UniTrends Announces Complete Crash Recovery for Solaris-based Computers with New Solar Shield.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 UniTrends Software Corporation, a leading developer of enterprise-wide cross-platform backup, recovery and data protection products and services, today unveiled its Solar Shield(TM) crash recovery system for Solaris. Solar Shield provides complete crash recovery for Solaris computers, enabling an administrator to fully and rapidly recover without reinstalling the Solaris Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Solar Shield completely rebuilds an identical Solaris Operating System on a new hard disk, being careful to preserve the file system sizes and mount points, device drivers, security patches A fix to a program that eliminates a vulnerability exploited by malicious hackers. See vulnerability and patch. , permissions and kernel bootstraps. In most cases, a totally automated recovery is completed in less than one hour. "With Solar Shield, UniTrends extends its 15 years of expertise in Unix crash recovery products to the Solaris platform, giving Solaris users the same safety and peace of mind as our existing customer base," said UniTrends president Steve Schwartz Dr. Schwartz founded Unitrends in 1989 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Schwartz is considered the initial developer of a data recovery and restoration technique known as bare-metal restore and is recognized in the software industry as the developer of CTAR (Compressing Tape Archiver) and . "The overwhelming market acceptance of our disaster recovery products has indicated that users welcome simple, powerful and reliable solutions for otherwise crippling crip·ple n. 1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device. tr.v. situations." Solar Shield completely recovers the system from the last master backup, eliminating the need for additional layers of disaster recovery schemes. Solar Shield also doubles as a disk optimizer A utility program that defragments a hard disk. See defragment. by reloading Reloading A term lenders commonly use to refer to the habits of borrowers taking out loans to repay the balance on other loans. Often reloading is done to take advantage of lower interest rates offered by other loans, and potential tax benefits. data more efficiently after recovery, typically increasing system speed by 35% or more. Solar Shield's advanced comprehensive diagnostic and test features ensure that when disaster strikes, recovery will proceed smoothly. The diagnostic tool can also be used to test valuable IT resources such as hard drives, file systems, network connections and tape drives, and ensures all proper drivers are loaded and functional. Solar Shield is harnessed by an easy-to-use interface that allows novice administrators to perform a totally automated restore with a few keystrokes and mouse clicks. Advanced administrators will appreciate the flexible options and control over individual file systems, file and directory exclusions and shell mode. Available as a modular client/server product, Solar Shield's server module restores a computer that is directly attached to a tape drive, while Solar Shield's client module restores a computer that is networked to a Solar Shield server. Features at-a-glance -- Quick and simple installation -- Adapts easily to larger hard drives -- Offers mirroring support, hardware RAID support and Logical Volume Manager support -- Integrates with third-party backup products "Just a week after deciding to demo Solar Shield, we lost one of our servers, along with the information stored on its hard drive," said Craig Strom, MIS Manager at Lakedale Telephone Company. "We were able to restore everything using Solar Shield, and with the help of UniTrends, the machine was fully functional in a matter of an hour. This saved us at least a week of having to first restore the server and then manually re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. the needed records back onto the system. Also, the number of dissatisfied customers that would have resulted from being down for a week would have cost us thousands of dollars and done irreparable ir·rep·a·ra·ble adj. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin damage to our company's image as a telecommunications provider." Pricing and Availability Solar Shield version 1.6.2 is currently available with prices starting at $895 for standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. crash recovery, $2995 for the server module and $395 per client license. To download an evaluation copy, visit the UniTrends web site at http://www.unitrends.com. About UniTrends Software Founded in 1991, UniTrends is committed to the availability and safety of data. UniTrends provides powerful backup, recovery and complete 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. software applications that are cross-platform, scalable and simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple to use as well as a full suite of data disaster recovery services. Information on UniTrends suite of guaranteed data available products are available at http://www.unitrends.com or by calling 800/648-2827. |
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