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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 13, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 41
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Breaking News -
Storage:
STORServer To Ship New Line Of
Backup Appliances
STORServer announced it will begin shipping its line of Powered by Windows
Backup Appliances, the first of its Backup Appliances to integrate Microsoft
Windows Storage Server 2003 next month. The new STORServer Powered by Windows
line currently includes all models.
Last month, STORServer signed an OEM agreement with Microsoft to
incorporate
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, its latest version of NAS.
"Microsoft is our preferred operating system for our Backup Appliances
because
of its state-of-the-art technology," said STORServer President John
Pearring.
STORServer Backup Appliances utilize the Windows Storage Server 2003
Web-based
user interface -- integrated with backup and recovery software -- to offer
backup, storage and disaster recovery in an easy-to-use, take out of the box,
plug and play format.
"Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 allows us to quickly build and
deliver
new Backup Appliances using the latest Windows Server technology," Pearring
continued.
"STORServer's Backup Appliances running on the Windows platform will
provide
customers with solid data protection," said Claude Lorenson, product manager
of the Enterprise Storage Division at Microsoft Corp. STORServer fulfills a
critical need for backup, archiving and disaster recovery in NAS
infrastructure and heterogeneous computing environments.
"Our customers will directly benefit from having a fixed function Backup
Appliance," said David Miller, director of engineering and architect at
STORServer. "By significantly reducing the complexity associated with server
administration, increasing system reliability and enabling the ability to
securely manage the server remotely, overall administration costs are reduced
and ROI is enhanced."
STORServer Powered by Windows Backup Appliances scale from 50Gig of
customer
data up to 10 TB depending on the model. Costs range from $15,000 for model 1s
to $120,000 for Model 5000s. The STORServer Powered by Windows Backup
Appliance is production-ready in 15 minutes, takes only 30 minutes a day to
manage, and meets a one to four hour backup window.
STORServer Powered by Windows Backup Appliances work with 35 different
platforms (including Unix Brands, Linux, Windows and OpenVMS).
More information about STORServer and its products can be found at
www.storserver.com.
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