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- Dynamic
Drive Sharing
Tape
drives no longer need to be dedicated to individual servers. Rather,
they can be assigned on the fly within the SAN.
- LAN-Free
Backup and Restore
Servers
with substantial amounts of data can be backed up or restored
over the SAN to free up LAN bandwidth for other applications.
- Broad
Platform Support
Backup
Express is the only backup product that allows UNIX, Windows NT/2000,
Linux, and NetWare servers, and NDMP-compliant Filers to be attached
to a SAN while it maintains a single, central catalog for the
entire enterprise.
- SAN
and LAN Backup with a single Master Server
SAN
and LAN backups are tracked and managed with a single, central
catalog. Multiple copies of the backup software are not required.
- Hardware
Independent
Backup
Express SRS is compatible with SAN or SCSI technology and makes
tape devices visible concurrently to multiple hosts and multiple
operating systems.
- Extensive
Tape Device and Automated Library Support
Backup
Express supports all major tape devices and formats, including
4mm, DDS2, DDS3, DDS4, DAT, 8mm, AIT, AIT-2, Mammoth, Mammoth-2,
Ecrix, DLT4000, DLT7000, DLT8000, LTO, 9840, Sony DTF, Magstar,
and IBM 348X/349X/35XX. Backup Express also supports numerous
automated tape libraries from various vendors, including ADIC,
ATL, Breece Hill, Compaq, Exabyte, HP, IBM, Overland Data, Plasmon,
Qualstar, Spectra Logic, StorageTek, and Sun.
Backup
Express SRS provides dynamic drive sharing by managing resource
requests from a single location. A single, central catalog on the
Master Server tracks all resources (servers, on-site and off-site
media, and tape devices) in the backup enterprise.
SRS
architecture allows tape devices to be attached to UNIX, Windows
NT/2000, Linux, and NetWare servers, and NDMP-compliant Filers while
requiring only a single, central resource catalog.
The
Master Server handles all traffic requests from any machine on the
SAN requesting a tape resource. If available, drive(s) are assigned
immediately, or jobs are queued until the drives become available.
Data travels over the high speed SAN, rather than over the LAN,
reducing LAN traffic and decreasing backup and restore times.
Backup
Strategies for NAS and SAN (pdf)
Storage
Area Networks: A New Strategy for Data Storage and Delivery (pdf)
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