptance of FalconStor's products and services; technological change in the storage and networking industries; competition in the network storage software market; the potential failure of FalconStor's 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 to introduce or to market products incorporating FalconStor's products; intellectual property issues; and other risk factors discussed in FalconStor's reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FalconStor and IPStor are registered trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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