VERITAS Announces New Family of Data Replication Technologies - Storage Replicator for File Systems and Storage Replicator for Volume Manager.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1998-- Advanced Peer-to-Peer, Multi-Site Replication Product Family to Deliver Unique Performance, High Availability, Reliability and Scalability Benefits to Distributed Global Enterprises VERITAS Software (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 :VRTS VRTS Veritas Software (stock symbol) VRTS Verification Requirements Tracking System ), the leading provider of end-to end storage management software, today announces a new data replication product family designed to deliver maximum data availability and improved performance in wide area network environments. The products, VERITAS Storage Replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or for File Systems (SRFS SRFS Snake River Field Station (Boise, ID) ) and VERITAS Storage Replicator for Volume Manager (SRVM SRVM Storage Replicator for Volume Manager (Veritas) SRVM Specification Requirements Verification Matrix SRVM System Requirement Verification Matrix ), when used with VERITAS File System See VxFS. (tm) and VERITAS Volume Manager The Veritas Volume Manager, VVM or VxVM is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (now part of Symantec). It is available for Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. A modified version is bundled with HP-UX as its built-in volume manager. (tm), provide a comprehensive solution for end-to-end availability and performance. The technologies will provide Solaris customers with extended high availability capabilities over local or wide area networks, delivering bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly data distribution and disaster avoidance/recovery at a fraction of the cost of hardware-based solutions. "We have 30 million users that access our search engine 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and if they have trouble accessing it, or it's down - we lose a customer," said Eric Anderson, senior system administrator for Excite, Inc. "VERITAS SRFS provides an inexpensive and efficient way for us to distribute copies of our data to sites around the globe, thereby enabling users to access data from a location close to them. This cuts down on access times by decreasing system bottlenecks, as well as providing continuous availability of the data even if something catastrophic happens and one of our sites goes down." Commercial enterprises in a global economy require cost effective data distribution to provide a basis for replicated applications that require redundancy over multiple distributed sites, such as web or database servers. Without expensive, proprietary hardware, VERITAS replication products achieve this redundancy in Solaris environments, providing the most manageable, flexible data replication solution in the industry. Unlike competitive products built on master/slave architectures, VERITAS SRFS is the industry's only replicator that supports a peer-to-peer architecture. This peer-to-peer design supports remotely mounted file systems and multi node writes, enabling system administrators to deploy dynamic, distributed applications in environments including web servers and intranets. "VERITAS SRFS provides a robust replication solution that is enterprise-ready," said Eric Burgener, group product manager for VERITAS Software. "Data replication gives customers the ability to leverage geographically distributed systems for additional performance and availability options to achieve quality of service and business continuity goals." VERITAS Storage Replicator for File Systems: Safe, Reliable, Robust Replication The synchronous replication capabilities of SRFS guarantee that all servers sharing a file system have exactly the same view of the file system at all times. Any changes to replicated file systems across multiple servers are immediately reflected and available for use at all participation sites. In the event of a disaster, if data at one site is lost or destroyed, it can easily be retrieved from any of the replicated file systems residing on the network. In addition, recovery across multiple consecutive failure modes can be fully automated or require some manual intervention, depending on customer need. If one of the servers sharing a replicated file system fails, SRFS continues to update all available file systems. Once the failed server is back on-line, SRFS invokes the Synchronator(tm). The Synchronator is an efficient differencing engine that streamlines and automates data re-synchronization across sites. This approach minimizes network traffic and speeds recovery with the industry's most efficient data re-synchronization engine. VERITAS Storage Replicator for Volume Manager: Increased Scalability With Application Integration Storage Replicator for Volume Manager, a volume-based replication solution, supports synchronous and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. options for maximum flexibility. Unlike most competitive replication products, SRVM is able to scale up to 32 sites, providing additional configurability to manage performance and availability in even the largest distributed enterprise environments. A unique feature of SRVM, In-Band Control(tm) (IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention ), also gives system administrators the ability to do application-level check-pointing, assuring accurate data recovery in distributed environments through application-aware synchronization. Because SRVM sends IBC messages within the data stream, the product ensures that all sites in the enterprise receive application control messages at exactly the same point in the data stream. This assures that perfect application synchronization can be maintained over the wide area for optimal recoverability. VERITAS Foundation Suite and Storage Replicator Provide Industry's Most Robust Replication Although Storage Replicator is volume manager and file system independent, its use with companion products such as VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS File System offers additional advantages in the areas of performance, availability and manageability. Volume Manager supports on-line manageability, allowing an administrator to optimize data layouts on-line, without affecting client access to data. Host-based RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 are supported as well, allowing replicated file systems to be mirrored locally or remotely for better availability and more robust recovery. VERITAS File System is an extent-based file system that offers consistently better performance than Sun's UNIX File System The Unix file system (UFS) is a file system used by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is also called the Berkeley Fast File System, the BSD Fast File System or FFS. It is a distant descendant of the original filesystem used by Version 7 Unix. (UFS UFS Unix File System UFS Universal Fighting System (Sabertooth games) UFS United Feature Syndicate UFS Unite for Sight UFS Uncoated Free Sheet (paper grade) UFS Universal Frame System ). File system journaling is supported to promote extremely rapid recovery of file systems in the event of failures. On-line manageability is supported as well, enabling features such as on-line resizing (grow/shrink) and defragmentation See defragment. of file systems. Pricing and availability VERITAS Storage Replicator for File Systems is available immediately for the Solaris platform, and will be available on HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Microsoft Windows NT Server in the future. Pricing starts at $10,000 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. per node on Solaris. VERITAS Storage Replicator for Volume Manager will be available in Q2 '98 on Solaris, and also starts at $10,000 USD per node. SRVM availability on HP-UX and Microsoft Windows NT Server will follow. About VERITAS VERITAS Software designs, develops and markets enterprise storage management and high availability products that manage both on-line and off-line data for business-critical computing systems. The products are designed to improve system performance, availability and manageability while reducing the cost of administration. VERITAS products are delivered through a worldwide direct sales force and a network of resellers 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 in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company's world headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone 650-335-8000. Fax 650-335-8050. Email vx-sales@veritas.com. WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. site: http://www.veritas.com. -0- This press release may include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of products and VERITAS' ability to appropriately distribute its products, that could cause actual results that the Company achieves to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks see the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. on file with the SEC. -0- Note to Editors: VERITAS and the VERITAS logo are registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation. VERITAS File System and VERITAS Volume Manager are trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: VERITAS Software Corporation Melinda Mattei, 650/335-8566 melinda@veritas.com |
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