INNOVATION Data Processing Announces Expanded Support for FDR/UPSTREAM's Rescuer.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 Innovation Data Processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , a market leader in storage management products, has announced a powerful addition to the FDR /UPSTREAM Storage Management Tool. FDR/UPSTREAM is a complete storage management backup and restore solution with Disaster Recovery. The latest release of FDR/UPSTREAM introduces the UPSTREAM Rescuer, a Stand Alone System Recovery facility for Intel Linux systems. The UPSTREAM Rescuer is a stand alone system recovery facility for Intel Linux, SuSE zLINUX and Solaris systems. UPSTREAM Rescuer allows administrators to completely restore a system from data that is saved in FDR/UPSTREAM without separate system backups. FDR/UPSTREAM's Rescuer provides this essential system recovery supplement because it is completely integrated into FDR/UPSTREAM. The UPSTREAM Rescuer when unleashed, in the event of a disaster, runs under the distributor's Linux disaster recovery facility. Employing that systems network communications and disk access, UPSTREAM Rescuer can recover a user's entire system, including their Linux system boot disk See bootable disk. (operating system) boot disk - The magnetic disk (usually a hard disk) from which an operating system kernel is loaded (or "bootstrapped"). This second phase in system start-up is performed by a simple bootstrap loader program held in ROM, possibly , file systems and device drivers as well as all their application programs and data files. It can accomplish this by using the technology in FDR/UPSTREAM that includes in the file-level backup all file types in the system. This involves FIFOs and device files that complement UPSTREAM's support for all other UNIX file types For normal files in the file system, Unix does not impose or provide any internal file structure. This implies that from the point of view of the operating system, there is only one file type. (hard links, symbolic links). UPSTREAM incorporates in the backup, knowledge of file system demarcation points and other information about each of these file systems. It's easy and simple-to-use since all of this information is incorporated transparently in the backup with no special setup or consideration. One simple file specification /* is all that is required to backup the entire system with the system fully online. The UPSTREAM Rescuer can recover a user's entire system, including their Linux system boot disk, file systems and device drivers as well as all their application programs and data files. FDR/UPSTREAM provides extensive support for all existing Linux file types including hard links, symbolic links, owners, single file systems, Resier file systems as well as ext2, ext3, XFS XFS X Font Server (Sun) XFS Extended File System XFS X-Fleet Sentinels (gaming clan) XFS Extensions for Financial Services (software interface specification) , GFS See Google File System. GFS - Grandfather, Father, Son , and remote NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System attachments. FDR/UPSTREAM is a complete storage management solution for corporate data distributed across a heterogeneous network (networking) heterogeneous network - A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS. . FDR/UPSTREAM provides enterprise-wide storage management for a variety of platforms including Novell, Windows, Linux, UNIX Servers and Workstations using the z/OS(R) or OS/390(R) MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. mainframes as the backup server A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. . The Linux Rescuer disaster recovery facility complements FDR/UPSTREAM's extensive and comprehensive features such as backup/restore, file transfer, file migration, non-disruptive online database agents and disaster recovery vaulting with centrally administered profile policy management. Innovation with this release once again demonstrates its superiority in product design and implementation. With a worldwide customer base and 30 years experience in backup, restore, hierarchical storage management See HSM. and disaster recovery, Innovation is internationally recognized for non-disruptive backups and its inventiveness in this market segment. Further information about INNOVATION, its products and services, can be obtained from the INNOVATION home page at http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com or by E-mailing sales@fdrinnovation.com |
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