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QUANTUM AND NETWORK SPECIALIST INC. ADVANCE UNATTENDED
BACK-UP
The financial and competitive implications of losing business-critical
data demand that organizations deploy comprehensive backup systems to
protect their assets. Users are demanding an integrated software and
hardware combination to minimize the cost associated with data loss,
recovery and system downtime.
Reacting to the need, this month, Network Specialists, Inc. (NSI), a
Hoboken, N.J. developer of network performance and storage management
applications, announced its participation in Quantum Corp.’s S.M.A.R.T.
(Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) Alliance, a third-party
developers program aimed at promoting advanced backup and storage management
solutions.
NSI is working with Milpitas, Calif.-based Quantum to develop real-time,
open file solutions compatible with S.M.A.R.T., an industry standard
for hardware devices that provides an interface between disk drives
and host computers to monitor disk drive performance and alert users
when a drive is about to fail.
S.M.A.R.T.-enabled Double Take.combined with NSI's real-time, open file
backup software and Quantum’s disk drive technology will provide
users withan advanced and secure unattended backup solution. S.M.A.R.T.-based
Double Take and Quantum solutions will monitor hard disk activity and
automatically replicate any combination of files to a backup disk drive
if it detects a failure or any disk-related problem, eliminating costly
system downtime.
Equipped with Double Take, Quantum storage solutions now provide customers
with the following features:
• Continuous, Open File Backup in Real-Time, Double Take’s
automatic file replication and real-time data mirroring is included
in S.M.A.R.T. System products, providing pre-failure data backup when
a server or workstation indicates signs of failure.
• Operating System-Level Support, operating at the OS-level, Double
Take provides customers with true fault-tolerance by backing up data
at the application level, ensuring data integrity and uninterrupted
system availability.
• Support for Delta Backup, Double Take’s automatic replication
feature ensures that only incremental file changes are backed up, significantly
reducing backup processing time and network traffic by updating only
the actual changes made to files versus copying the entire file.
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