STORAGE INDUSTRY LEADERS DELIVER SAN BACKUP SOLUTION FOR WINDOWS NT/2000 ENVIRONMENTS.BakBone Software, Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :BKB BKB Basler Kantonalbank (Switzerland) BKB Black King Bar (gaming weapon) BKB BV Kwaliteitsverklaringen Bouw (Dutch) BKB BankBoston Corporation ) (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :BKBOF), Qualstar Corporation (Nasdaq:QBAK) and Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq:VIXL VIXL Video Cross Links VIXL Video Image Cross Link ) have announced a partnership to deliver a certified Fibre Channel-based backup and restore solution for Windows NT/2000 environments. Building on the success of the previously released Solaris-based offering in May 2001, the respective companies have extended their solution to address the increasing growth of Storage Area Networks (SANs) in the Windows NT/2000 market. The solution, available immediately, employs BakBone's NetVault backup/restore software, Qualstar's TLS-8466 LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. and TLS-4222 AIT tape libraries, Vixel's 7000 Series Fibre Channel Switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
"The acceptance of the initial SAN backup solution for the Solaris environment by our resellers and end-users was very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ," said Barry Mattingly, senior director of 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 sales, BakBone Software. "But our resellers were also quick to point out that the demand was just as strong for a proven, turn-key SAN backup solution in Windows NT/2000-centric datacenter and workgroup environments. This bundled solution addresses the requirements of this important class of user, providing all of the benefits of storage area networks in a cost-effective, easy to install and manage solution." "Extending this partnership to provide a fully-certified SAN backup solution to Windows NT/2000 users continues the commitment that we have made to provide simple, reliable solutions to IT professionals," said Bob Covey, vice president of marketing at Qualstar. "Combining our Simply Reliable SANSmart libraries with other best-of-breed components from our partners, lets us offer a backup solution that is fast, scalable, and easy to install and configure." "By assembling a certified suite of storage products, we are able to provide Windows NT/2000 end-users with cost-effective solutions that are easy to configure and able to address individual needs for backing up and restoring corporate critical data," said Claude Lorenson, director, product marketing, Vixel Corporation. "As a leading provider of storage technology, we are excited to work with these three companies again to provide small-to-mid-sized organizations with reduced backup times and increased reliability." The solution is available for immediate distribution through Qualstar's network of distributors and solution providers. The list price of the bundled solution with the Vixel 7100 Fibre Channel Switch In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. and Qualstar's TLS-4222 AIT library is $49,260. The list price of the bundled solution containing the Vixel 7200 Fibre Channel Switch and Qualstar's TLS-8466 LTO library is $78,690. |
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