Legato Announces Two New Disaster Recovery Products for Business Recovery.OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- New Products Enhance Legato's 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. Product Family that Delivers Benefits Across the Enterprise Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LGTO LGTO Legato Systems (stock symbol) ), the leader in enterprise storage management and data protection today announced two new products focused at the data replication and business recovery markets. Legato Octopus for 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. , a market-leading file replication product has been added to the channel-ready, disaster recovery product line for workgroups and distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. . Legato is also announcing the release of Legato OFFSite Archive(TM) for NetWare, a point-in-time recovery Point-in-time recovery in the context of computers is a system whereby a set of data or a particular setting can be restored or recovered from a time in the past. An example of this is Windows XP's feature of being able to restore operating system settings from a past date (before product for Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. that broadens, strengthens and complements the other high availability products now offered by Legato for NetWare. These products enhance the complete high availability product family that incorporates all of the high availability and disaster recovery technologies within Legato, including those acquired through Vinca Vin·ca n. A genus of evergreens usually found in the Eastern hemisphere. Vinca plant genus of Apocynaceae family; contains cardiac glycoside; causes diarrhea; includes V. major (blue periwinkle), V. (R) Corporation and FullTime Software Group. Vinca is the market-share leader in high availability for Intel-based systems, and FullTime Software is the market-share leader in high availability, cluster software on 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). and Windows NT enterprise platforms. By combining the key strengths of each, Legato is now able to offer the most flexible HA product line available with options appropriate for every part of an enterprise. This product family is an integral part of the Legato continuum that is designed to meet customers' information continuance needs for both data and application availability. "Customers can choose from a complete range of products that are consistent and complementary, whether they start implementing at the 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. , enterprise level and move to workgroups and departments or the other way around," said Jim Chappell, senior vice president, Data Availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. Division, Legato Systems Inc. "Legato clearly has more experience and people dedicated to network services, data and application availability than any other software company." The new Legato HA product line includes two-node and multi-node clustering products that are easier to use and delivers the uptime that today's Internet-driven customer demands. Legato StandbyServer and Legato Octopus are complementary products providing applications and data high availability primarily designed for remote department implementation. Legato will continue to enhance and support these products. "The merger of Vinca and Legato gives the customer access to a set of solutions that spans traditional backup to high-availability data protection to server clustering See clustering. to disaster tolerance from a single source," said Michael Peterson, President of Strategic Research Corp. "This merger of technology and business assets will allow the new Legato to accelerate into important new markets." Addition of new disaster recovery/replication products for data availability Legato's high availability product strategy includes the addition of a new version of Legato Octopus for Windows NT and OFFSite Archive for NetWare. Octopus allows customers to replicate data to remote locations over low-cost WAN connections. OFFSite Archive allows customers to electronically vault their data to a remote location using point-in-time recovery technology at the block level. Data is protected and available even when a disaster occurs at the main server site. Both products complement the existing high availability products for both platforms. Octopus, the industry-leading file replication product for Windows NT, is a robust, cost-effective product designed to replicate files on remote servers. As a component of a disaster recovery solution, Octopus provides data protection for a pool of Windows NT servers and minimizes redundant hardware. It gives customers the ability to easily move critical files to off-site disaster recovery (archive) locations automatically. It supports one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many replication configurations. It also maintains current copies of files from a primary site or server on multiple remote or secondary servers. Legato OFFSite Archive protects data on NetWare servers OFFSite Archive for NetWare is an electronic data vaulting Transmitting data to a computer in a different location for backup. system that can be used with a stand-alone server or added to Legato StandbyServer for NetWare or Legato StandbyServer Many-to-One. When used with OFFSite Archive, these solutions provide disaster recovery for one or more primary servers with a local standby machine, and they also make critical data available on a remote server in case the primary servers and the standby machines are simultaneously inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery. in·op·er·a·ble adj. Unsuitable for a surgical procedure. . With StandbyServer data is mirrored at the block level between the primary server(s) and the local standby machine over a high-speed data link. With OFFSite Archive, data is duplicated using point-in-time recovery to store a known data state at the remote site over low-cost LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , WAN or Internet connections. Other Legato High Availability Products Legato has a complete line of high availability products for Windows NT, NetWare and OS/2 including Legato StandbyServer for NetWare and OS/2, Legato Co-StandbyServer for Windows NT, Legato SnapShotServer, Legato Cluster and Legato Replication. Legato's availability management products provide server-clustering solutions for high-availability. These products are designed for organizations needing increased business continuation. Pricing and Availability Octopus for Windows NT is available now for $2,499 per node which includes one year of 24x7 support and software maintenance. Upgrades are automatically sent to Octopus customers with a valid Value Pak contract, or upgrades are available by purchasing the Value-Pak Add On for $499. OFFSite Archive is available for $7,999 bundled with one year of 24 x 7 support and software maintenance, or $17,999 which includes the software package as well as support and consulting services. Consulting includes an up-front assessment, installation, configuration, testing and training. The products can be purchased from Legato Solution Partners, authorized resellers, distributors and partner. For more information, visit our Web site, www.legato.vinca.com About Legato Systems Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTO), is a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software. Helping companies leverage business-critical, corporate data assets, Legato's products 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 and 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. Legato's corporate headquarters is located at 3210 Porter Drive, 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. , CA 94304. Telephone: (650) 812-6000. |
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